Healthiest Cities in New Mexico.

Cities in New Mexico whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

23 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Los Alamos	13,317	25.5%	7.6%	13.8%
2	Santa Fe	89,019	25.9%	10.2%	21.4%
3	Rio Rancho	108,515	31.9%	10.5%	20.8%
4	Portales	11,968	31.7%	12.5%	25.4%
5	Albuquerque	562,218	32.9%	12.2%	23.1%
6	Las Cruces	114,197	35.4%	12.1%	26.0%
7	Los Lunas	18,618	34.5%	12.3%	26.6%
8	Alamogordo	31,307	35.9%	13.8%	23.3%
9	Artesia	12,576	39.9%	12.8%	26.6%
10	Carlsbad	31,746	39.5%	13.6%	27.0%
11	Farmington	46,314	33.3%	17.5%	24.0%
12	Hobbs	40,252	36.7%	14.7%	29.1%
13	North Valley	10,455	34.1%	11.8%	25.8%
14	Española	10,473	37.0%	12.7%	31.5%
15	Las Vegas	13,000	37.6%	11.6%	31.6%
16	Clovis	37,942	40.4%	15.5%	30.5%
17	South Valley	37,120	37.0%	13.9%	31.7%
18	Lovington	11,498	39.4%	16.2%	34.1%
19	Roswell	47,638	39.9%	15.5%	31.3%
20	Gallup	21,023	37.6%	19.3%	27.9%
21	Chaparral	18,186	41.6%	15.9%	35.0%
22	Sunland Park	17,463	41.5%	14.7%	36.3%
23	Deming	15,221	36.6%	17.0%	36.8%