Business Establishments


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1990 Business Establishments 1/ 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. ($000) Emp.   1-19 20-49 50-99 More
NEW MEXICO 35,700 417,986 $7,639,484 $18,277 31,569 2,770 824 537
Bernalillo 13,387 193,754 3,841,930 19,829 11,527 1,210 372 278
Catron 48 172 1,972 11,465 47 0 1 0
Chaves 1,387 15,822 257,988 16,306 1,232 106 34 15
Cibola 308 2,936 40,919 13,937 272 23 9 4
Colfax 406 2,988 43,823 14,666 376 21 6 3
Curry 1,021 9,171 126,513 13,795 927 68 18 8
De Baca 66 269 2,426 9,019 64 1 1 0
Dona Ana 2,574 26,119 381,502 14,606 2,299 187 56 32
Eddy 1,147 13,478 274,689 20,381 1,021 81 29 16
Grant 605 6,332 118,060 18,645 550 40 6 9
Guadalupe 102 807 7,584 9,398 94 7 0 1
Harding 17 59 968 16,407 17 0 0 0
Hidalgo 113 1,321 25,145 19,035 102 7 3 1
Lea 1,474 14,475 262,469 18,133 1,301 119 40 14
Lincoln 489 2,910 41,350 14,210 461 22 3 3
Los Alamos 414 5,547 118,865 21,429 376 25 8 5
Luna 346 2,604 33,249 12,768 320 19 5 2
McKinley 921 11,476 174,237 15,183 788 92 29 12
Mora 38 126 1,877 14,897 37 1 0 0
Otero 950 10,178 152,888 15,021 852 66 17 15
Quay 275 2,174 36,304 16,699 245 24 4 2
Rio Arriba 481 3,903 50,032 12,819 445 23 8 5
Roosevelt 347 2,692 33,497 12,443 313 28 4 2
Sandoval 745 7,141 118,172 16,548 684 45 11 5
San Juan 1,914 24,053 538,707 22,397 1,685 149 50 30
San Miguel 405 4,285 56,229 13,122 370 25 4 6
Santa Fe 3,428 32,765 559,198 17,067 3,077 249 64 38
Sierra 210 1,239 15,845 12,789 198 10 2 0
Socorro 263 2,282 33,893 14,852 239 14 7 3
Taos 813 6,496 75,847 11,676 751 41 13 8
Torrance 144 947 10,265 10,839 133 10 0 1
Union 126 664 8,661 13,044 119 6 1 0
Valencia 628 5,209 70,221 13,481 581 33 8 6
Statewide 3/ 108 3,592 $124,159 $34,565 66 18 11 13
A-K  Employment classes are indicated as follows:  A--0-19; B--20 to 99; C--100 to 249; E--250 to 499; F--500 to 999;
       G--1,000 to 2,499; H--2,500 to 4,999; I--5,000 to 9,999.
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/   Unclassified establishments include establishments, typically new businesses, that cannot be classified in any
      major industry group because of insufficient information.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 1990.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      


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