Lowest 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 lowest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Among counties, Los Alamos County leads at 2.9%.
Among cities & places, Alma leads at 0.0%.
Counties
| # | Name | Poverty rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Alamos County | 2.9% | |
| 2 | Sandoval County | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Eddy County | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Santa Fe County | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Taos County | 14.4% | |
| 6 | Bernalillo County | 15.8% | |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 16.0% | |
| 8 | Colfax County | 17.0% | |
| 9 | Valencia County | 18.4% | |
| 10 | Lea County | 18.7% | |
| 11 | Harding County | 18.7% | |
| 12 | Mora County | 18.8% | |
| 13 | Union County | 19.5% | |
| 14 | Grant County | 19.5% | |
| 15 | Otero County | 20.0% | |
| 16 | Rio Arriba County | 20.1% | |
| 17 | Torrance County | 20.4% | |
| 18 | Hidalgo County | 20.5% | |
| 19 | De Baca County | 20.6% | |
| 20 | Curry County | 20.9% | |
| 21 | Catron County | 21.2% | |
| 22 | Roosevelt County | 21.6% | |
| 23 | San Miguel County | 22.0% | |
| 24 | Doña Ana County | 22.2% | |
| 25 | Chaves County | 22.3% | |
| 26 | Guadalupe County | 23.0% | |
| 27 | San Juan County | 23.2% | |
| 28 | Sierra County | 24.9% | |
| 29 | Quay County | 25.4% | |
| 30 | Luna County | 26.1% | |
| 31 | Cibola County | 27.6% | |
| 32 | Socorro County | 29.0% | |
| 33 | McKinley County | 35.7% |
Cities & places
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