| 1997 Businesses in New Mexico 1/ | |||||||||||
| Annual | Number of Establishments | ||||||||||
| Total | Annual | Payroll | by Employment-size Class | ||||||||
| No. | No. of | Payroll | per | 100 or | |||||||
| Estab. | Emp. | ($000) | Emp. | 1-19 | 20-49 | 50-99 | More | ||||
| Industry | |||||||||||
| Agricultural serv., | |||||||||||
| for. & fishing | 546 | 3,688 | $59,487 | $16,130 | 520 | 17 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Mining | 610 | 16,218 | 683,214 | 42,127 | 475 | 72 | 24 | 39 | |||
| Construction | 4,792 | 42,223 | 1,005,304 | 23,809 | 4,351 | 313 | 80 | 48 | |||
| Manufacturing | 1,706 | 44,983 | 1,497,968 | 33,301 | 1,367 | 193 | 73 | 73 | |||
| Transportation | |||||||||||
| & public utilities | 1,897 | 27,859 | 862,651 | 30,965 | 1,610 | 193 | 55 | 39 | |||
| Wholesale trade | 2,646 | 26,829 | 733,435 | 27,337 | 2,333 | 241 | 48 | 24 | |||
| Retail trade | 10,374 | 138,934 | 1,919,504 | 13,816 | 8,638 | 1,205 | 370 | 161 | |||
| Finance, insurance | |||||||||||
| & real estate | 4,149 | 31,188 | 852,948 | 27,349 | 3,854 | 210 | 57 | 28 | |||
| Services | 15,487 | 201,703 | 4,896,584 | 24,276 | 13,843 | 1,011 | 344 | 289 | |||
| Unclassified | |||||||||||
| establishments 2/ | 270 | 233 | 5,486 | 23,545 | 268 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TOTAL | 42,477 | 533,858 | $12,516,581 | $23,446 | 37,259 | 3,457 | 1,056 | 705 | |||
| 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. | |||||||||||