# Cities in New Mexico by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat). England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sunland Park, NM | 24 |
| 2 | Lovington, NM | 19.7 |
| 3 | Hobbs, NM | 18.4 |
| 4 | Deming, NM | 17.5 |
| 5 | Santa Fe, NM | 15.3 |
| 6 | Española, NM | 14.2 |
| 7 | Roswell, NM | 11.2 |
| 8 | Albuquerque, NM | 10.6 |
| 9 | Clovis, NM | 10.2 |
| 10 | Las Cruces, NM | 10.2 |
| 11 | Artesia, NM | 9.4 |
| 12 | Carlsbad, NM | 8.6 |
| 13 | Portales, NM | 8.1 |
| 14 | Los Lunas, NM | 6.7 |
| 15 | Alamogordo, NM | 5.9 |
| 16 | Gallup, NM | 5.6 |
| 17 | Rio Rancho, NM | 5.3 |
| 18 | Farmington, NM | 3.3 |
| 19 | Las Vegas, NM | 1.3 |