Counties in New Mexico by employer firms

Bernalillo County had the highest employer firms of 33 counties in 2021, at 11,668. Harding County had the lowest, at 7. The median was 355 and the figure for New Mexico was 30,460. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest11,668Bernalillo County

Lowest7Harding County

Median35533 counties

New Mexico30,460History

Map of counties, 2021

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

count, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Bernalillo County	11,668	0%
2	Santa Fe County	3,778	-2.8%
3	Doña Ana County	2,900	+0.1%
4	San Juan County	1,917	-2.8%
5	Sandoval County	1,459	+1.2%
6	Lea County	1,333	-3.6%
7	Eddy County	1,213	-4.5%
8	Chaves County	1,095	-2.9%
9	Taos County	865	-2.1%
10	Curry County	843	+0.2%
11	Valencia County	794	+0.8%
12	Otero County	785	+0.6%
13	McKinley County	702	-3.7%
14	Lincoln County	572	-1.5%
15	Grant County	446	-4.1%
16	Rio Arriba County	436	+0.7%
17	San Miguel County	355	-2.7%
18	Los Alamos County	319	-3%
19	Luna County	317	-4.2%
20	Colfax County	309	0%
21	Roosevelt County	285	+3.3%
22	Cibola County	283	-2.4%
23	Torrance County	195	+1.6%
24	Socorro County	194	-4%
25	Sierra County	184	+2.2%
26	Quay County	183	-4.2%
27	Guadalupe County	77	-3.8%
28	Union County	76	-6.2%
29	Hidalgo County	67	-2.9%
30	Catron County	58	0%
31	Mora County	40	+8.1%
32	De Baca County	37	-7.5%
33	Harding County	7	-46.2%

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest employer firms?

Bernalillo County, with 11,668 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest employer firms?

Harding County, with 7 in 2021.

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.