New Mexico ranks #37 among US states for total patents filed all time, with 36,510 patents from 9,035 inventors across 182 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 17.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Mexico All Time
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Albuquerque, NM | 19,521 | 4,547 |
| #2 | Los Alamos, NM | 4,974 | 1,308 |
| #3 | Santa Fe, NM | 3,146 | 601 |
| #4 | Las Cruces, NM | 1,318 | 346 |
| #5 | Rio Rancho, NM | 1,103 | 274 |
| #6 | Edgewood, NM | 755 | 151 |
| #7 | Tijeras, NM | 627 | 140 |
| #8 | Corrales, NM | 459 | 114 |
| #9 | Sandia Park, NM | 410 | 93 |
| #10 | Bernalillo, NM | 275 | 75 |
| #11 | Socorro, NM | 275 | 91 |
| #12 | Farmington, NM | 262 | 108 |
| #13 | Los Lunas, NM | 207 | 73 |
| #14 | Anthony, NM | 196 | 57 |
| #15 | Roswell, NM | 179 | 75 |
| #16 | Española, NM | 172 | 50 |
| #17 | Taos, NM | 129 | 46 |
| #18 | Raton, NM | 117 | 20 |
| #19 | Hobbs, NM | 117 | 68 |
| #20 | Alamogordo, NM | 116 | 50 |
| #21 | Carlsbad, NM | 108 | 60 |
| #22 | White Rock, NM | 93 | 23 |
| #23 | Ruidoso, NM | 77 | 16 |
| #24 | Moriarty, NM | 75 | 10 |
| #25 | Aztec, NM | 73 | 23 |