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Highest English population share, New Mexico counties · 2020

New Mexico counties ranked by the share of all residents who are English ancestry (2020 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: English residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 33 is 7.2%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH SHAREVS 2010

01Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40715.7%−0.8 pts

02Catron County, NMNM3,82712.6%−6.3 pts

03Harding County, NMNM61712.3%+7.4 pts

04Quay County, NMNM8,45411.8%+1.1 pts

05Torrance County, NMNM16,10010.7%+0.7 pts

06Lincoln County, NMNM19,84410.6%−1.8 pts

07Union County, NMNM3,84410.1%+2.7 pts

08Santa Fe County, NMNM156,9079.9%−0.1 pts

09Sierra County, NMNM11,3959.7%+1.2 pts

10Taos County, NMNM34,5649.2%−1.6 pts

11Grant County, NMNM27,2528.8%−3.2 pts

12Otero County, NMNM70,3688.0%−0.2 pts

13Colfax County, NMNM12,1847.9%−1.4 pts

14Sandoval County, NMNM159,5657.6%−1.2 pts

15De Baca County, NMNM1,6477.4%−2.2 pts

16Bernalillo County, NMNM667,6017.4%−0.2 pts

17Curry County, NMNM46,6557.2%+0.5 pts

18Hidalgo County, NMNM3,9296.8%−3.2 pts

19Roosevelt County, NMNM18,6156.1%−3.7 pts

20Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3435.8%+3.5 pts

21Eddy County, NMNM62,5095.5%−2.9 pts

22Chaves County, NMNM63,3645.5%−3.0 pts

23Valencia County, NMNM82,0135.3%−1.3 pts

24San Juan County, NMNM120,3405.2%−9.7 pts

25Luna County, NMNM25,4075.1%−2.3 pts

26Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0915.0%+0.2 pts

27Socorro County, NMNM15,8384.6%−2.5 pts

28Lea County, NMNM74,7493.6%−3.7 pts

29Cibola County, NMNM26,8073.6%−0.3 pts

30Mora County, NMNM4,0512.4%−0.2 pts

31San Miguel County, NMNM26,2601.7%−3.6 pts

32McKinley County, NMNM68,1191.5%−0.2 pts

33Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,8320.9%−2.3 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS