Highest poverty rate in New Mexico

New Mexico counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Mexico by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, McKinley County leads at 35.7%.

Among cities & places, Black Hat leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	McKinley County	35.7%
2	Socorro County	29.0%
3	Cibola County	27.6%
4	Luna County	26.1%
5	Quay County	25.4%
6	Sierra County	24.9%
7	San Juan County	23.2%
8	Guadalupe County	23.0%
9	Chaves County	22.3%
10	DoÃ±a Ana County	22.2%
11	San Miguel County	22.0%
12	Roosevelt County	21.6%
13	Catron County	21.2%
14	Curry County	20.9%
15	De Baca County	20.6%
16	Hidalgo County	20.5%
17	Torrance County	20.4%
18	Rio Arriba County	20.1%
19	Otero County	20.0%
20	Grant County	19.5%
21	Union County	19.5%
22	Mora County	18.8%
23	Harding County	18.7%
24	Lea County	18.7%
25	Valencia County	18.4%
26	Colfax County	17.0%
27	Lincoln County	16.0%
28	Bernalillo County	15.8%
29	Taos County	14.4%
30	Santa Fe County	12.5%
31	Eddy County	12.4%
32	Sandoval County	10.0%
33	Los Alamos County	2.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Black Hat	100.0%
2	Candy Kitchen	100.0%
3	Cubero	100.0%
4	Garfield	100.0%
5	Kingston	100.0%
6	La Madera	100.0%
7	Placitas	100.0%
8	Rodeo	100.0%
9	San Acacia	100.0%
10	San Fidel	100.0%
11	Veguita	100.0%
12	Homer C Jones	99.4%
13	Tecolotito	93.3%
14	Oasis	90.2%
15	Polvadera	86.2%
16	Williams Acres	84.7%
17	Soham	76.7%
18	Pinos Altos	71.8%
19	Ojo Encino	71.6%
20	Haystack	70.9%
21	Seama	68.8%
22	Cloudcroft	66.3%
23	Alamo	66.0%
24	Pinedale	65.9%
25	Ojo Amarillo	65.5%
26	Borrego Pass	65.1%
27	Cordova	65.1%
28	Prewitt	61.4%
29	La Jara	60.7%
30	Ventura	60.7%
31	Seboyeta	60.4%
32	Gamerco	60.2%
33	North Light Plant	59.3%
34	DoÃ±a Ana	58.9%
35	El Rito	58.5%
36	Totah Vista	57.5%
37	Nageezi	57.3%
38	Chical	56.8%
39	Alamillo	56.5%
40	North Acomita Village	56.5%
41	Navajo	55.9%
42	Las Tusas	55.4%
43	Nara Visa	54.9%
44	Twin Forks	53.6%
45	Madrid	52.4%
46	Twin Lakes	51.8%
47	Paraje	51.7%
48	Lake Sumner	51.5%
49	Manuelito	51.4%
50	House	51.1%
51	Vaughn	50.9%
52	Taos Pueblo	48.0%
53	Reserve	47.6%
54	Salem	47.5%
55	Tierra Amarilla	46.7%
56	Napi Headquarters	46.0%
57	Pajarito Mesa	45.0%
58	Ojo Sarco	44.4%
59	Trout Valley	42.9%
60	Highland Meadows	42.8%
61	Brimhall Nizhoni	42.7%
62	Nakaibito	42.6%
63	Rosedale	42.1%
64	San Ysidro	41.3%
65	Tohatchi	41.3%
66	Nogal	41.0%
67	Dixon	40.9%
68	University Park	40.9%
69	Sena	40.8%
70	Naschitti	40.6%
71	Church Rock	40.5%
72	Mescalero	40.3%
73	Moriarty	40.0%
74	Hillsboro	39.5%
75	Encantado	39.3%
76	Monterey Park	39.2%
77	Sundance	39.1%
78	Ponderosa	38.9%
79	Keeler Farm	38.8%
80	Velarde	38.7%
81	Madrone	38.6%
82	Pinehill	38.2%
83	Columbus	37.6%
84	Encinal	37.2%
85	Gila	36.9%
86	Pueblo of Sandia Village	36.4%
87	Anthony	36.0%
88	Vanderwagen	36.0%
89	Vado	35.7%
90	Causey	35.5%
91	Laguna	35.3%
92	Sheep Springs	35.0%
93	Jamestown	34.9%
94	Truth or Consequences	34.8%
95	Nenahnezad	34.6%
96	North Hurley	34.6%
97	La Hacienda	34.3%
98	Navajo Dam	34.2%
99	Ramah	34.1%
100	McIntosh	34.0%

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