Counties in New Mexico by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Rio Arriba County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 18 counties in 2007, at 99.1%. Bernalillo County had the lowest, at 15.1%. The median was 88.5%. Source: EPA.

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Map of counties, 2007

Bernalillo County: 15.1 %Catron County: 98.1 %Chaves County: 87.2 %Doña Ana County: 35.6 %Eddy County: 78.6 %Grant County: 89 %Lea County: 72.9 %Lincoln County: 99 %Los Alamos County: 97.5 %Luna County: 79.2 %Otero County: 98.6 %Rio Arriba County: 99.1 %Sandoval County: 45.2 %San Juan County: 42.7 %Santa Fe County: 87.9 %Socorro County: 97.9 %Taos County: 90.9 %Valencia County: 96.4 %
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%, 2007. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2007

Rio Arriba County: 99.1 %Rio Arriba County99.1Lincoln County: 99 %Lincoln County99Otero County: 98.6 %Otero County98.6Catron County: 98.1 %Catron County98.1Socorro County: 97.9 %Socorro County97.9Los Alamos County: 97.5 %Los Alamos County97.5Valencia County: 96.4 %Valencia County96.4Taos County: 90.9 %Taos County90.9Grant County: 89 %Grant County89Santa Fe County: 87.9 %Santa Fe County87.9Chaves County: 87.2 %Chaves County87.2Luna County: 79.2 %Luna County79.2Eddy County: 78.6 %Eddy County78.6Lea County: 72.9 %Lea County72.9Sandoval County: 45.2 %Sandoval County45.2San Juan County: 42.7 %San Juan County42.7Doña Ana County: 35.6 %Doña Ana County35.6Bernalillo County: 15.1 %Bernalillo County15.1Rio Arriba County: 99.1 %Rio Arriba County99.1Lincoln County: 99 %Lincoln County99Otero County: 98.6 %Otero County98.6Catron County: 98.1 %Catron County98.1Socorro County: 97.9 %Socorro County97.9Los Alamos County: 97.5 %Los Alamos County97.5Valencia County: 96.4 %Valencia County96.4Taos County: 90.9 %Taos County90.9Grant County: 89 %Grant County89Santa Fe County: 87.9 %Santa Fe County87.9Chaves County: 87.2 %Chaves County87.2Luna County: 79.2 %Luna County79.2Eddy County: 78.6 %Eddy County78.6Lea County: 72.9 %Lea County72.9Sandoval County: 45.2 %Sandoval County45.2San Juan County: 42.7 %San Juan County42.7Doña Ana County: 35.6 %Doña Ana County35.6Bernalillo County: 15.1 %Bernalillo County15.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2007 (%)Change on 2006
1Rio Arriba County99.10 pts
2Lincoln County990 pts
3Otero County98.6n/a
4Catron County98.1-0.1 pts
5Socorro County97.9-0.3 pts
6Los Alamos County97.5-2.5 pts
7Valencia County96.4-2.8 pts
8Taos County90.9+0.3 pts
9Grant County89+5.5 pts
10Santa Fe County87.9-10.2 pts
11Chaves County87.2+3.1 pts
12Luna County79.2-19.3 pts
13Eddy County78.6+8.7 pts
14Lea County72.9+4.5 pts
15Sandoval County45.2+11 pts
16San Juan County42.7-9.6 pts
17Doña Ana County35.6+7.7 pts
18Bernalillo County15.1-17 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2007 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in New Mexico by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in New Mexico by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-mexico-counties?period=2007. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in New Mexico by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-mexico-counties?period=2007.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in New Mexico by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2007 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/new-mexico-counties?period=2007 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Rio Arriba County, with 99.1% in 2007, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Bernalillo County, with 15.1% in 2007.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 counties have no value for 2007 and are not ranked.

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