The graph below ranks each New Mexico County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
New Mexico total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Bernalillo |  22,863 |
| Dona Ana | 4,493 |
| Curry | 3,447 |
| Sandoval | 3,385 |
| Lea | 2,911 |
| Otero | 2,571 |
| Chaves | 1,709 |
| Santa Fe | 1,611 |
| Valencia | 1,302 |
| San Juan | 1,027 |
| Eddy | 980 |
| McKinley | 655 |
| San Miguel | 492 |
| Roosevelt | 447 |
| Luna | 375 |
| Cibola | 354 |
| Grant | 323 |
| Rio Arriba | 322 |
| Torrance | 321 |
| Taos | 262 |
| Socorro | 211 |
| Lincoln | 162 |
| Quay | 140 |
| Los Alamos | 127 |
| Colfax | 93 |
| Guadalupe | 92 |
| Sierra | 83 |
| Union | 80 |
| Hidalgo | 58 |
| Mora | 47 |
| Catron | 18 |
| Harding | 7 |
| DeBaca | 6 |