Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate

Luna County had the highest job creation rate of 33 counties in 2020, at 21.796%. Mora County had the lowest, at 5.535%. The median was 11.509% and the figure for New Mexico was 11.882%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest21.796Luna County

Lowest5.535Mora County

Median11.50933 counties

New Mexico11.882History

Map of counties, 2020

Under 8.5
8.5 to 9.1
9.1 to 12
12 to 15
15 and over

%, 2020. 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, 2020

%. 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	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Luna County	21.796	+11.77 pts
2	Torrance County	20.284	+5.32 pts
3	Harding County	17.778	-4.95 pts
4	Sandoval County	16.824	+5.54 pts
5	Colfax County	15.387	+5.01 pts
6	Taos County	15.228	+0.53 pts
7	Valencia County	15.119	+2.1 pts
8	Doña Ana County	13.494	+2.49 pts
9	Eddy County	13.314	-5.94 pts
10	Hidalgo County	12.491	+3.09 pts
11	Santa Fe County	12.257	+1.65 pts
12	Lincoln County	12.21	-2.31 pts
13	Otero County	12.099	-0.32 pts
14	Quay County	11.881	+0.76 pts
15	Guadalupe County	11.849	+5.32 pts
16	Bernalillo County	11.591	+0.84 pts
17	Curry County	11.509	+2.56 pts
18	Lea County	10.043	-6.09 pts
19	Los Alamos County	9.636	-9.66 pts
20	Catron County	9.571	-1.29 pts
21	Rio Arriba County	9.543	-2.43 pts
22	Roosevelt County	9.153	+0.39 pts
23	Sierra County	8.997	+2.57 pts
24	San Miguel County	8.701	+2.62 pts
25	Grant County	8.596	-2.32 pts
26	De Baca County	8.578	-2.49 pts
27	Chaves County	8.52	-1.49 pts
28	San Juan County	8.464	-2.42 pts
29	Union County	7.645	+0.78 pts
30	Cibola County	7.602	-0.04 pts
31	McKinley County	7.356	-3.62 pts
32	Socorro County	7.202	+0.29 pts
33	Mora County	5.535	+1.45 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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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, 2020. 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=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Luna County, with 21.796% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Mora County, with 5.535% in 2020.

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.