Business Establishments


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1994 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 40,001 488,802 $10,330,006 $21,133 35,146 3,283 927 645
Bernalillo 14,765 228,246 5,291,711 23,184 12,575 1,397 460 333
Catron 56 153 2,177 14,229 56 0 0 0
Chaves 1,466 15,117 275,073 18,196 1,309 116 25 16
Cibola 347 3,682 67,804 18,415 302 32 10 3
Colfax 443 4,014 69,596 17,338 405 26 6 6
Curry 1,059 10,206 159,929 15,670 960 68 19 12
De Baca 63 307 3,611 11,762 61 1 1 0
Dona Ana 3,005 30,716 504,538 16,426 2,662 252 50 41
Eddy 1,239 14,168 311,358 21,976 1,098 99 24 18
Grant 630 7,237 159,225 22,002 573 39 7 11
Guadalupe 103 848 10,490 12,370 93 8 1 1
Harding 19 55 968 17,600 19 0 0 0
Hidalgo 130 1,493 30,101 20,161 116 10 3 1
Lea 1,515 15,984 312,327 19,540 1,321 147 30 17
Lincoln 582 3,406 54,246 15,927 551 24 5 2
Los Alamos 415 6,150 133,926 21,777 368 29 11 7
Luna 370 2,899 43,493 15,003 331 32 5 2
McKinley 1,006 12,698 218,075 17,174 872 88 27 19
Mora 43 272 4,068 14,956 39 4 0 0
Otero 1,019 10,497 174,561 16,630 908 78 19 14
Quay 305 2,214 33,113 14,956 275 25 4 1
Rio Arriba 560 5,762 90,379 15,685 507 36 11 6
Roosevelt 357 2,780 40,524 14,577 322 28 5 2
Sandoval 990 13,639 394,586 28,931 884 66 27 13
San Juan 2,184 29,027 688,092 23,705 1,900 193 53 38
San Miguel 486 4,752 80,755 16,994 446 28 8 4
Santa Fe 4,163 38,533 767,843 19,927 3,759 280 79 45
Sierra 266 1,674 22,555 13,474 251 10 3 2
Socorro 273 2,413 38,163 15,816 243 23 4 3
Taos 989 7,575 95,629 12,624 912 55 15 7
Torrance 195 1,215 16,237 13,364 180 14 1 0
Union 127 665 8,669 13,036 121 6 0 0
Valencia 754 6,867 107,774 15,694 682 58 6 8
Statewide 3/ 77 3,538 $118,410 $33,468 45 11 8 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, 1994.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      


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