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You're at your local Whole Foods shopping for kale chips and asparagus water, trying to work out if you'll have time to stop at the Pottery Barn before you head to your yoga class taught by a girl named Sage. It hits you: you're leading the whitest life imaginable.
But does that mean the city you live in is one of the whitest places in New Mexico?
Don't worry, we've figured it out for you. Using actual census data combined with our favorite white people stereotypes (as confirmed by the internet), we can determine which cities are the whitest of the white in Land Of Enchantment.
After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in New Mexico for 2022.
Here are the 10 whites places in New Mexico for 2022:
What is the whitest city in New Mexico for 2022? According to the most recent census data Corrales ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Sunland Park is the least white city of all those we measured.
Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.
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The 10 Whitest Cities In New Mexico For 2022
1. Corrales
/10
Population: 8,636
% White: 69.4%
More on Corrales: Real Estate | Data | Photos
2. Ruidoso
/10
Population: 7,879
% White: 61.38%
More on Ruidoso: Real Estate | Data | Photos
3. Truth Or Consequences
/10
Population: 5,839
% White: 59.8%
More on Truth Or Consequences: Real Estate | Data | Photos
4. Aztec
/10
Population: 6,467
% White: 55.78%
More on Aztec: Real Estate | Data | Photos
5. Alamogordo
/10
Population: 31,635
% White: 55.08%
More on Alamogordo: Real Estate | Data | Photos
6. Los Ranchos De Albuquerque
/10
Population: 6,120
% White: 48.76%
More on Los Ranchos De Albuquerque: Real Estate | Data | Photos
7. Rio Rancho
/10
Population: 97,976
% White: 47.79%
More on Rio Rancho: Real Estate | Data | Photos
8. Portales
/10
Population: 11,713
% White: 47.78%
More on Portales: Real Estate | Data | Photos
9. Taos
/10
Population: 5,950
% White: 46.27%
More on Taos: Real Estate | Data | Photos
10. Silver City
/10
Population: 9,530
% White: 45.45%
More on Silver City: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in New Mexico for 2022
In order to rank the whitest places in New Mexico, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.
Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, specifically the percentage of white people living in each city in New Mexico.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.
We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 31 cities.
We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 69.4% to 5.3%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of White population with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Corrales took the distinction of being the most White, while Sunland Park was the least White city. You can download the data here.
Read on for more information on how the cities in New Mexico ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.
Summary: White Populations Across New Mexico
Measuring the locations with the highest percentage of white people, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in New Mexico according to the most recent data.
If you're curious enough, here are the least White places in New Mexico:
- Sunland Park
- Las Vegas
- Gallup
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| Rank | City | % White |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrales | 69.4% |
| 2 | Ruidoso | 61.38% |
| 3 | Truth Or Consequences | 59.8% |
| 4 | Aztec | 55.78% |
| 5 | Alamogordo | 55.08% |
| 6 | Los Ranchos De Albuquerque | 48.76% |
| 7 | Rio Rancho | 47.79% |
| 8 | Portales | 47.78% |
| 9 | Taos | 46.27% |
| 10 | Silver City | 45.45% |
| 11 | Carlsbad | 44.01% |
| 12 | Farmington | 42.76% |
| 13 | Raton | 41.41% |
| 14 | Clovis | 41.1% |
| 15 | Artesia | 40.81% |
| 16 | Bloomfield | 40.32% |
| 17 | Santa Fe | 39.91% |
| 18 | Albuquerque | 38.25% |
| 19 | Socorro | 37.25% |
| 20 | Roswell | 35.61% |
| 21 | Los Lunas | 33.98% |
| 22 | Las Cruces | 33.25% |
| 23 | Hobbs | 31.14% |
| 24 | Belen | 27.3% |
| 25 | Grants | 25.03% |
| 26 | Bernalillo | 24.0% |
| 27 | Deming | 23.06% |
| 28 | Lovington | 22.48% |
| 29 | Gallup | 18.88% |
| 30 | Las Vegas | 15.2% |
| 31 | Sunland Park | 5.32% |
