| 1996 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 | 41,573 | 519,801 | $11,647,427 | $22,407 | 36,485 | 3,369 | 1,023 | 696 | |
| Bernalillo | 15,408 | 243,335 | 5,940,034 | 24,411 | 13,106 | 1,434 | 490 | 378 | |
| Catron | 60 | 234 | 2,856 | 12,205 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chaves | 1,487 | 15,524 | 288,517 | 18,585 | 1,329 | 115 | 26 | 17 | |
| Cibola | 368 | 3,842 | 74,526 | 19,398 | 323 | 29 | 11 | 5 | |
| Colfax | 449 | 3,659 | 60,749 | 16,603 | 410 | 30 | 6 | 3 | |
| Curry | 1,082 | 10,815 | 177,666 | 16,428 | 973 | 73 | 24 | 12 | |
| De Baca | 66 | 320 | 4,620 | 14,438 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dona Ana | 3,084 | 32,315 | 573,441 | 17,745 | 2,732 | 246 | 62 | 44 | |
| Eddy | 1,284 | 15,454 | 365,825 | 23,672 | 1,141 | 95 | 27 | 21 | |
| Grant | 664 | 7,980 | 186,810 | 23,410 | 608 | 37 | 6 | 13 | |
| Guadalupe | 102 | 1,012 | 12,161 | 12,017 | 89 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Harding | 17 | 54 | 881 | 16,315 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hidalgo | 127 | 1,533 | 38,087 | 24,845 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lea | 1,464 | 15,215 | 333,207 | 21,900 | 1,284 | 126 | 40 | 14 | |
| Lincoln | 645 | 3,896 | 61,317 | 15,738 | 608 | 30 | 5 | 2 | |
| Los Alamos | 434 | 5,801 | 143,275 | 24,698 | 381 | 35 | 12 | 6 | |
| Luna | 398 | 3,374 | 53,227 | 15,776 | 360 | 31 | 2 | 5 | |
| McKinley | 1,005 | 13,374 | 236,895 | 17,713 | 860 | 88 | 41 | 16 | |
| Mora | 49 | 329 | 5,619 | 17,079 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Otero | 1,020 | 9,902 | 165,691 | 16,733 | 916 | 73 | 20 | 11 | |
| Quay | 303 | 2,098 | 29,377 | 14,002 | 276 | 24 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rio Arriba | 606 | 5,148 | 96,237 | 18,694 | 549 | 39 | 13 | 5 | |
| Roosevelt | 353 | 2,849 | 45,885 | 16,106 | 320 | 26 | 5 | 2 | |
| Sandoval | 1,132 | 17,125 | 529,426 | 30,915 | 1,011 | 76 | 26 | 19 | |
| San Juan | 2,318 | 31,364 | 758,140 | 24,172 | 2,002 | 218 | 58 | 40 | |
| San Miguel | 517 | 5,159 | 90,791 | 17,599 | 473 | 30 | 10 | 4 | |
| Santa Fe | 4,317 | 42,768 | 906,004 | 21,184 | 3,875 | 325 | 68 | 49 | |
| Sierra | 291 | 1,882 | 27,758 | 14,749 | 274 | 11 | 5 | 1 | |
| Socorro | 271 | 2,501 | 43,582 | 17,426 | 239 | 23 | 6 | 3 | |
| Taos | 1,070 | 7,900 | 111,642 | 14,132 | 986 | 58 | 22 | 4 | |
| Torrance | 212 | 1,587 | 22,224 | 14,004 | 193 | 12 | 5 | 2 | |
| Union | 112 | 734 | 10,723 | 14,609 | 105 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valencia | 798 | 7,342 | 126,447 | 17,222 | 733 | 44 | 13 | 8 | |
| Statewide 3/ | 60 | 3,376 | $123,787 | $36,667 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 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, 1996. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||