Counties in New Mexico by establishment entry rate
Harding County had the highest establishment entry rate of 32 counties in 2022, at 47.059%. Grant County had the lowest, at 7.021%. The median was 10.325% and the figure for New Mexico was 10.958%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2022
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All counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harding County | 47.059 | +47.06 pts |
| 2 | De Baca County | 17.5 | +4.51 pts |
| 3 | Catron County | 14.634 | +2.97 pts |
| 4 | Sandoval County | 14.286 | +1.18 pts |
| 5 | Sierra County | 13.918 | +3.28 pts |
| 6 | Luna County | 13.695 | +7.49 pts |
| 7 | Guadalupe County | 13.095 | +7.03 pts |
| 8 | Santa Fe County | 12.522 | +2.09 pts |
| 9 | Lincoln County | 11.977 | +1.15 pts |
| 10 | Taos County | 11.607 | +0.19 pts |
| 11 | Doña Ana County | 11.581 | +1.6 pts |
| 12 | Los Alamos County | 11.471 | +4.69 pts |
| 13 | Bernalillo County | 10.941 | +1.32 pts |
| 14 | Colfax County | 10.866 | +1.45 pts |
| 15 | Lea County | 10.662 | +3 pts |
| 16 | San Miguel County | 10.393 | +2.42 pts |
| 17 | Hidalgo County | 10.256 | +2.56 pts |
| 18 | Eddy County | 10.15 | +2.67 pts |
| 19 | San Juan County | 9.896 | +2.58 pts |
| 20 | Otero County | 9.776 | +1.44 pts |
| 21 | Chaves County | 9.186 | +2.46 pts |
| 22 | Cibola County | 8.937 | +0.72 pts |
| 23 | Rio Arriba County | 8.921 | +0.21 pts |
| 24 | McKinley County | 8.868 | +2.61 pts |
| 25 | Torrance County | 8.802 | -2.42 pts |
| 26 | Union County | 8.75 | +2.54 pts |
| 27 | Roosevelt County | 8.71 | -1.92 pts |
| 28 | Socorro County | 8.696 | +4.38 pts |
| 29 | Curry County | 8.677 | +0.79 pts |
| 30 | Valencia County | 8.428 | -1.26 pts |
| 31 | Quay County | 8.081 | +1.56 pts |
| 32 | Grant County | 7.021 | +0.47 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 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.
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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest establishment entry rate?
Harding County, with 47.059% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest establishment entry rate?
Grant County, with 7.021% in 2022.
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 2022 and are not ranked.
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