Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate

Harding County had the highest job creation rate of 33 counties in 2015, at 51.613%. Union County had the lowest, at 6.205%. The median was 12.938% and the figure for New Mexico was 12.528%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest51.613Harding County

Lowest6.205Union County

Median12.93833 counties

New Mexico12.528History

Map of counties, 2015

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%, 2015. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2015

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Harding County	51.613	+39.61 pts
2	Torrance County	26.435	+9.78 pts
3	Los Alamos County	18.792	+13.3 pts
4	Catron County	18.496	+11.55 pts
5	Eddy County	17.796	+2.46 pts
6	San Miguel County	16.761	+8 pts
7	Sierra County	15.462	+0.86 pts
8	Lea County	15.375	-0.84 pts
9	Valencia County	14.946	-0.41 pts
10	Hidalgo County	14.872	+2.62 pts
11	Taos County	14.623	+2.17 pts
12	Sandoval County	14.529	+3.79 pts
13	Socorro County	14.47	+7.06 pts
14	Mora County	13.74	-4.81 pts
15	Guadalupe County	13.188	+3.49 pts
16	Doña Ana County	13.102	-2.14 pts
17	Otero County	12.938	+3.06 pts
18	Chaves County	12.579	+1.74 pts
19	Santa Fe County	11.991	+2.16 pts
20	Curry County	11.964	-1.41 pts
21	San Juan County	11.938	+1.47 pts
22	Luna County	11.918	-2.75 pts
23	De Baca County	11.561	+0.19 pts
24	Bernalillo County	11.429	-5.79 pts
25	Lincoln County	11.251	-0.75 pts
26	Rio Arriba County	11.221	+0.44 pts
27	McKinley County	10.851	+1.28 pts
28	Colfax County	9.433	-6.06 pts
29	Roosevelt County	9.163	-0.25 pts
30	Cibola County	8.863	+3.63 pts
31	Grant County	8.371	-10.22 pts
32	Quay County	7.979	-4.61 pts
33	Union County	6.205	-2.36 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. 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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate, 2015) [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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate, 2015. 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/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate, 2015. 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/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties?period=2015.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Harding County, with 51.613% in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Union County, with 6.205% in 2015.

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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.