| 2002 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 | 23,920 | 349,385 | $10,081,896 | $28,856 | 20,457 | 2,221 | 748 | 494 | |
| Albuquerque MSA 3/ | 18,087 | 274,426 | 8,203,471 | 29,893 | 15,378 | 1,719 | 592 | 398 | |
| Farmington MSA 4/ | 2,588 | 34,726 | 995,155 | 28,657 | 2,231 | 246 | 60 | 51 | |
| Las Cruces MSA 5/ | 3,245 | 40,233 | 883,270 | 21,954 | 2,848 | 256 | 96 | 45 | |
| Santa Fe MSA 6/ | 4,866 | 46,006 | 1,279,591 | 27,814 | 4,381 | 341 | 95 | 49 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Portion | 19,293 | 204,771 | 5,026,397 | 24,546 | 17,215 | 1,452 | 385 | 241 | |
| NEW MEXICO | 43,213 | 554,156 | $15,108,293 | $27,264 | 37,672 | 3,673 | 1,133 | 735 | |
| 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, 2002. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||