| 2002 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 | 43,213 | 554,156 | $15,108,293 | $27,264 | 37,672 | 3,673 | 1,133 | 735 | |
| Bernalillo | 15,669 | 241,224 | $7,244,858 | $30,034 | 13,214 | 1,549 | 547 | 359 | |
| Catron | 70 | 263 | 4,697 | 17,859 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chaves | 1,435 | 14,609 | 342,942 | 23,475 | 1,274 | 119 | 27 | 15 | |
| Cibola | 357 | 6,532 | 149,648 | 22,910 | 306 | 22 | 16 | 13 | |
| Colfax | 525 | 4,110 | 82,126 | 19,982 | 483 | 29 | 10 | 3 | |
| Curry | 1,027 | 12,108 | 248,758 | 20,545 | 906 | 88 | 21 | 12 | |
| De Baca | 60 | 317 | 6,205 | 19,574 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dona Ana | 3,245 | 40,233 | 883,270 | 21,954 | 2,848 | 256 | 96 | 45 | |
| Eddy | 1,188 | 15,432 | 443,117 | 28,714 | 1,025 | 119 | 22 | 22 | |
| Grant | 696 | 7,253 | 160,139 | 22,079 | 638 | 42 | 6 | 10 | |
| Guadalupe | 105 | 1,048 | 20,828 | 19,874 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harding | 15 | 40 | 655 | 16,375 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hidalgo | 112 | 893 | 15,084 | 16,891 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lea | 1,408 | 15,813 | 394,737 | 24,963 | 1,234 | 122 | 36 | 16 | |
| Lincoln | 741 | 5,172 | 97,896 | 18,928 | 691 | 39 | 6 | 5 | |
| Los Alamos | 423 | 6,974 | 256,647 | 36,801 | 367 | 34 | 14 | 8 | |
| Luna | 401 | 3,538 | 70,846 | 20,024 | 364 | 28 | 3 | 6 | |
| McKinley | 1,030 | 14,958 | 347,412 | 23,226 | 872 | 96 | 42 | 20 | |
| Mora | 56 | 410 | 8,240 | 20,098 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Otero | 1,033 | 11,920 | 231,973 | 19,461 | 922 | 78 | 19 | 14 | |
| Quay | 280 | 2,036 | 34,853 | 17,118 | 259 | 15 | 5 | 1 | |
| Rio Arriba | 695 | 7,178 | 146,149 | 20,361 | 619 | 50 | 18 | 8 | |
| Roosevelt | 343 | 3,286 | 61,353 | 18,671 | 306 | 26 | 7 | 4 | |
| Sandoval | 1,315 | 21,294 | 717,609 | 33,700 | 1,160 | 103 | 28 | 24 | |
| San Juan | 2,588 | 34,726 | 995,155 | 28,657 | 2,231 | 246 | 60 | 51 | |
| San Miguel | 503 | 5,928 | 127,098 | 21,440 | 453 | 39 | 5 | 6 | |
| Santa Fe | 4,866 | 46,006 | 1,279,591 | 27,814 | 4,381 | 341 | 95 | 49 | |
| Sierra | 257 | 1,933 | 33,497 | 17,329 | 235 | 17 | 2 | 3 | |
| Socorro | 263 | 2,564 | 60,165 | 23,465 | 227 | 31 | 2 | 3 | |
| Taos | 1,174 | 9,104 | 172,271 | 18,923 | 1,088 | 59 | 18 | 9 | |
| Torrance | 229 | 2,072 | 37,818 | 18,252 | 208 | 13 | 5 | 3 | |
| Union | 121 | 828 | 14,149 | 17,088 | 110 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Valencia | 874 | 9,836 | 203,186 | 20,657 | 796 | 54 | 12 | 12 | |
| Statewide 3/ | 109 | 4,518 | $215,321 | $47,658 | 74 | 16 | 7 | 12 | |
| 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, 2002. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||