Counties in New Mexico by employer firms

Bernalillo County had the highest employer firms of 33 counties in 2017, at 11,663. Harding County had the lowest, at 12. The median was 377 and the figure for New Mexico was 30,944. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest11,663Bernalillo County

Lowest12Harding County

Median37733 counties

New Mexico30,944History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 100
100 to 300
300 to 400
400 to 800
800 to 1,300
1,300 and over

count, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Bernalillo County	11,663	+0.5%
2	Santa Fe County	3,855	-0.4%
3	Doña Ana County	2,897	+0.2%
4	San Juan County	2,056	-3.2%
5	Sandoval County	1,413	+1.4%
6	Lea County	1,337	-2.1%
7	Eddy County	1,183	-1.5%
8	Chaves County	1,147	-2.3%
9	Taos County	886	+0.8%
10	Curry County	868	-2.7%
11	Otero County	804	-2.9%
12	McKinley County	759	-0.9%
13	Valencia County	749	0%
14	Lincoln County	574	-0.7%
15	Grant County	500	-2.2%
16	Rio Arriba County	450	+3.9%
17	San Miguel County	377	-1.6%
18	Colfax County	328	-0.3%
19	Luna County	327	-1.2%
20	Los Alamos County	317	+4.6%
21	Cibola County	300	-0.7%
22	Roosevelt County	283	-3.4%
23	Socorro County	203	-2.9%
24	Torrance County	199	-2.9%
25	Quay County	197	-0.5%
26	Sierra County	188	+0.5%
27	Union County	86	-1.1%
28	Hidalgo County	79	-4.8%
29	Guadalupe County	78	-3.7%
30	Catron County	55	+5.8%
31	De Baca County	42	0%
32	Mora County	39	+5.4%
33	Harding County	12	+33.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Counties in New Mexico by employer firms, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in New Mexico by employer firms, 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/new-mexico-counties?period=2017. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Counties in New Mexico by employer firms, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/new-mexico-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Counties in New Mexico by employer firms, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/new-mexico-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest employer firms?

Bernalillo County, with 11,663 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Harding County, with 12 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11.