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

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

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who were not US citizens at birth, as a percentage of the total population. Includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- 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 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-mexico-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-mexico-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lea County | 18.3 |
| 2 | Luna County | 16.2 |
| 3 | Doña Ana County | 14.7 |
| 4 | Santa Fe County | 12.1 |
| 5 | Chaves County | 11.3 |
| 6 | Bernalillo County | 10.5 |
| 7 | Guadalupe County | 10.1 |
| 8 | Curry County | 10 |
| 9 | Otero County | 9.7 |
| 10 | Los Alamos County | 9.4 |
| 11 | Valencia County | 8.7 |
| 12 | Roosevelt County | 8.3 |
| 13 | Hidalgo County | 7.7 |
| 14 | Eddy County | 7.7 |
| 15 | Sierra County | 7.6 |
| 16 | Rio Arriba County | 6.3 |
| 17 | Taos County | 5.7 |
| 18 | Sandoval County | 5.6 |
| 19 | Catron County | 5.1 |
| 20 | Grant County | 4.6 |
| 21 | Colfax County | 4.3 |
| 22 | Socorro County | 4.2 |
| 23 | Torrance County | 3.9 |
| 24 | Lincoln County | 3.8 |
| 25 | Union County | 3.8 |
| 26 | San Juan County | 3.1 |
| 27 | McKinley County | 2.4 |
| 27 | San Miguel County | 2.4 |
| 29 | Cibola County | 2.2 |
| 30 | Mora County | 1.3 |
| 31 | Quay County | 0.6 |
| 32 | De Baca County | 0.6 |
| 33 | Harding County | 0.4 |