| 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. | |||||||||