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Highest German population share, New Mexico counties · 2020

New Mexico counties ranked by the share of all residents who are German ancestry (2020 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: German 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 8.1%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN SHAREVS 2010

01Union County, NMNM3,84418.3%+4.7 pts

02Catron County, NMNM3,82716.5%−1.0 pts

03Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40714.2%−4.7 pts

04Harding County, NMNM61712.3%+1.2 pts

05Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61511.8%−0.9 pts

06Sierra County, NMNM11,39511.8%−2.3 pts

07Lincoln County, NMNM19,84411.7%−3.9 pts

08Colfax County, NMNM12,18411.0%−3.1 pts

09Otero County, NMNM70,36810.9%−2.5 pts

10Torrance County, NMNM16,10010.8%−6.7 pts

11Curry County, NMNM46,6559.6%−1.6 pts

12Sandoval County, NMNM159,5659.6%−3.6 pts

13Santa Fe County, NMNM156,9079.4%−1.8 pts

14Taos County, NMNM34,5649.3%−0.9 pts

15Bernalillo County, NMNM667,6019.2%−2.4 pts

16De Baca County, NMNM1,6478.8%−8.7 pts

17Grant County, NMNM27,2528.1%−3.8 pts

18San Juan County, NMNM120,3407.2%−1.9 pts

19Quay County, NMNM8,4547.0%−3.6 pts

20Luna County, NMNM25,4076.7%−3.0 pts

21Hidalgo County, NMNM3,9296.6%−8.6 pts

22Valencia County, NMNM82,0136.4%−4.6 pts

23Socorro County, NMNM15,8386.4%−0.4 pts

24Eddy County, NMNM62,5096.3%−4.5 pts

25Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0916.3%−1.1 pts

26Chaves County, NMNM63,3645.6%−4.5 pts

27Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3435.3%−3.0 pts

28Lea County, NMNM74,7495.0%−4.3 pts

29San Miguel County, NMNM26,2604.5%−1.8 pts

30Cibola County, NMNM26,8073.3%−1.4 pts

31Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,8322.6%−2.0 pts

32Mora County, NMNM4,0512.2%−2.2 pts

33McKinley County, NMNM68,1191.4%−0.4 pts

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