| 2003 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 | 43,568 | 571,381 | $15,848,550 | $27,737 | 37,827 | 3,776 | 1,207 | 758 | |
| Bernalillo | 15,776 | 251,291 | $7,613,560 | $30,298 | 13,240 | 1,585 | 568 | 383 | |
| Catron | 73 | 284 | 4,809 | 16,933 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chaves | 1,452 | 14,699 | 330,468 | 22,482 | 1,280 | 128 | 34 | 10 | |
| Cibola | 363 | 6,724 | 154,358 | 22,956 | 309 | 24 | 17 | 13 | |
| Colfax | 530 | 4,337 | 85,270 | 19,661 | 487 | 33 | 8 | 2 | |
| Curry | 1,052 | 11,916 | 266,035 | 22,326 | 928 | 87 | 29 | 8 | |
| De Baca | 55 | 323 | 5,681 | 17,588 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dona Ana | 3,331 | 40,955 | 914,519 | 22,330 | 2,899 | 278 | 104 | 50 | |
| Eddy | 1,172 | 15,576 | 470,053 | 30,178 | 1,013 | 102 | 37 | 20 | |
| Grant | 706 | 7,317 | 164,104 | 22,428 | 638 | 49 | 10 | 9 | |
| Guadalupe | 97 | 1,122 | 21,281 | 18,967 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harding | 15 | 35 | 639 | 18,257 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hidalgo | 109 | 914 | 15,445 | 16,898 | 98 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lea | 1,388 | 16,431 | 409,996 | 24,953 | 1,212 | 122 | 36 | 18 | |
| Lincoln | 750 | 5,245 | 105,131 | 20,044 | 697 | 42 | 8 | 3 | |
| Los Alamos | 431 | 8,246 | 328,235 | 39,805 | 370 | 39 | 14 | 8 | |
| Luna | 413 | 4,096 | 80,861 | 19,741 | 370 | 32 | 5 | 6 | |
| McKinley | 1,009 | 15,654 | 353,019 | 22,551 | 843 | 104 | 37 | 25 | |
| Mora | 60 | 391 | 8,536 | 21,831 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Otero | 1,032 | 11,424 | 244,309 | 21,386 | 917 | 86 | 16 | 13 | |
| Quay | 260 | 1,944 | 35,529 | 18,276 | 239 | 17 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rio Arriba | 698 | 8,010 | 170,973 | 21,345 | 616 | 52 | 19 | 11 | |
| Roosevelt | 368 | 3,596 | 69,460 | 19,316 | 326 | 27 | 11 | 4 | |
| Sandoval | 1,352 | 21,350 | 714,395 | 33,461 | 1,201 | 94 | 31 | 26 | |
| San Juan | 2,592 | 33,996 | 987,839 | 29,058 | 2,235 | 243 | 65 | 49 | |
| San Miguel | 498 | 6,371 | 221,010 | 34,690 | 447 | 38 | 7 | 6 | |
| Santa Fe | 4,928 | 47,567 | 1,331,662 | 27,996 | 4,425 | 361 | 90 | 52 | |
| Sierra | 249 | 2,071 | 34,513 | 16,665 | 227 | 16 | 3 | 3 | |
| Socorro | 267 | 2,697 | 65,732 | 24,372 | 231 | 30 | 3 | 3 | |
| Taos | 1,189 | 9,149 | 178,479 | 19,508 | 1,105 | 59 | 17 | 8 | |
| Torrance | 227 | 2,062 | 40,023 | 19,410 | 208 | 11 | 5 | 3 | |
| Union | 120 | 825 | 15,502 | 18,790 | 108 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Valencia | 901 | 11,038 | 224,300 | 20,321 | 813 | 58 | 16 | 14 | |
| Statewide 3/ | 105 | 3,725 | $182,824 | $49,080 | 69 | 19 | 7 | 10 | |
| 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, 2003. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||