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New Mexico Active Medical Marijuana Patients in 2026

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New Mexico Active Medical Marijuana Patients - 2026

This table showed the monthly count of medical marijuana patients in New Mexico from 2013 to 2024. The data revealed a clear trend of increasing patient numbers over the years, with notable annual growth, especially from 2013 to 2022.

Month 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
January 65,215 78,682 78,682 83,309 108,513 130,345 107, 371 81,771 68,995 47,840 32,175 No data 12,647 10,647
February 63,778 78,863 78,863 82,697 105,617 131,931 108,933 82,147 70,109 48,821 33,654 22,033 12,940 10,647
March 62,465 78,782 78,782 81,517 102,714 133,113 112,183 85,168 70,743 50,954 34,909 21,988 13,310 10,818
April - 78,938 78,938 80,186 101,119 134,307 115,732 89,922 72,375 52,260 40,432 No data 14,099 11,083
May - 78,827 78,827 79,793 100,921 135,388 117,517 92,042 73,350 53,585 42,828 24,902 14,623 11,237
June - 78,337 78,337 79,399 99,665 134,101 119,452 94,102 74,100 54,857 44,403 26,568 15,265 11,327
July - 76,250 76,250 79,402 96,788 130,128 120,957 96,295 76,032 58,211 45,441 No data 16,236 11,547
August - 73,942 73,942 79,445 92,431 126,387 122,801 96,920 77,144 57,700 46,988 No data 16,700 11,626
September - 71,485 73,942 79,010 88,197 123,990 124,463 98,507 77,168 58,782 48,861 30,877 17,537 11,968
October - 69,632 69,632 78,779 85,028 119,817 126,231 100,021 78,362 62,889 44,080 32,840 18,628 12,155
November - 67,802 67,802 78,623 84,900 116,279 127,743 101,770 78,810 66,725 45,374 25,697 No data No data
December - 66,433 66,433 78,370 83,663 112,426 129,248 104,655 80,257 67,574 46,645 29,046 19,629 12,419

The number of medical marijuana patients in New Mexico showed significant fluctuations across counties from 2014 to 2024. Bernalillo County consistently had the highest number of patients, which peaked at 43 thousand in 2021 before it declined to nearly 28 thousand in 2024. Dona Ana County and Santa Fe County also saw high numbers. Dona Ana County reached 12 thousand patients in 2021 and Santa Fe County peaked at nearly 14 thousand the same year.

County 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Bernalillo 22,506 26,649 27,963 29,434 38,033 43,053 34,848 26,652 22,845 16,303 10,382 7,617
Catron 82 89 92 89 162 236 206 170 136 82 45 37
Chaves 1,770 2,092 2,213 2,489 3,373 4,061 3,157 2,558 2,103 1,406 785 428
Cibola 698 842 872 879 1,220 1,464 1,238 990 861 636 353 220
Colfax 253 289 302 316 443 515 413 326 268 272 171 118
Curry 1,471 1,708 2,127 2,388 3,102 3,011 2,326 1,689 1,510 891 452 259
De Baca 51 47 65 81 119 112 81 66 57 49 34 23
Dona Ana 6,316 7,305 7,630 8,217 10,821 12,045 9,337 6,965 5,630 3,587 1,970 1,158
Eddy 1,575 1,912 2,032 2,249 3,155 3,664 2,878 2,066 1,866 1,377 707 405
Grant 853 1,003 1,115 1,266 1,920 2,360 1,954 1,524 1,239 614 340 160
Guadalupe 147 181 205 221 279 304 242 177 157 93 57 42
Harding 9 7 11 12 16 23 22 24 14 14 4 4
Hidalgo 79 94 97 112 164 212 167 125 86 63 29 10
Lea 1,363 1,576 1,633 1,782 2,766 3,153 2,599 1,786 1,553 1,123 619 250
Lincoln 922 1,042 1,060 1,211 1,743 2,157 1,761 1,327 1,046 790 529 349
Los Alamos 236 310 329 369 514 601 481 390 301 225 159 120
Luna 455 558 607 635 858 982 785 609 527 256 123 71
McKinley 707 795 781 812 1,060 1,243 982 787 667 411 246 204
Mora 138 181 188 193 257 328 278 233 213 151 99 84
Otero 2,180 2,466 2,618 2,915 3,954 4,642 3,665 2,917 2,018 1,222 608 415
Quay 492 598 624 636 835 952 794 609 496 272 108 65
Rio Arriba 976 1,187 1,240 1,339 1,985 2,407 2,036 1,709 1,669 1,356 890 553
Roosevelt 624 670 871 932 1,318 1,286 1,027 617 443 268 132 76
San Juan 1,981 2,233 2,214 2,014 2,404 2,684 2,133 1,640 1,509 1,208 860 535
San Miguel 1,101 1,314 1,393 1,461 2,028 2,479 2,118 1,733 1,491 1,077 664 421
Sandoval 4,729 5,328 5,965 6,389 8,273 9,294 7,488 5,750 4,844 3,314 1,985 1,495
Santa Fe 5,217 6,649 7,381 8,228 11,460 13,780 11,481 9,246 7,834 5,136 3,454 2,560
Sierra 698 834 870 1,034 1,581 1,883 1,504 1,005 824 558 330 250
Socorro 603 621 612 630 937 1,173 959 799 640 327 204 135
Taos 944 1,219 1,330 1,453 2,220 2,690 2,285 1,797 1,605 1,280 980 586
Torrance 501 578 600 607 799 902 740 587 542 444 294 199
Union 118 149 156 159 189 230 188 150 78 60 34 11
Valencia 2,670 3,116 3,174 3,111 4,166 4,653 3,792 2,810 2,459 1,758 1,051 768

Last updated: April 7, 2026

Source: New Mexico Department of Health

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