Business Establishments


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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.          


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Last Revised: 8/17/07