| 1998 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 | 27,941 | 389,314 | $9,991,144 | $25,663 | 24,119 | 2,483 | 818 | 521 | |
| Albuquerque MSA 3/ | 17,825 | 278,207 | 7,389,778 | 26,562 | 15,177 | 1,661 | 594 | 393 | |
| Farmington MSA 4/ | 2,416 | 31,938 | 868,083 | 27,180 | 2,090 | 226 | 58 | 42 | |
| Las Cruces MSA 5/ | 3,183 | 34,739 | 673,554 | 19,389 | 2,800 | 262 | 84 | 37 | |
| Santa Fe MSA 6/ | 4,517 | 44,430 | 1,059,729 | 23,852 | 4,052 | 334 | 82 | 49 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Portion | 14,667 | 150,872 | 3,142,563 | 20,829 | 13,135 | 1,061 | 307 | 164 | |
| NEW MEXICO | 42,608 | 540,186 | $13,133,707 | $24,313 | 37,254 | 3,544 | 1,125 | 685 | |
| 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, 1998. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||