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 11 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	97	55	624
Catron County 35003	66	43	78	62	63	3,825
Sierra County 35051	63	31	79	56	69	11,488
McKinley County 35031	62	38	73	47	85	68,797
De Baca County 35011	61	33	63	97	46	1,657
Quay County 35037	61	35	66	62	70	8,510
San Juan County 35045	58	48	61	41	73	120,675
Hidalgo County 35023	56	34	50	74	61	3,965
Cibola County 35006	55	32	58	51	72	26,780
Mora County 35033	55	30	45	87	55	4,123
Grant County 35017	55	44	59	54	54	27,472
Luna County 35029	54	34	57	50	65	25,316
Union County 35059	54	26	49	85	52	3,964
Torrance County 35057	52	23	63	45	67	15,633
Socorro County 35053	52	35	47	51	70	15,963
Rio Arriba County 35039	51	52	42	48	59	39,876
Lincoln County 35027	50	24	61	51	55	20,029
Doña Ana County 35013	49	68	23	59	54	225,210
Taos County 35055	49	34	48	49	60	34,405
Chaves County 35005	49	50	36	46	62	63,561
Colfax County 35007	49	32	54	42	59	12,255
Guadalupe County 35019	47	30	33	76	51	4,292
San Miguel County 35047	47	28	38	52	66	26,668
Valencia County 35061	45	44	31	49	59	79,141
Curry County 35009	45	43	26	58	56	47,222
Lea County 35025	43	61	18	53	52	72,101
Bernalillo County 35001	43	55	19	49	57	671,586
Otero County 35035	43	34	31	56	55	68,835
Santa Fe County 35049	43	45	35	49	48	155,956
Roosevelt County 35041	42	46	23	47	58	18,787
Eddy County 35015	41	61	17	50	47	60,275
Sandoval County 35043	34	37	21	49	42	155,936
Los Alamos County 35028	22	25	11	49	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.