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 18 counties, followed by Heat-Dialysis Vulnerability in 11 counties.

Catron County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 75 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	75	75	78	58	75	3,825
Harding County 35021	70	29	74	95	66	624
Sierra County 35051	63	33	79	53	66	11,488
De Baca County 35011	62	35	63	94	49	1,657
Quay County 35037	59	33	66	60	66	8,510
Rio Arriba County 35039	59	84	42	41	65	39,876
McKinley County 35031	58	31	73	40	85	68,797
Mora County 35033	58	40	45	72	69	4,123
San Juan County 35045	57	52	61	37	69	120,675
Hidalgo County 35023	55	35	50	66	65	3,965
Colfax County 35007	54	40	54	57	60	12,255
Cibola County 35006	53	31	58	43	72	26,780
Luna County 35029	52	35	57	46	63	25,316
Torrance County 35057	52	23	63	40	75	15,633
Grant County 35017	52	31	59	53	56	27,472
Guadalupe County 35019	51	33	33	82	57	4,292
Union County 35059	50	26	49	75	50	3,964
Taos County 35055	50	41	48	49	59	34,405
Lincoln County 35027	50	27	61	43	60	20,029
Valencia County 35061	50	66	31	41	64	79,141
Socorro County 35053	49	31	47	42	72	15,963
San Miguel County 35047	45	34	38	45	64	26,668
Eddy County 35015	44	75	17	45	51	60,275
Doña Ana County 35013	44	60	23	58	45	225,210
Lea County 35025	42	62	18	51	50	72,101
Santa Fe County 35049	42	58	35	42	41	155,956
Sandoval County 35043	42	63	21	42	51	155,936
Chaves County 35005	41	35	36	41	56	63,561
Otero County 35035	41	33	31	56	51	68,835
Bernalillo County 35001	40	69	19	42	44	671,586
Curry County 35009	38	33	26	59	44	47,222
Roosevelt County 35041	36	34	23	47	51	18,787
Los Alamos County 35028	22	31	11	43	15	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.