Business Establishments


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2001 Business Establishments 1/, Employees and Annual Payroll in New Mexico, by County  
Annual Number of Establishments
Annual Payroll by Employment-size Class
Total No. No. of Payroll per 100 or
County Estab. Emp. 2/ ($000) Emp.   1-19 20-49 50-99 More
NEW MEXICO 42,686 553,357 $14,823,245 $26,788 37,274 3,539 1,121 752
Bernalillo 15,576 249,523 $7,225,310 $28,956 13,120 1,513 544 399
Catron 73 281 4,248 15,117 70 3 0 0
Chaves 1,479 14,837 329,427 22,203 1,326 114 24 15
Cibola 351 6,273 134,424 21,429 298 24 16 13
Colfax 521 4,164 80,793 19,403 478 29 11 3
Curry 1,015 11,048 228,049 20,642 913 67 26 9
De Baca 60 361 6,053 16,767 56 4 0 0
Dona Ana 3,226 37,764 816,269 21,615 2,832 264 87 43
Eddy 1,204 14,955 410,201 27,429 1,053 105 25 21
Grant 671 7,937 178,475 22,486 610 44 6 11
Guadalupe 102 951 16,948 17,821 89 10 3 0
Harding 16 33 740 22,424 16 0 0 0
Hidalgo 101 794 13,570 17,091 88 12 1 0
Lea 1,361 15,205 389,308 25,604 1,200 109 32 20
Lincoln 724 4,704 94,117 20,008 685 28 7 4
Los Alamos 421 6,231 222,363 35,687 363 43 9 6
Luna 403 3,405 62,212 18,271 367 27 5 4
McKinley 1,034 14,633 334,708 22,874 879 94 41 20
Mora 54 366 7,613 20,801 50 3 1 0
Otero 1,030 12,182 237,362 19,485 915 80 22 13
Quay 273 1,994 34,918 17,512 252 14 7 0
Rio Arriba 682 6,536 140,902 21,558 619 43 14 6
Roosevelt 350 2,916 51,696 17,728 316 24 9 1
Sandoval 1,261 20,473 713,014 34,827 1,129 85 23 24
San Juan 2,558 36,218 1,073,850 29,650 2,210 238 59 51
San Miguel 495 5,083 101,224 19,914 452 33 6 4
Santa Fe 4,730 44,482 1,204,599 27,081 4,245 350 90 45
Sierra 279 1,956 30,830 15,762 255 19 3 2
Socorro 247 2,501 56,429 22,563 214 27 3 3
Taos 1,123 8,638 164,244 19,014 1,043 52 19 9
Torrance 213 1,838 32,453 17,657 193 13 5 2
Union 122 772 14,159 18,341 114 5 3 0
Valencia 836 9,443 191,983 20,331 754 56 15 11
Statewide 3/ 95 4,860 $220,754 $45,423 70 7 5 13
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/   Establishments without a fixed location in the state or of unknown county location
     are included under the "Statewide" classification.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 2001.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      


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Last Revised: 8/17/07