Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all New Mexico counties, Catron County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (75.35%), followed by Los Alamos County (72.06%), and Sierra County (65.21%).

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 2016
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Los Alamos
Sierra
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De Baca
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Torrance
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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Catron County 75.35
2 Los Alamos County 72.06
3 Sierra County 65.21
4 Lincoln County 62.82
5 Harding County 55.91
6 De Baca County 55.06
7 Union County 52.9
8 Roosevelt County 52.67
9 Torrance County 51.46
10 Quay County 50.22
11 Otero County 49.22
12 Curry County 48.58
13 Eddy County 47.58
14 Colfax County 46.6
15 Grant County 45.92
16 Sandoval County 44.3
17 Santa Fe County 42.85
18 Chaves County 39.51
19 Bernalillo County 39.15
20 San Juan County 38.82
21 Hidalgo County 38.8
22 Lea County 36.18
23 Taos County 35.25
24 Socorro County 34.57
25 Valencia County 33.28
26 Luna County 29.99
27 Doña Ana County 27.53
28 Cibola County 19.33
29 Mora County 18.21
30 San Miguel County 17.68
31 Guadalupe County 15.82
32 Rio Arriba County 12.68
33 McKinley County 8.84