Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all New Mexico counties, Catron County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (75.23%), followed by Los Alamos County (71.95%), and Sierra County (64.88%).

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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Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
Catron
Los Alamos
Sierra
Lincoln
Harding
De Baca
Union
Roosevelt
Torrance
Quay
Ranking of New Mexico Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Catron County 75.23
2 Los Alamos County 71.95
3 Sierra County 64.88
4 Lincoln County 61.96
5 Harding County 56.54
6 De Baca County 52.82
7 Union County 52.24
8 Roosevelt County 51.94
9 Torrance County 51.11
10 Quay County 49.66
11 Otero County 48.84
12 Curry County 47.63
13 Colfax County 46.89
14 Eddy County 46.76
15 Grant County 45.89
16 Sandoval County 43.49
17 Santa Fe County 42.95
18 Chaves County 39.07
19 Hidalgo County 38.83
20 Bernalillo County 38.78
21 San Juan County 38.28
22 Lea County 35.42
23 Taos County 35.34
24 Socorro County 33.91
25 Valencia County 32.81
26 Luna County 29.47
27 Doña Ana County 27.27
28 Cibola County 18.97
29 San Miguel County 17.86
30 Mora County 17.55
31 Guadalupe County 16.21
32 Rio Arriba County 12.77
33 McKinley County 8.6