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, 2 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 10 counties.

Harding County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 66 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Harding County 35021	66	25	74	95	55	624
Catron County 35003	65	43	78	58	63	3,825
Sierra County 35051	63	31	79	53	69	11,488
Quay County 35037	61	35	66	60	70	8,510
De Baca County 35011	61	33	63	94	46	1,657
McKinley County 35031	60	38	73	40	85	68,797
San Juan County 35045	57	48	61	37	73	120,675
Grant County 35017	54	44	59	53	54	27,472
Hidalgo County 35023	54	34	50	66	61	3,965
Cibola County 35006	53	32	58	43	72	26,780
Luna County 35029	53	34	57	46	65	25,316
Colfax County 35007	52	32	54	57	59	12,255
Union County 35059	51	26	49	75	52	3,964
Mora County 35033	51	30	45	72	55	4,123
Torrance County 35057	51	23	63	40	67	15,633
Socorro County 35053	50	35	47	42	70	15,963
Doña Ana County 35013	49	68	23	58	54	225,210
Rio Arriba County 35039	49	52	42	41	59	39,876
Taos County 35055	49	34	48	49	60	34,405
Guadalupe County 35019	48	30	33	82	51	4,292
Lincoln County 35027	48	24	61	43	55	20,029
Chaves County 35005	48	50	36	41	62	63,561
Curry County 35009	45	43	26	59	56	47,222
San Miguel County 35047	45	28	38	45	66	26,668
Valencia County 35061	43	44	31	41	59	79,141
Otero County 35035	43	34	31	56	55	68,835
Lea County 35025	43	61	18	51	52	72,101
Roosevelt County 35041	42	46	23	47	58	18,787
Bernalillo County 35001	42	55	19	42	57	671,586
Santa Fe County 35049	41	45	35	42	48	155,956
Eddy County 35015	40	61	17	45	47	60,275
Sandoval County 35043	32	37	21	42	42	155,936
Los Alamos County 35028	21	25	11	43	11	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.