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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. The median across all 33 is 37.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Guadalupe County, NM, up 18 places to #3.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01McKinley County, NMNM68,11957.4%+4.3 pts

02Luna County, NMNM25,40753.3%+4.4 pts

03▲18Guadalupe County, NMNM4,34350.5%+15.4 pts

04▼1Cibola County, NMNM26,80749.6%+2.4 pts

05▲2Socorro County, NMNM15,83841.9%+2.1 pts

06▲2Chaves County, NMNM63,36441.5%+2.1 pts

07▲9San Juan County, NMNM120,34041.4%+4.3 pts

08▲12Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61541.3%+6.0 pts

09▼5San Miguel County, NMNM26,26040.3%−3.4 pts

10▼1Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92939.8%+0.7 pts

11▼5Mora County, NMNM4,05139.4%−1.1 pts

12▲10Valencia County, NMNM82,01338.8%+4.3 pts

13▼8Quay County, NMNM8,45438.7%−3.3 pts

14▲9Curry County, NMNM46,65538.6%+4.6 pts

15▲2Torrance County, NMNM16,10038.6%+2.2 pts

16▲12Union County, NMNM3,84437.9%+9.5 pts

17▼5Sierra County, NMNM11,39537.1%−0.9 pts

18▼3Grant County, NMNM27,25237.0%−0.1 pts

19▼6Colfax County, NMNM12,18436.7%−1.0 pts

20▼9Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09136.6%−1.7 pts

21▲3Lea County, NMNM74,74935.9%+5.0 pts

22▼12Catron County, NMNM3,82735.3%−3.7 pts

23▼5Otero County, NMNM70,36835.0%−0.8 pts

24▼10Taos County, NMNM34,56432.6%−4.7 pts

25▼6Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,83232.3%−3.4 pts

26▲1Lincoln County, NMNM19,84429.4%+0.7 pts

27▼1Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60128.8%0.0 pts

28▼3De Baca County, NMNM1,64728.0%−1.8 pts

29▲2Sandoval County, NMNM159,56527.0%+2.1 pts

30▼1Eddy County, NMNM62,50926.6%−0.6 pts

31▼1Santa 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 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES