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Chamisal ranked 139th in New Mexico for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 27 Chamisal households (22 percent) who received food stamps. Chamisal's population was 364 in 2020.

The cities with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Brazos, Costilla, Pulpotio Bareas and Soham. In these cities, 100 percent of households received food stamps - 78 percent more than Chamisal.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Kirtland, which had one of 249 households receiving food stamps, 21.6 percent less than Chamisal. In 2020 the population of Kirtland was 711.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Brazos	32	32	100
1	Costilla	34	34	100
1	Pulpotio Bareas	45	45	100
1	Soham	72	72	100
5	San Lorenzo	33	26	78.8
6	Berino	503	368	73.2
7	Polvadera	90	64	71.1
8	Tecolotito	150	105	70
9	El Duende	171	119	69.6
10	Pajarito Mesa	115	78	67.8
11	Tajique	59	35	59.3
12	Salem	239	136	56.9
13	North Hurley	87	48	55.2
14	San Fidel	97	53	54.6
15	Columbus	343	186	54.2
16	Black Rock	277	149	53.8
17	Navajo	518	272	52.5
18	University Park	261	131	50.2
19	Oasis	80	40	50
20	Santa Cruz	97	47	48.5
21	Nageezi	73	35	47.9
21	Ruidoso Downs	968	464	47.9
23	Placitas	220	104	47.3
24	Lamy	58	27	46.6
25	Church Rock	357	165	46.2
26	Tse Bonito	86	39	45.3
27	Fairacres	326	145	44.5
28	Mescalero	401	177	44.1
29	Torreon	88	38	43.2
30	Paraje	179	77	43
31	Regina	21	9	42.9
32	Twin Lakes	328	140	42.7
33	Jarales	1,047	446	42.6
33	Quemado	61	26	42.6
35	Paguate	114	48	42.1
36	San Ysidro	115	48	41.7
37	Chamberino	274	114	41.6
38	Las Vegas	5,486	2,272	41.4
39	Bibo	46	19	41.3
40	North Light Plant	244	100	41
41	Ribera	263	106	40.3
42	El Cerro Mission	1,427	573	40.2
43	Texico	443	176	39.7
44	Zuni Pueblo	1,559	616	39.5
45	Chaparral	4,121	1,611	39.1
46	Chilili	44	17	38.6
47	Hernandez	401	154	38.4
48	Vado	873	333	38.1
49	House	32	12	37.5
50	Santo Domingo Pueblo	408	152	37.3
50	Tierra Amarilla	161	60	37.3
52	Tohatchi	247	92	37.2
53	Causey	46	17	37
54	Lake Arthur	122	45	36.9
55	Nenahnezad	166	61	36.7
56	Alamo	218	79	36.2
56	Cimarron	497	180	36.2
58	Brimhall Nizhoni	83	30	36.1
58	Canova	147	53	36.1
60	Mesita	182	65	35.7
61	La Mesa	287	102	35.5
61	Seama	93	33	35.5
63	Lordsburg	906	319	35.2
64	Bayard	1,030	360	35
64	Hope	40	14	35
64	Nogal	40	14	35
67	Napi Headquarters	253	88	34.8
67	San Miguel	379	132	34.8
69	Meadow Lake	1,263	437	34.6
70	Peak Place	138	47	34.1
71	Crystal	93	31	33.3
71	San Felipe Pueblo	348	116	33.3
73	Sheep Springs	94	31	33
74	Moriarty	692	228	32.9
75	Anthony	2,931	960	32.8
75	Milan	1,219	400	32.8
77	Indian Hills	270	88	32.6
78	Rodey	126	41	32.5
79	Arroyo Hondo	93	30	32.3
80	Pueblo Pintado	116	37	31.9
80	Villanueva	141	45	31.9
82	Rock Springs	245	78	31.8
83	Pleasanton	140	44	31.4
84	Pecos	519	162	31.2
85	Madrone	212	66	31.1
86	Grants	3,026	936	30.9
87	Fort Sumner	315	97	30.8
88	Red River	252	77	30.6
89	Jemez Pueblo	488	148	30.3
90	Ojo Amarillo	190	57	30
91	Belen	2,679	802	29.9
92	Santa Clara	586	174	29.7
93	Sanostee	114	33	28.9
94	Pinehill	146	42	28.8
94	Shiprock	2,503	722	28.8
96	Cañones	28	8	28.6
96	Ohkay Owingeh	266	76	28.6
98	Raton	3,145	892	28.4
99	Newcomb	166	47	28.3
100	Tesuque Pueblo	116	32	27.6