Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in New Mexico
The top 25 of 33 New Mexico cities on GIS Map, ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.
| # | City | Below poverty level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Socorro | 32.6% |
| 2 | Las Vegas | 32% |
| 3 | Truth or Consequences | 31.7% |
| 4 | Belen | 31.2% |
| 5 | Deming | 30.9% |
| 6 | Portales | 28.1% |
| 7 | Gallup | 26.8% |
| 8 | Roswell | 26% |
| 9 | Aztec | 25.9% |
| 10 | Bloomfield | 25.7% |
| 11 | Raton | 25.1% |
| 12 | Lovington | 25% |
| 13 | Silver City | 23.7% |
| 14 | Las Cruces | 22.6% |
| 15 | Sunland Park | 22.4% |
| 16 | Clovis | 21.7% |
| 17 | Ruidoso | 20.6% |
| 18 | Española | 20.4% |
| 19 | Hobbs | 19.7% |
| 20 | South Valley | 18.5% |
| 21 | Los Lunas | 18.2% |
| 22 | Angel Fire | 18% |
| 23 | Farmington | 17.4% |
| 24 | Alamogordo | 16.6% |
| 25 | Bernalillo | 15.9% |
Top New Mexico Counties
Counties ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.
Citing this page: GIS Map, “Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in New Mexico”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-mexico/highest-poverty-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
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