# Counties in New Mexico by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 33 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Catron County | 38.5 |
| 2 | Socorro County | 37.5 |
| 3 | San Miguel County | 36.3 |
| 4 | Hidalgo County | 34.1 |
| 4 | Sierra County | 34.1 |
| 6 | Cibola County | 33.4 |
| 7 | Luna County | 33.3 |
| 8 | McKinley County | 31.9 |
| 9 | Quay County | 31.4 |
| 10 | Torrance County | 30.1 |
| 11 | De Baca County | 29.7 |
| 12 | Otero County | 28.3 |
| 13 | Roosevelt County | 26.9 |
| 14 | Grant County | 26.7 |
| 15 | Colfax County | 26.3 |
| 16 | Union County | 25.7 |
| 17 | Taos County | 25.2 |
| 18 | Guadalupe County | 24.6 |
| 19 | Lincoln County | 24.4 |
| 20 | Chaves County | 24.2 |
| 21 | Mora County | 23.8 |
| 22 | Harding County | 23.7 |
| 23 | Doña Ana County | 23.6 |
| 24 | Rio Arriba County | 22.3 |
| 25 | San Juan County | 22.2 |
| 26 | Curry County | 21.1 |
| 27 | Valencia County | 20.3 |
| 28 | Lea County | 18.6 |
| 29 | Bernalillo County | 16.8 |
| 30 | Eddy County | 16.2 |
| 31 | Santa Fe County | 14.8 |
| 32 | Sandoval County | 11.7 |
| 33 | Los Alamos County | 2.8 |