Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all New Mexico counties, Curry County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (5.78%), followed by Lea County (3.47%), and Otero County (3.36%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Mexico counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curry County | 5.78 |
| 2 | Lea County | 3.47 |
| 3 | Otero County | 3.36 |
| 4 | Bernalillo County | 2.49 |
| 5 | Sandoval County | 2.03 |
| 6 | Union County | 1.98 |
| 7 | Roosevelt County | 1.9 |
| 8 | Doña Ana County | 1.53 |
| 9 | San Miguel County | 1.51 |
| 10 | Guadalupe County | 1.49 |
| 11 | Quay County | 1.45 |
| 12 | Chaves County | 1.43 |
| 13 | Torrance County | 1.36 |
| 14 | Eddy County | 1.22 |
| 15 | Valencia County | 1.11 |
| 16 | Cibola County | 1.01 |
| 17 | Luna County | 0.99 |
| 18 | Los Alamos County | 0.95 |
| 19 | Socorro County | 0.94 |
| 20 | Hidalgo County | 0.91 |
| 21 | Santa Fe County | 0.83 |
| 22 | Grant County | 0.74 |
| 23 | Catron County | 0.65 |
| 24 | Colfax County | 0.61 |
| 25 | Sierra County | 0.6 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 0.57 |
| 27 | San Juan County | 0.54 |
| 28 | Taos County | 0.48 |
| 29 | McKinley County | 0.44 |
| 30 | De Baca County | 0.39 |
| 30 | Rio Arriba County | 0.39 |
| 31 | Mora County | 0.38 |
| 32 | Harding County | 0.29 |