Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, 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 (5.61%), followed by Otero County (3.62%), and Lea County (3.47%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New Mexico counties.

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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
Curry
Otero
Lea
Bernalillo
Sandoval
Roosevelt
Guadalupe
Union
Doña Ana
Harding
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Curry County 5.61
2 Otero County 3.62
3 Lea County 3.47
4 Bernalillo County 2.8
5 Sandoval County 2.25
6 Roosevelt County 2.13
7 Guadalupe County 2.04
8 Union County 1.96
9 Doña Ana County 1.78
10 Harding County 1.77
11 San Miguel County 1.71
12 Chaves County 1.67
13 Quay County 1.58
14 Valencia County 1.45
15 Eddy County 1.4
16 Hidalgo County 1.32
17 Torrance County 1.31
18 Cibola County 1.25
19 Luna County 1.18
20 Los Alamos County 1.13
21 Santa Fe County 0.99
22 Socorro County 0.95
23 Grant County 0.9
24 De Baca County 0.89
25 Colfax County 0.86
26 Catron County 0.84
27 Sierra County 0.82
28 Lincoln County 0.67
29 Rio Arriba County 0.62
30 Taos County 0.57
31 San Juan County 0.55
32 McKinley County 0.45
33 Mora County 0.41