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Largest Scottish population, New Mexico counties

New Mexico counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish 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 32 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 32 is 391. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Rio Arriba County, NM, up 12 places to #17.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Scottish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60112,4230%
02▲1Sandoval County, NMNM159,5653,585+38%
03▼1Santa Fe County, NMNM156,9073,522−2%
04Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0912,551+27%
05San Juan County, NMNM120,3402,268+53%
06▲2Otero County, NMNM70,3681,812+52%
07Curry County, NMNM46,6551,160+84%
08▲1Valencia County, NMNM82,013843−36%
09▲3Grant County, NMNM27,252830+18%
10▲1Chaves County, NMNM63,364699−8%
11▲3Eddy County, NMNM62,509672−33%
12▲3Los Alamos County, NMNM19,407641−26%
13Lincoln County, NMNM19,844624−32%
14▼8Taos County, NMNM34,564619−23%
15▲9Cibola County, NMNM26,807453+2%
16▲5Colfax County, NMNM12,184391+111%
17▲12Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,832388−21%
18▼8Lea County, NMNM74,749383−29%
19▼1Torrance County, NMNM16,100349−32%
20▼3Roosevelt County, NMNM18,615269+36%
21▼5Sierra County, NMNM11,395254+46%
22▼2San Miguel County, NMNM26,260182−62%
23McKinley County, NMNM68,119149−42%
24▼5Luna County, NMNM25,407143−30%
25▲1Quay County, NMNM8,454101−34%
26▼1Catron County, NMNM3,82797−19%
27Hidalgo County, NMNM3,92994−10%
28Union County, NMNM3,84486−8%
29▼7Socorro County, NMNM15,83884−57%
30▲2Mora County, NMNM4,05115+7%
31De Baca County, NMNM1,6474−87%
32▲1Harding County, NMNM6173−40%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES