| 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. | |||||||||