Where fiber is being built in New Mexico
As of Dec 31, 2025, FCC filings show fiber at 28.2% of New Mexico's 1.1 million homes, and the number of fiber homes grew 18.1% from June 30, 2025.
Fiber was filed in 163 of 263 New Mexico cities and towns with 250 or more homes. In 64 of them it reached more than half of homes, and in the typical one it reached 20.3%.
Nationally, fiber was filed at 55.8% of homes. FCC Broadband Data Collection, residential units, 25/3 Mbps or faster. Filed by the providers themselves. How this is computed
New Mexico counties
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| County | Homes | Fiber share | Cable, no fiber | Fiber home growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | 330,900 | 14.2% | at least 83.1% | +55.1% |
| Catron County | 4,054 | 12.4% | none filed | +55.1% |
| Chaves County | 30,847 | 60.8% | at least 24.5% | +22% |
| Cibola County | 15,072 | 48.9% | none filed | -27.1% |
| Colfax County | 11,091 | 46.2% | none filed | +0.7% |
| Curry County | 24,311 | 95.6% | at least 0.6% | +6% |
| De Baca County | 1,444 | 94% | none filed | -7.8% |
| Doña Ana County | 103,925 | 21.1% | at least 63.5% | +141.8% |
| Eddy County | 31,955 | 47.6% | at least 40.4% | +6.4% |
| Grant County | 16,773 | 4.3% | at least 69.4% | +134.1% |
| Guadalupe County | 2,763 | 94.9% | none filed | -3.6% |
| Harding County | 772 | 87.2% | none filed | no data |
| Hidalgo County | 2,975 | 14% | none filed | +6.7% |
| Lea County | 32,723 | 76.7% | at least 13.6% | -3.4% |
| Lincoln County | 21,194 | 49.2% | at least 34.3% | +0.8% |
| Los Alamos County | 9,884 | 2.2% | at least 95.1% | +0.4 points (small June base) |
| Luna County | 12,561 | 21% | at least 56.1% | +180.7% |
| McKinley County | 29,775 | 11.5% | at least 36.8% | +0.8% |
| Mora County | 3,872 | 89.3% | none filed | -5.2% |
| Otero County | 37,260 | 30.8% | at least 48.2% | -1.6% |
| Quay County | 6,797 | 87.5% | none filed | -6.9% |
| Rio Arriba County | 22,603 | 12.1% | none filed | -0.1% |
| Roosevelt County | 9,672 | 92.5% | none filed | +0.3% |
| San Juan County | 54,004 | 3% | at least 65.4% | +100.2% |
| San Miguel County | 17,711 | 45.8% | at least 23% | +14.9% |
| Sandoval County | 67,955 | 51.3% | at least 33% | +30.2% |
| Santa Fe County | 88,251 | 5.2% | at least 70.4% | +26.9% |
| Sierra County | 9,561 | 32.6% | at least 52.4% | -2.4% |
| Socorro County | 9,114 | 41.3% | none filed | -10.1% |
| Taos County | 25,175 | 76% | at least 3.9% | +3.9% |
| Torrance County | 9,627 | 16.7% | at least 14% | +64.9% |
| Union County | 2,677 | 75.5% | none filed | -9.6% |
| Valencia County | 33,974 | 19.3% | at least 59.2% | +47.8% |
The 30 largest places in New Mexico
By number of homes. Search above for any of the other 497 cities and towns.
| City or town | Homes | Fiber share | Cable, no fiber | Fiber home growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 281,891 | 16.5% | at least 82.9% | +55.4% |
| Las Cruces | 54,715 | 31.9% | at least 67.3% | +191.9% |
| Santa Fe | 51,078 | 6.1% | at least 91.7% | +24.3% |
| Rio Rancho | 44,868 | 77.3% | at least 22.2% | +29.9% |
| Roswell | 21,337 | 78.6% | at least 21.3% | +18.2% |
| Farmington | 20,383 | 4.8% | at least 92.5% | +3.8 points (small June base) |
| Clovis | 18,574 | 99% | at least 0.4% | +3.6% |
| Hobbs | 17,594 | 83.7% | at least 16.1% | -1.5% |
| Alamogordo | 17,397 | 14.8% | at least 83.6% | -0.7% |
| Carlsbad | 15,906 | 77.2% | at least 21.8% | +6.6% |
| South Valley | 15,199 | 0.1% | at least 96.1% | no change (small June base) |
| Ruidoso | 9,524 | 84.2% | at least 15.1% | +0.3% |
| Gallup | 9,366 | none filed | at least 98.4% | no change (small June base) |
| Los Lunas | 8,026 | 50% | at least 48.7% | +30.5% |
| Las Vegas | 7,282 | 62.6% | at least 37.3% | +26.7% |
| Deming | 7,144 | 0.6% | at least 97.1% | +0.6 points (small June base) |
| Los Alamos | 6,991 | 1.1% | at least 95.9% | no change (small June base) |
| Sunland Park | 6,671 | 18.4% | at least 71.3% | +4.3% |
| Artesia | 6,348 | 11.2% | at least 86.8% | -1.5% |
| Silver City | 6,217 | 4.3% | at least 92.6% | +4.3 points (small June base) |
| Chaparral | 6,021 | 4.7% | none filed | -53.4% |
| North Valley | 5,690 | 0.7% | at least 96.6% | no change (small June base) |
| Portales | 5,556 | 100% | none filed | -2% |
| Grants | 5,083 | 86.8% | none filed | -22.4% |
| Española | 5,010 | 4.9% | none filed | -5.7% |
| Bernalillo | 4,756 | 0.1% | at least 96.4% | no change (small June base) |
| Taos | 4,668 | 76% | at least 14.3% | +0.6% |
| Lovington | 4,652 | 99.6% | none filed | -3.6% |
| Corrales | 4,314 | none filed | at least 96.8% | no change (small June base) |
| Truth or Consequences | 4,156 | 27.8% | at least 69.8% | -2.8% |
The data
Every number on this page traces to one cell in the download. Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Fixed Broadband Summary by Geography, filings as of June 30, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025. Census figures: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024. Grants: FCC Broadband Funding Map and the state broadband office.
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