| 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. | |||||||||