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Highest uninsured rate, New Mexico counties

New Mexico counties ranked by the share of residents without health insurance (2024 ACS). This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNINSUREDVS 2020

01McKinley County, NMNM68,11916.8%−3.1 pts

02Lea County, NMNM74,74914.9%+1.8 pts

03Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92913.3%+8.8 pts

04San Juan County, NMNM120,34012.9%+0.0 pts

05De Baca County, NMNM1,64712.6%+7.0 pts

06Cibola County, NMNM26,80711.9%+0.7 pts

07Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09111.3%+0.7 pts

08Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61511.3%−3.4 pts

09Chaves County, NMNM63,36410.8%+0.9 pts

10Union County, NMNM3,84410.4%−0.3 pts

11Colfax County, NMNM12,18410.1%+2.9 pts

12Curry County, NMNM46,65510.1%+0.4 pts

13Otero County, NMNM70,36810.1%+0.9 pts

14Eddy County, NMNM62,5099.8%+0.1 pts

15Lincoln County, NMNM19,8449.6%−4.2 pts

16Socorro County, NMNM15,8389.4%+1.6 pts

17Luna County, NMNM25,4079.3%+0.1 pts

18Santa Fe County, NMNM156,9078.9%−1.8 pts

19Bernalillo County, NMNM667,6018.8%+0.9 pts

20Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,8328.7%−0.2 pts

21Valencia County, NMNM82,0138.3%+0.9 pts

22Torrance County, NMNM16,1007.8%+0.9 pts

23Taos County, NMNM34,5647.7%−0.1 pts

24San Miguel County, NMNM26,2607.1%+2.6 pts

25Sandoval County, NMNM159,5656.5%−1.4 pts

26Catron County, NMNM3,8276.3%−1.8 pts

27Grant County, NMNM27,2525.2%+1.0 pts

28Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3435.1%−3.6 pts

29Quay County, NMNM8,4545.0%−2.0 pts

30Sierra County, NMNM11,3954.1%−0.3 pts

31Los Alamos County, NMNM19,4072.5%−0.3 pts

32Mora County, NMNM4,0512.0%−0.8 pts

33Harding County, NMNM6171.2%−8.4 pts

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