Business Establishments


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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.          


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Last Revised: 8/17/07