Business Establishments


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1992 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 24,227 310,298 $6,471,466 $20,856 21,166 2,043 577 441
  Albuquerque MSA 3/ 15,640 220,788 4,775,305 21,628 13,544 1,368 399 329
  Farmington MSA 4/ 2,010 26,411 616,694 23,350 1,748 174 53 35
  Las Cruces MSA 5/ 2,771 28,528 432,035 15,144 2,442 232 59 38
  Santa Fe MSA 6/ 3,806 34,571 647,432 18,728 3,432 269 66 39
Nonmetropolitan Portion 13,496 134,043 2,344,022 17,487 12,175 905 262 154
NEW MEXICO 37,723 444,341 $8,815,488 $19,839 33,341 2,948 839 595
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, 1992.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.          


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Last Revised: 8/17/07