Business Establishments


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1995 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 40,631 506,634 $11,049,803 $21,810 35,599 3,357 996 679
Bernalillo 15,001 239,130 5,710,645 23,881 12,708 1,446 489 358
Catron 58 204 2,452 12,020 57 1 0 0
Chaves 1,485 15,525 275,212 17,727 1,313 122 32 18
Cibola 352 3,673 71,253 19,399 308 30 9 5
Colfax 445 4,020 66,384 16,513 407 25 8 5
Curry 1,076 10,337 166,494 16,107 974 69 20 13
De Baca 65 291 4,038 13,876 63 2 0 0
Dona Ana 3,071 32,071 535,522 16,698 2,701 271 57 42
Eddy 1,281 14,502 327,152 22,559 1,142 99 21 19
Grant 638 7,745 167,917 21,681 582 38 5 13
Guadalupe 101 895 10,974 12,261 89 9 2 1
Harding 19 46 803 17,457 19 0 0 0
Hidalgo 128 1,517 31,169 20,546 114 12 1 1
Lea 1,501 15,628 328,022 20,989 1,307 145 34 15
Lincoln 591 3,844 59,326 15,433 554 29 4 4
Los Alamos 433 6,222 140,980 22,658 386 29 8 10
Luna 381 2,912 44,287 15,208 349 25 4 3
McKinley 994 12,913 229,995 17,811 852 90 36 16
Mora 50 350 4,982 14,234 46 3 1 0
Otero 1,022 9,608 171,207 17,819 929 64 16 13
Quay 297 2,080 31,825 15,300 269 23 5 0
Rio Arriba 591 6,240 98,160 15,731 540 29 15 7
Roosevelt 345 2,716 40,561 14,934 314 24 6 1
Sandoval 1,057 15,588 487,317 31,262 939 76 28 14
San Juan 2,253 30,045 712,456 23,713 1,945 207 61 40
San Miguel 504 4,991 88,088 17,649 460 30 9 5
Santa Fe 4,210 39,564 815,949 20,624 3,795 295 75 45
Sierra 268 1,619 22,037 13,611 252 10 5 1
Socorro 267 2,371 38,579 16,271 240 17 7 3
Taos 1,019 8,011 101,990 12,731 937 59 16 7
Torrance 189 1,463 20,030 13,691 173 10 4 2
Union 114 711 10,094 14,197 107 6 1 0
Valencia 759 7,106 115,267 16,221 688 54 9 8
Statewide 3/ 66 2,696 $118,636 $44,004 40 8 8 10
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, 1995.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      


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Last Revised: 8/17/07