Business Establishments


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1997 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 42,477 533,858 $12,516,581 $23,446 37,259 3,457 1,056 705
Bernalillo 15,705 249,301 6,287,262 25,220 13,316 1,488 520 381
Catron 63 244 3,083 12,635 62 1 0 0
Chaves 1,527 15,337 303,665 19,800 1,377 104 31 15
Cibola 369 4,245 83,886 19,761 325 26 12 6
Colfax 475 3,970 61,514 15,495 446 20 6 3
Curry 1,121 10,982 194,578 17,718 1,010 78 21 12
De Baca 64 335 4,989 14,893 62 2 0 0
Dona Ana 3,157 32,672 604,578 18,504 2,794 262 61 40
Eddy 1,279 16,368 416,434 25,442 1,130 101 25 23
Grant 683 8,065 198,369 24,596 626 39 7 11
Guadalupe 112 1,052 14,366 13,656 99 9 3 1
Harding 17 52 850 16,346 17 0 0 0
Hidalgo 114 1,430 40,451 28,287 103 10 0 1
Lea 1,478 15,759 357,885 22,710 1,292 136 34 16
Lincoln 691 4,212 71,801 17,047 652 31 6 2
Los Alamos 445 6,078 164,280 27,029 389 39 10 7
Luna 396 3,233 53,101 16,425 364 22 7 3
McKinley 1,027 13,507 267,394 19,797 873 97 42 15
Mora 55 386 6,099 15,801 50 4 1 0
Otero 1,037 10,471 181,970 17,378 927 80 17 13
Quay 314 2,135 32,347 15,151 289 20 4 1
Rio Arriba 625 5,728 114,558 20,000 562 42 14 7
Roosevelt 349 2,764 45,007 16,283 313 28 6 2
Sandoval 1,135 18,399 598,987 32,555 1,010 79 29 17
San Juan 2,414 32,022 828,996 25,888 2,090 226 55 43
San Miguel 526 5,139 96,827 18,842 482 31 10 3
Santa Fe 4,401 43,119 968,858 22,469 3,961 306 86 48
Sierra 317 1,913 27,591 14,423 299 13 4 1
Socorro 275 2,654 50,381 18,983 241 25 6 3
Taos 1,083 8,247 125,785 15,252 997 62 18 6
Torrance 224 1,543 23,303 15,102 208 11 3 2
Union 118 727 11,337 15,594 108 10 0 0
Valencia 823 8,000 134,720 16,840 753 47 14 9
Statewide 3/ 58 3,769 $141,329 $37,498 32 8 4 14
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, 1997.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.      


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Last Revised: 8/17/07