# Counties in New Mexico by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `language_other_than_english_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. 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 C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Luna County | 52.1 |
| 2 | Rio Arriba County | 51.5 |
| 3 | McKinley County | 48.9 |
| 4 | Guadalupe County | 46.2 |
| 5 | San Miguel County | 46.1 |
| 6 | Doña Ana County | 45.3 |
| 7 | Lea County | 44.6 |
| 8 | Mora County | 44.4 |
| 9 | Cibola County | 38.5 |
| 10 | De Baca County | 36.1 |
| 11 | Chaves County | 35 |
| 12 | Socorro County | 33.4 |
| 12 | Taos County | 33.4 |
| 14 | Hidalgo County | 32.2 |
| 15 | Santa Fe County | 30.4 |
| 16 | Eddy County | 28.3 |
| 17 | Valencia County | 28 |
| 18 | San Juan County | 27.9 |
| 19 | Curry County | 27.6 |
| 20 | Bernalillo County | 26.6 |
| 21 | Otero County | 24.8 |
| 22 | Sandoval County | 23.6 |
| 23 | Grant County | 23.3 |
| 24 | Roosevelt County | 23.3 |
| 25 | Union County | 22.3 |
| 26 | Sierra County | 21.6 |
| 27 | Torrance County | 21 |
| 28 | Colfax County | 19 |
| 29 | Catron County | 18.3 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 17.9 |
| 31 | Harding County | 17.3 |
| 32 | Quay County | 17.2 |
| 33 | Los Alamos County | 14.6 |