Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all New Mexico counties, Catron County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (75.89%), followed by Los Alamos County (74.56%), and Sierra County (67.08%).

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 White in 2012
Catron
Los Alamos
Sierra
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De Baca
Harding
Union
Roosevelt
Torrance
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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Catron County 75.89
2 Los Alamos County 74.56
3 Sierra County 67.08
4 Lincoln County 65.19
5 De Baca County 57.71
6 Harding County 56.86
7 Union County 54.95
8 Roosevelt County 54.57
9 Torrance County 54.21
10 Quay County 52.21
11 Otero County 51.98
12 Eddy County 50.98
13 Curry County 50.85
14 Colfax County 48.18
15 Grant County 47.78
16 Sandoval County 46.49
17 Santa Fe County 43.48
18 Chaves County 42.31
19 Hidalgo County 40.98
19 San Juan County 40.98
20 Bernalillo County 40.83
21 Lea County 40.45
22 Socorro County 36.77
23 Taos County 35.77
24 Valencia County 35.28
25 Luna County 33.58
26 Doña Ana County 29.35
27 Cibola County 20.98
28 San Miguel County 19.03
29 Mora County 17.83
30 Guadalupe County 16.16
31 Rio Arriba County 13.02
32 McKinley County 9.96