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Largest Subsaharan African population, New Mexico counties · 2020

New Mexico counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African 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 28 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 28 is 52.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Bernalillo County, NMNM667,6014,094+176%

02Sandoval County, NMNM159,565640+169%

03Doña Ana County, NMNM229,091635+25%

04Santa Fe County, NMNM156,907406+12%

05Otero County, NMNM70,368361+637%

06Lea County, NMNM74,749298+133%

07Curry County, NMNM46,655183+135%

08Valencia County, NMNM82,013179+337%

09San Juan County, NMNM120,340137+121%

10McKinley County, NMNM68,119114+1%

11Chaves County, NMNM63,364113−70%

12Cibola County, NMNM26,807112–

13Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,83274+640%

14Torrance County, NMNM16,10052+41%

15Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40746+28%

16San Miguel County, NMNM26,26035–

17Lincoln County, NMNM19,84426−30%

18Luna County, NMNM25,40722–

19Colfax County, NMNM12,1848+100%

20Roosevelt County, NMNM18,6158−58%

21Socorro County, NMNM15,8387−73%

22Union County, NMNM3,8447–

23Grant County, NMNM27,2525−88%

24Catron County, NMNM3,8274–

25Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3434–

26Taos County, NMNM34,5644–

27Harding County, NMNM6173−57%

28Eddy County, NMNM62,5091−100%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS