State index

New Mexico

Environmental and community health profiles for all 33 counties in New Mexico. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in New Mexico

Across New Mexico's 33 counties, 3 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is social and economic conditions, the leading driver of community health need in New Mexico.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Heat Vulnerability, triggered in 16 counties, followed by Heat-Dialysis Vulnerability in 10 counties.

Catron County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 73 out of 100 (high). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Catron County 35003	73	75	78	58	63	3,825
Harding County 35021	67	29	74	95	55	624
Sierra County 35051	63	33	79	53	69	11,488
De Baca County 35011	61	35	63	94	46	1,657
Quay County 35037	60	33	66	60	70	8,510
McKinley County 35031	58	31	73	40	85	68,797
San Juan County 35045	58	52	61	37	73	120,675
Rio Arriba County 35039	57	84	42	41	59	39,876
Hidalgo County 35023	55	35	50	66	61	3,965
Colfax County 35007	54	40	54	57	59	12,255
Mora County 35033	54	40	45	72	55	4,123
Luna County 35029	53	35	57	46	65	25,316
Cibola County 35006	53	31	58	43	72	26,780
Union County 35059	51	26	49	75	52	3,964
Grant County 35017	51	31	59	53	54	27,472
Torrance County 35057	51	23	63	40	67	15,633
Taos County 35055	51	41	48	49	60	34,405
Guadalupe County 35019	49	33	33	82	51	4,292
Valencia County 35061	49	66	31	41	59	79,141
Socorro County 35053	49	31	47	42	70	15,963
Lincoln County 35027	49	27	61	43	55	20,029
Doña Ana County 35013	47	60	23	58	54	225,210
San Miguel County 35047	46	34	38	45	66	26,668
Bernalillo County 35001	45	69	19	42	57	671,586
Santa Fe County 35049	45	58	35	42	48	155,956
Chaves County 35005	44	35	36	41	62	63,561
Lea County 35025	43	62	18	51	52	72,101
Eddy County 35015	43	75	17	45	47	60,275
Otero County 35035	43	33	31	56	55	68,835
Curry County 35009	42	33	26	59	56	47,222
Roosevelt County 35041	39	34	23	47	58	18,787
Sandoval County 35043	39	63	21	42	42	155,936
Los Alamos County 35028	22	31	11	43	10	19,444

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.