Business Establishments


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2000 Business Establishments 1/, Employees and Annual Payroll in New Mexico
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Portions              
Annual Number of Establishments
Annual Payroll by Employment-size Class
Total No. No. of Payroll per 100 or
  Estab. Emp. 2/ ($000) Emp.   1-19 20-49 50-99 More
Metropolitan Portion 28,332 396,911 $10,969,962 $27,638 24,456 2,492 821 563
  Albuquerque MSA 3/ 17,965 280,826 8,070,227 28,737 15,327 1,628 585 425
  Farmington MSA 4/ 2,487 34,340 988,941 28,799 2,140 239 58 50
  Las Cruces MSA 5/ 3,211 37,050 754,254 20,358 2,802 281 88 40
  Santa Fe MSA 6/ 4,669 44,695 1,156,540 25,876 4,187 344 90 48
Nonmetropolitan Portion 14,450 152,441 3,333,231 21,866 12,923 1,052 306 169
NEW MEXICO 42,782 549,352 $14,303,193 $26,036 37,379 3,544 1,127 732
1/  These counts of businesses include only those establishments that had employees.  Businesses are defined as establishments
     rather than firms.  An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial
     operations are performed.  In general, the following types of establishments are excluded: government (except for government
     operated hospitals), railroads, those businesses consisting only of self-employed persons and agricultural production.
     Additionally, domestic servants are excluded.
2/  Number of employees for week including March 12.
3/  Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties.
4/  San Juan County.
5/  Dona Ana County.
6/  Santa Fe County.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 2000.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.          


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Last Revised: 8/17/07