| 1998 Business Establishments 1/, Employees and Annual Payroll 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. 2/ | ($000) | Emp. | 1-19 | 20-49 | 50-99 | More | |
| NEW MEXICO | 42,608 | 540,186 | $13,133,707 | $24,313 | 37,254 | 3,544 | 1,125 | 685 | |
| Bernalillo | 15,585 | 249,348 | 6,630,937 | 26,593 | 13,153 | 1,525 | 542 | 365 | |
| Catron | 59 | 238 | 3,086 | 12,966 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chaves | 1,525 | 16,056 | 322,600 | 20,092 | 1,368 | 107 | 35 | 15 | |
| Cibola | 363 | 4,654 | 95,919 | 20,610 | 315 | 29 | 13 | 6 | |
| Colfax | 500 | 3,963 | 68,729 | 17,343 | 466 | 23 | 8 | 3 | |
| Curry | 1,072 | 10,635 | 193,603 | 18,204 | 956 | 82 | 25 | 9 | |
| De Baca | 62 | 339 | 5,436 | 16,035 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dona Ana | 3,183 | 34,739 | 673,554 | 19,389 | 2,800 | 262 | 84 | 37 | |
| Eddy | 1,283 | 15,947 | 384,558 | 24,115 | 1,120 | 112 | 29 | 22 | |
| Grant | 694 | 7,972 | 200,922 | 25,203 | 628 | 46 | 7 | 13 | |
| Guadalupe | 113 | 1,077 | 15,355 | 14,257 | 98 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harding | 20 | 54 | 1,184 | 21,926 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hidalgo | 108 | 1,451 | 34,651 | 23,881 | 96 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lea | 1,487 | 16,044 | 366,867 | 22,866 | 1,300 | 139 | 36 | 12 | |
| Lincoln | 708 | 4,406 | 76,416 | 17,344 | 663 | 34 | 9 | 2 | |
| Los Alamos | 446 | 5,830 | 173,374 | 29,738 | 395 | 32 | 13 | 6 | |
| Luna | 414 | 3,408 | 56,643 | 16,621 | 382 | 25 | 3 | 4 | |
| McKinley | 1,037 | 13,792 | 288,761 | 20,937 | 881 | 94 | 46 | 16 | |
| Mora | 61 | 412 | 6,561 | 15,925 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Otero | 1,035 | 11,229 | 202,811 | 18,061 | 922 | 79 | 19 | 15 | |
| Quay | 295 | 2,097 | 32,163 | 15,338 | 268 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| Rio Arriba | 637 | 6,248 | 119,222 | 19,082 | 574 | 39 | 14 | 10 | |
| Roosevelt | 342 | 2,923 | 47,313 | 16,186 | 308 | 25 | 5 | 4 | |
| Sandoval | 1,172 | 18,750 | 578,862 | 30,873 | 1,047 | 77 | 30 | 18 | |
| San Juan | 2,416 | 31,938 | 868,083 | 27,180 | 2,090 | 226 | 58 | 42 | |
| San Miguel | 536 | 5,063 | 100,333 | 19,817 | 494 | 29 | 10 | 3 | |
| Santa Fe | 4,517 | 44,430 | 1,059,729 | 23,852 | 4,052 | 334 | 82 | 49 | |
| Sierra | 313 | 1,931 | 28,584 | 14,803 | 294 | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| Socorro | 271 | 2,410 | 40,930 | 16,983 | 241 | 25 | 3 | 2 | |
| Taos | 1,109 | 8,242 | 137,914 | 16,733 | 1,030 | 54 | 19 | 6 | |
| Torrance | 235 | 1,842 | 29,825 | 16,192 | 219 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |
| Union | 119 | 732 | 11,690 | 15,970 | 110 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Valencia | 833 | 8,267 | 150,154 | 18,163 | 758 | 49 | 18 | 8 | |
| Statewide 3/ | 58 | 3,719 | $126,938 | $34,132 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 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/ Establishments without a fixed location in the state or of unknown county location | |||||||||
| are included under the "Statewide" classification. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 1998. | |||||||||