New Mexico County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 33 counties in New Mexico, scored 0–100 across five domains. Mean score: 55.3. 6counties are in Serious or Crisis.
Data: Census, BLS, Urban Institute, HUD, US Courts | Scores as of 2026-03-26
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All 33 New Mexico counties colored by distress zone. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
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Score Distribution
How New Mexico's 33 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
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33 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Zone | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 281 | McKinley County | 72.7 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 2 | 307 | Luna County | 72.1 | Serious | Structural Poverty |
| 3 | 311 | Cibola County | 72.1 | Serious | Structural Poverty |
| 4 | 443 | Curry County | 68.9 | Serious | Housing Cost Burden |
| 5 | 501 | Chaves County | 67.9 | Serious | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 6 | 544 | Doña Ana County | 67.1 | Serious | Housing Cost Burden |
| 7 | 721 | Socorro County | 63.7 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 8 | 723 | San Juan County | 63.7 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 9 | 727 | Valencia County | 63.7 | Elevated | Economic Vitality |
| 10 | 733 | Lea County | 63.6 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 11 | 766 | Roosevelt County | 63.2 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 12 | 1,031 | Bernalillo County | 58.8 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 13 | 1,071 | San Miguel County | 58.0 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 14 | 1,118 | Torrance County | 57.5 | Elevated | Economic Vitality |
| 15 | 1,148 | Otero County | 56.9 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 16 | 1,241 | Hidalgo County | 55.5 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 17 | 1,281 | Grant County | 54.9 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 18 | 1,326 | Colfax County | 54.3 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 19 | 1,367 | Quay County | 53.6 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 20 | 1,398 | Guadalupe County | 53.1 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 21 | 1,469 | De Baca County | 51.7 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 22 | 1,504 | Sierra County | 51.3 | Elevated | Structural Poverty |
| 23 | 1,538 | Taos County | 50.6 | Elevated | Economic Vitality |
| 24 | 1,555 | Sandoval County | 50.4 | Elevated | Economic Vitality |
| 25 | 1,581 | Lincoln County | 50.0 | Normal | Structural Poverty |
| 26 | 1,673 | Eddy County | 48.5 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 27 | 1,675 | Union County | 48.5 | Normal | Structural Poverty |
| 28 | 1,698 | Rio Arriba County | 48.2 | Normal | Structural Poverty |
| 29 | 1,851 | Santa Fe County | 45.9 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 30 | 1,990 | Harding County | 43.4 | Normal | Structural Poverty |
| 31 | 2,116 | Catron County | 41.2 | Normal | Structural Poverty |
| 32 | 2,144 | Mora County | 40.8 | Normal | Structural Poverty |
| 33 | 3,143 | Los Alamos County | 11.4 | Healthy | Economic Vitality |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using PCA-weighted percentile-rank scoring across five statistically derived dimensions: Consumer Credit Distress, Housing Cost Burden, Structural Poverty, Economic Vitality, and Legal Distress. A score of 50 means the county falls at the national median. Higher scores indicate greater household financial distress.