Business Establishments


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2005 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 45,006 595,249 $18,171,120 $30,527 39,033 3,906 1,272 795
Bernalillo 16,189 252,287 $8,348,211 $33,090 13,593 1,619 576 401
Catron 66 273 5,163 18,912 65 1 0 0
Chaves 1,505 15,818 376,262 23,787 1,320 132 39 14
Cibola 369 6,531 172,503 26,413 324 20 7 18
Colfax 522 3,981 90,344 22,694 477 36 7 2
Curry 1,074 12,379 298,672 24,127 942 94 23 15
De Baca 58 322 5,650 17,547 55 3 0 0
Dona Ana 3,540 44,883 1,087,844 24,237 3,067 306 111 56
Eddy 1,192 17,481 558,732 31,962 1,008 120 45 19
Grant 694 7,161 199,671 27,883 638 39 10 7
Guadalupe 99 1,085 20,894 19,257 85 11 2 1
Harding 13 31 721 23,258 13 0 0 0
Hidalgo 110 905 16,625 18,370 97 8 5 0
Lea 1,444 16,833 517,554 30,746 1,248 137 42 17
Lincoln 794 5,500 119,494 21,726 742 42 5 5
Los Alamos 423 5,927 228,237 38,508 372 34 11 6
Luna 432 4,731 92,192 19,487 389 28 8 7
McKinley 1,032 15,456 386,088 24,980 864 109 38 21
Mora 61 397 8,725 21,977 56 3 2 0
Otero 1,065 11,299 240,341 21,271 943 87 22 13
Quay 258 2,184 43,285 19,819 230 23 5 0
Rio Arriba 673 7,776 189,403 24,357 597 42 22 12
Roosevelt 364 3,802 82,600 21,725 321 27 11 5
Sandoval 1,449 26,165 1,071,770 40,962 1,291 98 33 27
San Juan 2,761 37,244 1,239,975 33,293 2,369 261 82 49
San Miguel 474 5,942 227,636 38,310 427 33 8 6
Santa Fe 5,108 48,726 1,584,074 32,510 4,601 353 102 52
Sierra 229 2,201 40,269 18,296 203 21 2 3
Socorro 272 2,819 70,985 25,181 231 33 5 3
Taos 1,265 9,344 203,762 21,807 1,173 67 17 8
Torrance 242 2,209 46,670 21,127 222 14 3 3
Union 121 828 16,707 20,178 109 9 3 0
Valencia 938 11,108 239,559 21,566 832 76 17 13
Statewide 3/ 170 11,621 $340,502 $29,301 129 20 9 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, 2005.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      


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Last Revised: 8/17/07