New Mexico ranks #36 among US states for total patents filed in 2020, with 1,358 patents from 916 inventors across 56 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Mexico 2020
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Albuquerque, NM | 817 | 552 |
| #2 | Los Alamos, NM | 176 | 126 |
| #3 | Santa Fe, NM | 101 | 59 |
| #4 | Rio Rancho, NM | 42 | 32 |
| #5 | Edgewood, NM | 37 | 12 |
| #6 | Las Cruces, NM | 26 | 20 |
| #7 | Tijeras, NM | 21 | 14 |
| #8 | Corrales, NM | 15 | 10 |
| #9 | Los Lunas, NM | 10 | 6 |
| #10 | Ranchos des Placitas, NM | 9 | 4 |
| #11 | Farmington, NM | 9 | 6 |
| #12 | Sandia Park, NM | 8 | 6 |
| #13 | Socorro, NM | 7 | 7 |
| #14 | Moriarty, NM | 6 | 2 |
| #15 | Bernalillo, NM | 5 | 5 |
| #16 | Roswell, NM | 4 | 2 |
| #17 | Anthony, NM | 4 | 4 |
| #18 | San Ramon, NM | 3 | 1 |
| #19 | Kirtland, NM | 3 | 1 |
| #20 | Arroyo Seco, NM | 3 | 1 |
| #21 | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM | 3 | 2 |
| #22 | Alamogordo, NM | 3 | 3 |
| #23 | Raton, NM | 3 | 3 |
| #24 | Cloudcroft, NM | 2 | 1 |
| #25 | San Miguel, NM | 2 | 1 |