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Counties in New Mexico by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023

McKinley County had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 33 counties in 2023, at 41.3%. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 25.4%. The median was 35.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest41.3McKinley County
Lowest25.4Los Alamos County
Median35.333 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Bernalillo County: 33 %Catron County: 31.6 %Chaves County: 39.8 %Cibola County: 39.1 %Colfax County: 31.5 %Curry County: 39.4 %De Baca County: 32.5 %Doña Ana County: 35.9 %Eddy County: 39.8 %Grant County: 32.8 %Guadalupe County: 36.8 %Harding County: 35.3 %Hidalgo County: 34.5 %Lea County: 37 %Lincoln County: 30 %Los Alamos County: 25.4 %Luna County: 35.7 %McKinley County: 41.3 %Mora County: 33.1 %Otero County: 37.1 %Quay County: 37.6 %Rio Arriba County: 39.9 %Roosevelt County: 32.6 %Sandoval County: 32.6 %San Juan County: 35.1 %San Miguel County: 37.3 %Santa Fe County: 25.6 %Sierra County: 36.8 %Socorro County: 36.2 %Taos County: 27.9 %Torrance County: 34.5 %Union County: 34.3 %Valencia County: 35.4 %
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%, 2023. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2023

McKinley County: 41.3 %McKinley County41.3Rio Arriba County: 39.9 %Rio Arriba County39.9Chaves County: 39.8 %Chaves County39.8Eddy County: 39.8 %Eddy County39.8Curry County: 39.4 %Curry County39.4Cibola County: 39.1 %Cibola County39.1Quay County: 37.6 %Quay County37.6San Miguel County: 37.3 %San Miguel County37.3Otero County: 37.1 %Otero County37.1Lea County: 37 %Lea County37Guadalupe County: 36.8 %Guadalupe County36.8Sierra County: 36.8 %Sierra County36.8Socorro County: 36.2 %Socorro County36.2Doña Ana County: 35.9 %Doña Ana County35.9Luna County: 35.7 %Luna County35.7Valencia County: 35.4 %Valencia County35.4Harding County: 35.3 %Harding County35.3San Juan County: 35.1 %San Juan County35.1Hidalgo County: 34.5 %Hidalgo County34.5Torrance County: 34.5 %Torrance County34.5Union County: 34.3 %Union County34.3Mora County: 33.1 %Mora County33.1Bernalillo County: 33 %Bernalillo County33Grant County: 32.8 %Grant County32.8Roosevelt County: 32.6 %Roosevelt County32.6Sandoval County: 32.6 %Sandoval County32.6De Baca County: 32.5 %De Baca County32.5Catron County: 31.6 %Catron County31.6Colfax County: 31.5 %Colfax County31.5Lincoln County: 30 %Lincoln County30Taos County: 27.9 %Taos County27.9Santa Fe County: 25.6 %Santa Fe County25.6Los Alamos County: 25.4 %Los Alamos County25.4McKinley County: 41.3 %McKinley County41.3Rio Arriba County: 39.9 %Rio Arriba County39.9Chaves County: 39.8 %Chaves County39.8Eddy County: 39.8 %Eddy County39.8Curry County: 39.4 %Curry County39.4Cibola County: 39.1 %Cibola County39.1Quay County: 37.6 %Quay County37.6San Miguel County: 37.3 %San Miguel County37.3Otero County: 37.1 %Otero County37.1Lea County: 37 %Lea County37Guadalupe County: 36.8 %Guadalupe County36.8Sierra County: 36.8 %Sierra County36.8Socorro County: 36.2 %Socorro County36.2Doña Ana County: 35.9 %Doña Ana County35.9Luna County: 35.7 %Luna County35.7Valencia County: 35.4 %Valencia County35.4Harding County: 35.3 %Harding County35.3San Juan County: 35.1 %San Juan County35.1Hidalgo County: 34.5 %Hidalgo County34.5Torrance County: 34.5 %Torrance County34.5Union County: 34.3 %Union County34.3Mora County: 33.1 %Mora County33.1Bernalillo County: 33 %Bernalillo County33Grant County: 32.8 %Grant County32.8Roosevelt County: 32.6 %Roosevelt County32.6Sandoval County: 32.6 %Sandoval County32.6De Baca County: 32.5 %De Baca County32.5Catron County: 31.6 %Catron County31.6Colfax County: 31.5 %Colfax County31.5Lincoln County: 30 %Lincoln County30Taos County: 27.9 %Taos County27.9Santa Fe County: 25.6 %Santa Fe County25.6Los Alamos County: 25.4 %Los Alamos County25.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1McKinley County41.3+4 pts
2Rio Arriba County39.9+1.2 pts
3Chaves County39.8-1.6 pts
3Eddy County39.8+0.7 pts
5Curry County39.4+5.4 pts
6Cibola County39.1+1 pts
7Quay County37.6+2.3 pts
8San Miguel County37.3+2.7 pts
9Otero County37.1-0.6 pts
10Lea County37+1.9 pts
11Guadalupe County36.8+1.9 pts
11Sierra County36.8+4.7 pts
13Socorro County36.2+2.5 pts
14Doña Ana County35.9+1.8 pts
15Luna County35.7-2.1 pts
16Valencia County35.4+0.3 pts
17Harding County35.3+1.5 pts
18San Juan County35.1-3 pts
19Hidalgo County34.5+0.4 pts
19Torrance County34.50 pts
21Union County34.3-0.7 pts
22Mora County33.1-3.3 pts
23Bernalillo County33+5.3 pts
24Grant County32.8-0.9 pts
25Roosevelt County32.6+0.7 pts
25Sandoval County32.6+1.7 pts
27De Baca County32.5+0.2 pts
28Catron County31.6-0.6 pts
29Colfax County31.5-3.5 pts
30Lincoln County30-0.3 pts
31Taos County27.9-0.8 pts
32Santa Fe County25.6+2.7 pts
33Los Alamos County25.4+2.8 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, calculated from self-reported weight and height. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_obesity_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence (Counties in New Mexico by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Counties in New Mexico by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-mexico-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Counties in New Mexico by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-mexico-counties.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Counties in New Mexico by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-mexico-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

McKinley County, with 41.3% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

Los Alamos County, with 25.4% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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