Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate, 2023
Mora County had the highest establishment entry rate of 32 counties in 2023, at 22.785%. Roosevelt County had the lowest, at 6.774%. The median was 9.841% and the figure for New Mexico was 10.272%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2023
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All counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mora County | 22.785 | |
| 2 | De Baca County | 18.182 | +0.68 pts |
| 3 | Union County | 13.095 | +4.35 pts |
| 4 | Lincoln County | 12.43 | +0.45 pts |
| 5 | Hidalgo County | 12.422 | +2.17 pts |
| 6 | Sandoval County | 11.385 | -2.9 pts |
| 7 | Curry County | 11.284 | +2.61 pts |
| 8 | Rio Arriba County | 11.27 | +2.35 pts |
| 9 | Eddy County | 11.269 | +1.12 pts |
| 10 | Lea County | 11.164 | +0.5 pts |
| 11 | Socorro County | 11.005 | +2.31 pts |
| 12 | Bernalillo County | 10.817 | -0.12 pts |
| 13 | Santa Fe County | 10.383 | -2.14 pts |
| 14 | Quay County | 10.127 | +2.05 pts |
| 15 | Valencia County | 9.915 | +1.49 pts |
| 16 | Colfax County | 9.884 | -0.98 pts |
| 17 | Taos County | 9.798 | -1.81 pts |
| 18 | Luna County | 9.714 | -3.98 pts |
| 19 | Otero County | 9.573 | -0.2 pts |
| 20 | Doña Ana County | 9.358 | -2.22 pts |
| 21 | San Juan County | 9.29 | -0.61 pts |
| 22 | Sierra County | 8.5 | -5.42 pts |
| 23 | Torrance County | 8.374 | -0.43 pts |
| 24 | Cibola County | 8.1 | -0.84 pts |
| 25 | McKinley County | 8.09 | -0.78 pts |
| 26 | Catron County | 7.937 | -6.7 pts |
| 27 | Chaves County | 7.862 | -1.32 pts |
| 28 | Grant County | 7.193 | +0.17 pts |
| 29 | Los Alamos County | 6.997 | -4.47 pts |
| 30 | San Miguel County | 6.905 | -3.49 pts |
| 31 | Guadalupe County | 6.897 | -6.2 pts |
| 32 | Roosevelt County | 6.774 | -1.94 pts |
Other periods
About this ranking
Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
MLA 9
Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate, 2023. 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/establishment-entry-rate/new-mexico-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/new-mexico-counties.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/new-mexico-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?
Mora County, with 22.785% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?
Roosevelt County, with 6.774% in 2023.
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: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.