New Mexico: the counties with the highest share of Black students

26 counties

New Mexico public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Curry County	NM	27	8,777	447	5.1%
2	Otero County	NM	25	7,639	299	3.9%
3	Bernalillo County	NM	203	85,724	2,164	2.5%
4	Lea County	NM	38	15,126	352	2.3%
5	Quay County	NM	13	1,405	32	2.3%
6	Roosevelt County	NM	13	3,108	67	2.2%
7	Sierra County	NM	5	1,246	27	2.2%
8	Chaves County	NM	32	10,504	189	1.8%
9	Doña Ana County	NM	77	36,561	513	1.4%
10	Sandoval County	NM	48	22,445	317	1.4%
11	Los Alamos County	NM	8	3,971	52	1.3%
12	Torrance County	NM	11	2,258	28	1.2%
13	Cibola County	NM	17	3,854	43	1.1%
14	Eddy County	NM	25	11,661	119	1.0%
15	Lincoln County	NM	14	2,601	23	0.9%
16	Santa Fe County	NM	52	20,719	184	0.9%
17	Grant County	NM	16	3,240	23	0.7%
18	McKinley County	NM	53	16,807	114	0.7%
19	Socorro County	NM	11	2,135	16	0.7%
20	Valencia County	NM	27	11,956	85	0.7%
21	Luna County	NM	13	5,116	29	0.6%
22	Taos County	NM	22	3,727	19	0.5%
23	Colfax County	NM	16	1,378	5	0.4%
24	Rio Arriba County	NM	27	3,127	11	0.4%
25	San Juan County	NM	61	21,309	82	0.4%
26	San Miguel County	NM	18	3,156	14	0.4%

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