New Mexico has 16 Superfund sites: 1.2% of the US total of 1,316. That ranks #26 by count and #9 per person (0.75 per 100,000 residents) of 51.
Source: EPA National Priorities List, September 2026. Every National Priorities List site in the 50 states and DC, at the EPA’s coordinates. Sites in the territories are left out.
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