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

Chaves County had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 33 counties in 2022, at 41.4%. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 22.6%. The median was 34.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest41.4Chaves County
Lowest22.6Los Alamos County
Median34.533 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Bernalillo County: 27.7 %Catron County: 32.2 %Chaves County: 41.4 %Cibola County: 38.1 %Colfax County: 35 %Curry County: 34 %De Baca County: 32.3 %Doña Ana County: 34.1 %Eddy County: 39.1 %Grant County: 33.7 %Guadalupe County: 34.9 %Harding County: 33.8 %Hidalgo County: 34.1 %Lea County: 35.1 %Lincoln County: 30.3 %Los Alamos County: 22.6 %Luna County: 37.8 %McKinley County: 37.3 %Mora County: 36.4 %Otero County: 37.7 %Quay County: 35.3 %Rio Arriba County: 38.7 %Roosevelt County: 31.9 %Sandoval County: 30.9 %San Juan County: 38.1 %San Miguel County: 34.6 %Santa Fe County: 22.9 %Sierra County: 32.1 %Socorro County: 33.7 %Taos County: 28.7 %Torrance County: 34.5 %Union County: 35 %Valencia County: 35.1 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Chaves County: 41.4 %Chaves County41.4Eddy County: 39.1 %Eddy County39.1Rio Arriba County: 38.7 %Rio Arriba County38.7Cibola County: 38.1 %Cibola County38.1San Juan County: 38.1 %San Juan County38.1Luna County: 37.8 %Luna County37.8Otero County: 37.7 %Otero County37.7McKinley County: 37.3 %McKinley County37.3Mora County: 36.4 %Mora County36.4Quay County: 35.3 %Quay County35.3Lea County: 35.1 %Lea County35.1Valencia County: 35.1 %Valencia County35.1Colfax County: 35 %Colfax County35Union County: 35 %Union County35Guadalupe County: 34.9 %Guadalupe County34.9San Miguel County: 34.6 %San Miguel County34.6Torrance County: 34.5 %Torrance County34.5Doña Ana County: 34.1 %Doña Ana County34.1Hidalgo County: 34.1 %Hidalgo County34.1Curry County: 34 %Curry County34Harding County: 33.8 %Harding County33.8Grant County: 33.7 %Grant County33.7Socorro County: 33.7 %Socorro County33.7De Baca County: 32.3 %De Baca County32.3Catron County: 32.2 %Catron County32.2Sierra County: 32.1 %Sierra County32.1Roosevelt County: 31.9 %Roosevelt County31.9Sandoval County: 30.9 %Sandoval County30.9Lincoln County: 30.3 %Lincoln County30.3Taos County: 28.7 %Taos County28.7Bernalillo County: 27.7 %Bernalillo County27.7Santa Fe County: 22.9 %Santa Fe County22.9Los Alamos County: 22.6 %Los Alamos County22.6Chaves County: 41.4 %Chaves County41.4Eddy County: 39.1 %Eddy County39.1Rio Arriba County: 38.7 %Rio Arriba County38.7Cibola County: 38.1 %Cibola County38.1San Juan County: 38.1 %San Juan County38.1Luna County: 37.8 %Luna County37.8Otero County: 37.7 %Otero County37.7McKinley County: 37.3 %McKinley County37.3Mora County: 36.4 %Mora County36.4Quay County: 35.3 %Quay County35.3Lea County: 35.1 %Lea County35.1Valencia County: 35.1 %Valencia County35.1Colfax County: 35 %Colfax County35Union County: 35 %Union County35Guadalupe County: 34.9 %Guadalupe County34.9San Miguel County: 34.6 %San Miguel County34.6Torrance County: 34.5 %Torrance County34.5Doña Ana County: 34.1 %Doña Ana County34.1Hidalgo County: 34.1 %Hidalgo County34.1Curry County: 34 %Curry County34Harding County: 33.8 %Harding County33.8Grant County: 33.7 %Grant County33.7Socorro County: 33.7 %Socorro County33.7De Baca County: 32.3 %De Baca County32.3Catron County: 32.2 %Catron County32.2Sierra County: 32.1 %Sierra County32.1Roosevelt County: 31.9 %Roosevelt County31.9Sandoval County: 30.9 %Sandoval County30.9Lincoln County: 30.3 %Lincoln County30.3Taos County: 28.7 %Taos County28.7Bernalillo County: 27.7 %Bernalillo County27.7Santa Fe County: 22.9 %Santa Fe County22.9Los Alamos County: 22.6 %Los Alamos County22.6
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Chaves County41.4+1 pts
2Eddy County39.1+0.9 pts
3Rio Arriba County38.7+1 pts
4Cibola County38.1+0.1 pts
4San Juan County38.1+1.5 pts
6Luna County37.8-2.5 pts
7Otero County37.7+4 pts
8McKinley County37.3-6.5 pts
9Mora County36.4+0.4 pts
10Quay County35.3-4.1 pts
11Lea County35.1-6 pts
11Valencia County35.1-2.7 pts
13Colfax County35-2.3 pts
13Union County35-1.7 pts
15Guadalupe County34.9-3.4 pts
16San Miguel County34.6+0.2 pts
17Torrance County34.5-2.6 pts
18Doña Ana County34.1-1.4 pts
18Hidalgo County34.1-3 pts
20Curry County34+0.5 pts
21Harding County33.8-1.3 pts
22Grant County33.7+0.4 pts
22Socorro County33.7-2.9 pts
24De Baca County32.3-3.9 pts
25Catron County32.2-4.3 pts
26Sierra County32.1-0.6 pts
27Roosevelt County31.9-2.5 pts
28Sandoval County30.9-4 pts
29Lincoln County30.3-1.4 pts
30Taos County28.7-1.8 pts
31Bernalillo County27.7-3.6 pts
32Santa Fe County22.9-3.3 pts
33Los Alamos County22.6-4.1 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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?period=2022. 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, 2022. 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?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-mexico-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Chaves County, with 41.4% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Los Alamos County, with 22.6% in 2022.

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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