Cockfighting Stats in New Mexico

1. Cock-fighting is currently illegal in all states in the U.S. except for:
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Louisiana

18 states - make it a felony to organize or participate in cock-fighting
33 states - it is against the law to be a spectator

2. Recent changes in the law:

Missouri (banned in 1998, initiative process; felony - participate;
misdemeanor - attend)
Arizona (banned in 1998, initiative process; felony - participate;
misdemeanor - attend)

3. Cockfighting is prohibited in the following nine New Mexico counties, per county ordinances: County Population (1990 census populations or latest available estimates)

Bernalillo	480,577
Cibola	23,794
Colfax	12,925
Doña Ana	135,510
Los Alamos	18,115
McKinley	60,686
San Juan	91,605
Santa Fe	98,928
Taos	23,118
TOTAL	945,258

In addition, the following New Mexico municipalities have banned cockfighting through their ordinances: Municipality Population (1990 census populations or latest available estimates)

- Albuquerque already included in county figure above
- Grants already included in county figure above
- Raton already included in county figure above
- Las Cruces already included in county figure above
- Silver City 10,683
- Hobbs 29,115
- Gallup already included in county figure above
- Tucumcari 6,831
- Bernalillo 5,960
- Corrales n/a
- Rio Rancho 32,505
- Aztec already included in county figure above
- Farmington already included in county figure above
- Las Vegas 25,743
- Santa Fe already included in county figure above
- Truth or Consequ. 6,221
- Taos already included in county figure above
- Belen 6,547
- Los Ranchos de Alb. 3,955
- Los Lunas 6,013
TOTAL 129,618

By combining population figures in the above counties which ban cock-fighting as well as municipalities with bans (not included in counties where a ban on cock-fighting is present), local bans represent 1,074,876 people, or 62% of the state's population.