| 1996 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 | 27,269 | 375,836 | $8,855,716 | $23,563 | 23,652 | 2,355 | 722 | 540 | |
| Albuquerque MSA 3/ | 17,550 | 269,389 | 6,618,131 | 24,567 | 15,043 | 1,566 | 534 | 407 | |
| Farmington MSA 4/ | 2,318 | 31,364 | 758,140 | 24,172 | 2,002 | 218 | 58 | 40 | |
| Las Cruces MSA 5/ | 3,084 | 32,315 | 573,441 | 17,745 | 2,732 | 246 | 62 | 44 | |
| Santa Fe MSA 6/ | 4,317 | 42,768 | 906,004 | 21,184 | 3,875 | 325 | 68 | 49 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Portion | 14,304 | 143,965 | 2,791,711 | 19,392 | 12,833 | 1,014 | 301 | 156 | |
| NEW MEXICO | 41,573 | 519,801 | $11,647,427 | $22,407 | 36,485 | 3,369 | 1,023 | 696 | |
| 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, 1996. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||