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Largest French population, New Mexico counties · 2020

New Mexico counties ranked by the number of residents who are French ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60112,470−16%

02Santa Fe County, NMNM156,9073,038−40%

03Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0912,545−7%

04Sandoval County, NMNM159,5652,354−32%

05San Juan County, NMNM120,3402,017−12%

06Otero County, NMNM70,3681,324+5%

07Curry County, NMNM46,655966+8%

08Valencia County, NMNM82,013722−54%

09Taos County, NMNM34,564577−45%

10Eddy County, NMNM62,509563−50%

11Chaves County, NMNM63,364536−45%

12Los Alamos County, NMNM19,407422−39%

13Lea County, NMNM74,749413−46%

14Luna County, NMNM25,407343−6%

15Grant County, NMNM27,252341−67%

16San Miguel County, NMNM26,260308−55%

17Cibola County, NMNM26,807289−50%

18Roosevelt County, NMNM18,615272−40%

19Quay County, NMNM8,454262+18%

20Colfax County, NMNM12,184244+46%

21Mora County, NMNM4,051237+179%

22Sierra County, NMNM11,395216−27%

23Lincoln County, NMNM19,844205−72%

24McKinley County, NMNM68,119189+4%

25Torrance County, NMNM16,100174−70%

26Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,832158−77%

27Socorro County, NMNM15,838148−38%

28Catron County, NMNM3,827119+240%

29Guadalupe County, NMNM4,34355+20%

30Union County, NMNM3,84450−55%

31Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92943+0%

32De Baca County, NMNM1,6479−81%

33Harding County, NMNM6179−18%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS