# Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate, 2023

All 33 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Harding County | 20.513 |
| 2 | Mora County | 18.282 |
| 3 | Eddy County | 17.534 |
| 4 | Lea County | 17.359 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 17.188 |
| 6 | Rio Arriba County | 16.577 |
| 7 | Colfax County | 16.503 |
| 8 | Taos County | 15.106 |
| 9 | Guadalupe County | 14.429 |
| 10 | Union County | 14.015 |
| 11 | Curry County | 13.514 |
| 12 | Santa Fe County | 13.512 |
| 13 | Sandoval County | 12.716 |
| 14 | San Juan County | 12.689 |
| 15 | Sierra County | 12.585 |
| 16 | Hidalgo County | 12.483 |
| 17 | Doña Ana County | 12.415 |
| 18 | Valencia County | 12.31 |
| 19 | Los Alamos County | 12.166 |
| 20 | Bernalillo County | 12.032 |
| 21 | Socorro County | 11.953 |
| 22 | De Baca County | 11.227 |
| 23 | Chaves County | 10.821 |
| 24 | Otero County | 10.154 |
| 25 | Torrance County | 10.106 |
| 26 | Roosevelt County | 10.075 |
| 27 | Grant County | 9.865 |
| 28 | McKinley County | 9.743 |
| 29 | Cibola County | 8.958 |
| 30 | Quay County | 8.906 |
| 31 | Catron County | 8.867 |
| 32 | Luna County | 8.479 |
| 33 | San Miguel County | 5.507 |