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Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate

Hidalgo County had the highest establishment entry rate of 31 counties in 2016, at 11.702%. Guadalupe County had the lowest, at 3.371%. The median was 8.485% and the figure for New Mexico was 8.834%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11.702Hidalgo County
Lowest3.371Guadalupe County
Median8.48531 counties
New Mexico8.834History

Map of counties, 2016

Bernalillo County: 8.979 %Catron County: 9.434 %Chaves County: 7.733 %Cibola County: 6.017 %Colfax County: 9.756 %Curry County: 8.485 %Doña Ana County: 8.945 %Eddy County: 8.953 %Grant County: 7.685 %Guadalupe County: 3.371 %Hidalgo County: 11.702 %Lea County: 8.768 %Lincoln County: 8.19 %Los Alamos County: 9.048 %Luna County: 8.056 %McKinley County: 7.214 %Mora County: 7.792 %Otero County: 9.036 %Quay County: 6.176 %Rio Arriba County: 7.579 %Roosevelt County: 7.221 %Sandoval County: 10.936 %San Juan County: 6.713 %San Miguel County: 5.386 %Santa Fe County: 9.693 %Sierra County: 8.608 %Socorro County: 8.756 %Taos County: 10.555 %Torrance County: 9.91 %Union County: 7.735 %Valencia County: 8.263 %
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%, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Hidalgo County: 11.702 %Hidalgo County11.702Sandoval County: 10.936 %Sandoval County10.936Taos County: 10.555 %Taos County10.555Torrance County: 9.91 %Torrance County9.91Colfax County: 9.756 %Colfax County9.756Santa Fe County: 9.693 %Santa Fe County9.693Catron County: 9.434 %Catron County9.434Los Alamos County: 9.048 %Los Alamos County9.048Otero County: 9.036 %Otero County9.036Bernalillo County: 8.979 %Bernalillo County8.979Eddy County: 8.953 %Eddy County8.953Doña Ana County: 8.945 %Doña Ana County8.945Lea County: 8.768 %Lea County8.768Socorro County: 8.756 %Socorro County8.756Sierra County: 8.608 %Sierra County8.608Curry County: 8.485 %Curry County8.485Valencia County: 8.263 %Valencia County8.263Lincoln County: 8.19 %Lincoln County8.19Luna County: 8.056 %Luna County8.056Mora County: 7.792 %Mora County7.792Union County: 7.735 %Union County7.735Chaves County: 7.733 %Chaves County7.733Grant County: 7.685 %Grant County7.685Rio Arriba County: 7.579 %Rio Arriba County7.579Roosevelt County: 7.221 %Roosevelt County7.221McKinley County: 7.214 %McKinley County7.214San Juan County: 6.713 %San Juan County6.713Quay County: 6.176 %Quay County6.176Cibola County: 6.017 %Cibola County6.017San Miguel County: 5.386 %San Miguel County5.386Guadalupe County: 3.371 %Guadalupe County3.371Hidalgo County: 11.702 %Hidalgo County11.702Sandoval County: 10.936 %Sandoval County10.936Taos County: 10.555 %Taos County10.555Torrance County: 9.91 %Torrance County9.91Colfax County: 9.756 %Colfax County9.756Santa Fe County: 9.693 %Santa Fe County9.693Catron County: 9.434 %Catron County9.434Los Alamos County: 9.048 %Los Alamos County9.048Otero County: 9.036 %Otero County9.036Bernalillo County: 8.979 %Bernalillo County8.979Eddy County: 8.953 %Eddy County8.953Doña Ana County: 8.945 %Doña Ana County8.945Lea County: 8.768 %Lea County8.768Socorro County: 8.756 %Socorro County8.756Sierra County: 8.608 %Sierra County8.608Curry County: 8.485 %Curry County8.485Valencia County: 8.263 %Valencia County8.263Lincoln County: 8.19 %Lincoln County8.19Luna County: 8.056 %Luna County8.056Mora County: 7.792 %Mora County7.792Union County: 7.735 %Union County7.735Chaves County: 7.733 %Chaves County7.733Grant County: 7.685 %Grant County7.685Rio Arriba County: 7.579 %Rio Arriba County7.579Roosevelt County: 7.221 %Roosevelt County7.221McKinley County: 7.214 %McKinley County7.214San Juan County: 6.713 %San Juan County6.713Quay County: 6.176 %Quay County6.176Cibola County: 6.017 %Cibola County6.017San Miguel County: 5.386 %San Miguel County5.386Guadalupe County: 3.371 %Guadalupe County3.371
%. Source: 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.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Hidalgo County11.702+2.91 pts
2Sandoval County10.936-1.83 pts
3Taos County10.555+1.08 pts
4Torrance County9.91-1.18 pts
5Colfax County9.756-0.1 pts
6Santa Fe County9.693-0.02 pts
7Catron County9.434n/a
8Los Alamos County9.048-0.03 pts
9Otero County9.036+1.05 pts
10Bernalillo County8.979+0.32 pts
11Eddy County8.953-2.35 pts
12Doña Ana County8.945-0.13 pts
13Lea County8.768-1.38 pts
14Socorro County8.756-2.98 pts
15Sierra County8.608-3.01 pts
16Curry County8.485+1.53 pts
17Valencia County8.263-3.28 pts
18Lincoln County8.19+0.76 pts
19Luna County8.056+1.37 pts
20Mora County7.792-4.71 pts
21Union County7.735n/a
22Chaves County7.733+0.11 pts
23Grant County7.685-1.35 pts
24Rio Arriba County7.579-1.41 pts
25Roosevelt County7.221-1.11 pts
26McKinley County7.214-1.53 pts
27San Juan County6.713-0.34 pts
28Quay County6.176-1.35 pts
29Cibola County6.017-2.53 pts
30San Miguel County5.386-4.98 pts
31Guadalupe County3.371-3.26 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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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.

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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?period=2016. 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, 2016. 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?period=2016.

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, 2016 [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?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?

Hidalgo County, with 11.702% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Guadalupe County, with 3.371% in 2016.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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