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Poverty Rate in New Mexico, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in New Mexico, ranked. The highest is McKinley County at 33.2% and the lowest is Los Alamos County at 3.5%.

New Mexico: 17.8% · United States: 12.5% · median county in New Mexico: 19.5%

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#County Poverty Rate
1McKinley County33.2%
2Socorro County33.2%
3Luna County28.6%
4Cibola County28.4%
5Quay County27.1%
6Guadalupe County25.5%
7Catron County24.8%
8San Miguel County24.4%
9Chaves County24.3%
10Hidalgo County23.1%
11San Juan County23.1%
12Roosevelt County21.8%
13Mora County21.4%
14Sierra County21.4%
15Doña Ana County21.3%
16Curry County20.5%
17Grant County19.5%
18Harding County19.4%
19Lincoln County19.3%
20Otero County19.3%
21Lea County18.7%
22Torrance County18.3%
23Colfax County18.2%
24Rio Arriba County18.2%
25Valencia County18.1%
26Union County16.6%
27De Baca County15.5%
28Taos County15.5%
29Bernalillo County15.2%
30Eddy County13.8%
31Santa Fe County12.0%
32Sandoval County10.0%
33Los Alamos County3.5%

Small populations produce wide margins: Los Alamos County is 3.5% with a margin of error of ±1.5%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

New Mexico ranks 4th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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