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Life Expectancy in New Mexico, by County

Life Expectancy for every county in New Mexico, ranked. The highest is Los Alamos County at 83.8 and the lowest is McKinley County at 65.2.

New Mexico: n/a · United States: n/a · median county in New Mexico: 74.6

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#County Life Expectancy
1Los Alamos County83.8
2Santa Fe County79.7
3Catron County79.6
4Taos County77.9
5Mora County77.4
6Sandoval County77.3
7Doña Ana County76.9
8Lincoln County76.9
9Bernalillo County76.0
10Hidalgo County75.8
11Otero County75.6
12Colfax County75.3
13Grant County75.3
14San Miguel County75.0
15Valencia County74.8
16Roosevelt County74.7
17Union County74.6
18Curry County74.2
19Torrance County73.6
20Guadalupe County73.3
21Lea County73.1
22Eddy County73.0
23Chaves County72.9
24Socorro County72.8
25Luna County72.6
26Quay County71.6
27Cibola County71.5
28De Baca County71.5
29San Juan County71.3
30Sierra County70.9
31Rio Arriba County70.9
32McKinley County65.2

Average number of years a baby born today would live under current mortality conditions.

Source: County Health Rankings 2024 (from National Center for Health Statistics, CDC), 2024.

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