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Largest Portuguese population, New Mexico counties

New Mexico counties ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 25 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 25 is 69. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Rio Arriba County, NM, up 11 places to #14.

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Largest Portuguese population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010
01Bernalillo County, NMNM667,6011,949+17%
02Valencia County, NMNM82,013651+307%
03▲4Doña Ana County, NMNM229,091478+80%
04▼1Santa Fe County, NMNM156,907381+13%
05▼1Sandoval County, NMNM159,565375+2%
06▲3Eddy County, NMNM62,509202+10%
07▲8Los Alamos County, NMNM19,407193+192%
08Otero County, NMNM70,368117−29%
09▲4San Juan County, NMNM120,340113−7%
10▼5Curry County, NMNM46,65584+24%
11▼1Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61582+413%
12Chaves County, NMNM63,36478−55%
13▼2Grant County, NMNM27,25269+214%
14▲11Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,83260+5%
15▲2Luna County, NMNM25,40756+1767%
16▼10Lea County, NMNM74,74932+100%
17▲4Taos County, NMNM34,56430+173%
18▲4Lincoln County, NMNM19,84421+75%
19McKinley County, NMNM68,11920–
20Catron County, NMNM3,82719–
21▼7Colfax County, NMNM12,18418–
22▼3Cibola County, NMNM26,80713+86%
23Quay County, NMNM8,45411–
24▼4San Miguel County, NMNM26,2608−27%
25▲1Torrance County, NMNM16,1001–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES