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

Los Alamos County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 18 counties in 2010, at 100%. Bernalillo County had the lowest, at 21.1%. The median was 90.8%. Source: EPA.

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Map of counties, 2010

Bernalillo County: 21.1 %Catron County: 99.1 %Chaves County: 92.2 %Doña Ana County: 32.9 %Eddy County: 75.3 %Grant County: 79.5 %Lea County: 89.3 %Lincoln County: 97.1 %Los Alamos County: 100 %Luna County: 93.7 %McKinley County: 100 %Rio Arriba County: 99 %Sandoval County: 60.5 %San Juan County: 65.8 %Santa Fe County: 83.3 %Socorro County: 100 %Taos County: 97.7 %Valencia County: 84.7 %
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%, 2010. 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, 2010

Los Alamos County: 100 %Los Alamos County100McKinley County: 100 %McKinley County100Socorro County: 100 %Socorro County100Catron County: 99.1 %Catron County99.1Rio Arriba County: 99 %Rio Arriba County99Taos County: 97.7 %Taos County97.7Lincoln County: 97.1 %Lincoln County97.1Luna County: 93.7 %Luna County93.7Chaves County: 92.2 %Chaves County92.2Lea County: 89.3 %Lea County89.3Valencia County: 84.7 %Valencia County84.7Santa Fe County: 83.3 %Santa Fe County83.3Grant County: 79.5 %Grant County79.5Eddy County: 75.3 %Eddy County75.3San Juan County: 65.8 %San Juan County65.8Sandoval County: 60.5 %Sandoval County60.5Doña Ana County: 32.9 %Doña Ana County32.9Bernalillo County: 21.1 %Bernalillo County21.1Los Alamos County: 100 %Los Alamos County100McKinley County: 100 %McKinley County100Socorro County: 100 %Socorro County100Catron County: 99.1 %Catron County99.1Rio Arriba County: 99 %Rio Arriba County99Taos County: 97.7 %Taos County97.7Lincoln County: 97.1 %Lincoln County97.1Luna County: 93.7 %Luna County93.7Chaves County: 92.2 %Chaves County92.2Lea County: 89.3 %Lea County89.3Valencia County: 84.7 %Valencia County84.7Santa Fe County: 83.3 %Santa Fe County83.3Grant County: 79.5 %Grant County79.5Eddy County: 75.3 %Eddy County75.3San Juan County: 65.8 %San Juan County65.8Sandoval County: 60.5 %Sandoval County60.5Doña Ana County: 32.9 %Doña Ana County32.9Bernalillo County: 21.1 %Bernalillo County21.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2010 (%)Change on 2009
1Los Alamos County100+0.9 pts
1McKinley County100+2.9 pts
1Socorro County1000 pts
4Catron County99.1+0.8 pts
5Rio Arriba County99-1 pts
6Taos County97.7+2.4 pts
7Lincoln County97.1-2 pts
8Luna County93.7-1.4 pts
9Chaves County92.2+2.6 pts
10Lea County89.3+5.2 pts
11Valencia County84.7-3.8 pts
12Santa Fe County83.3-2.2 pts
13Grant County79.5-15.6 pts
14Eddy County75.3-5.2 pts
15San Juan County65.8-18.6 pts
16Sandoval County60.5-7.7 pts
17Doña Ana County32.9+6.3 pts
18Bernalillo County21.1-8.5 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 2010 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), 2010) [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), 2010. 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=2010. 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), 2010. 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=2010.

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), 2010 [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=2010 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Los Alamos County, with 100% in 2010, according to EPA.

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

Bernalillo County, with 21.1% in 2010.

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 2010 and are not ranked.

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