The 10 Whitest Cities In New Mexico For 2022


We used science and data to determine which cities in New Mexico are whiter than wonder bread.

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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:

  1. Corrales
  2. Ruidoso
  3. Truth or Consequences
  4. Aztec
  5. Alamogordo
  6. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
  7. Rio Rancho
  8. Portales
  9. Taos
  10. Silver City

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.

For more New Mexico reading, check out:

The 10 Whitest Cities In New Mexico For 2022

1. Corrales

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 8,636
% White: 69.4%
More on Corrales: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Corrales, NM

2. Ruidoso

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 7,879
% White: 61.38%
More on Ruidoso: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Ruidoso, NM

Source: Public domain

3. Truth Or Consequences

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,839
% White: 59.8%
More on Truth Or Consequences: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Truth Or Consequences, NM

Source: Public domain

4. Aztec

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,467
% White: 55.78%
More on Aztec: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Aztec, NM

Source: Public domain

5. Alamogordo

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 31,635
% White: 55.08%
More on Alamogordo: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Alamogordo, NM

Source: Public domain

6. Los Ranchos De Albuquerque

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 6,120
% White: 48.76%
More on Los Ranchos De Albuquerque: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM

7. Rio Rancho

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 97,976
% White: 47.79%
More on Rio Rancho: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Rio Rancho, NM

Source: Public domain

8. Portales

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 11,713
% White: 47.78%
More on Portales: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Portales, NM

9. Taos

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Population: 5,950
% White: 46.27%
More on Taos: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Taos, NM

10. Silver City

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,530
% White: 45.45%
More on Silver City: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Silver City, NM

Source: Public domain

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*
* Not Hispanic or latino

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:

  1. Sunland Park
  2. Las Vegas
  3. Gallup

For more New Mexico reading, check out:

White Population By City In { state|title }}

Rank City % White Population
1 Corrales 69.4% 8,636
2 Ruidoso 61.38% 7,879
3 Truth Or Consequences 59.8% 5,839
4 Aztec 55.78% 6,467
5 Alamogordo 55.08% 31,635
6 Los Ranchos De Albuquerque 48.76% 6,120
7 Rio Rancho 47.79% 97,976
8 Portales 47.78% 11,713
9 Taos 46.27% 5,950
10 Silver City 45.45% 9,530
11 Carlsbad 44.01% 29,278
12 Farmington 42.76% 44,967
13 Raton 41.41% 6,020
14 Clovis 41.1% 38,701
15 Artesia 40.81% 12,463
16 Bloomfield 40.32% 7,791
17 Santa Fe 39.91% 84,418
18 Albuquerque 38.25% 560,447
19 Socorro 37.25% 8,406
20 Roswell 35.61% 47,751
21 Los Lunas 33.98% 15,814
22 Las Cruces 33.25% 102,950
23 Hobbs 31.14% 38,475
24 Belen 27.3% 7,476
25 Grants 25.03% 8,987
26 Bernalillo 24.0% 10,077
27 Deming 23.06% 14,083
28 Lovington 22.48% 11,400
29 Gallup 18.88% 21,637
30 Las Vegas 15.2% 13,055
31 Sunland Park 5.32% 17,581

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Editor's Note: We updated this article for 2022. This is our ninth time ranking the whitest cities in New Mexico.

About Chris Kolmar

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