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Highest Medicaid coverage, New Mexico counties

New Mexico counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01McKinley County, NMNM68,11957.4%+4.3 pts

02Luna County, NMNM25,40753.3%+4.4 pts

03Guadalupe County, NMNM4,34350.5%+15.4 pts

04Cibola County, NMNM26,80749.6%+2.4 pts

05Socorro County, NMNM15,83841.9%+2.1 pts

06Chaves County, NMNM63,36441.5%+2.1 pts

07San Juan County, NMNM120,34041.4%+4.3 pts

08Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61541.3%+6.0 pts

09San Miguel County, NMNM26,26040.3%−3.4 pts

10Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92939.8%+0.7 pts

11Mora County, NMNM4,05139.4%−1.1 pts

12Valencia County, NMNM82,01338.8%+4.3 pts

13Quay County, NMNM8,45438.7%−3.3 pts

14Curry County, NMNM46,65538.6%+4.6 pts

15Torrance County, NMNM16,10038.6%+2.2 pts

16Union County, NMNM3,84437.9%+9.5 pts

17Sierra County, NMNM11,39537.1%−0.9 pts

18Grant County, NMNM27,25237.0%−0.1 pts

19Colfax County, NMNM12,18436.7%−1.0 pts

20Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09136.6%−1.7 pts

21Lea County, NMNM74,74935.9%+5.0 pts

22Catron County, NMNM3,82735.3%−3.7 pts

23Otero County, NMNM70,36835.0%−0.8 pts

24Taos County, NMNM34,56432.6%−4.7 pts

25Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,83232.3%−3.4 pts

26Lincoln County, NMNM19,84429.4%+0.7 pts

27Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60128.8%+0.0 pts

28De Baca County, NMNM1,64728.0%−1.8 pts

29Sandoval County, NMNM159,56527.0%+2.1 pts

30Eddy County, NMNM62,50926.6%−0.6 pts

31Santa Fe County, NMNM156,90724.7%−0.7 pts

32Harding County, NMNM61716.3%−2.2 pts

33Los Alamos County, NMNM19,4078.0%+1.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES