Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate

Torrance County had the highest job creation rate of 33 counties in 2021, at 19.55%. Harding County had the lowest, at 2.778%. The median was 9.755% and the figure for New Mexico was 9.973%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19.55Torrance County

Lowest2.778Harding County

Median9.75533 counties

New Mexico9.973History

Map of counties, 2021

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%, 2021. 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, 2021

%. 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	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Torrance County	19.55	-0.73 pts
2	De Baca County	17.84	+9.26 pts
3	Hidalgo County	16.57	+4.08 pts
4	Sierra County	12.575	+3.58 pts
5	Otero County	12.227	+0.13 pts
6	Roosevelt County	12.051	+2.9 pts
7	Rio Arriba County	11.861	+2.32 pts
8	Lincoln County	11.469	-0.74 pts
9	Doña Ana County	11.216	-2.28 pts
10	Santa Fe County	10.921	-1.34 pts
11	Catron County	10.859	+1.29 pts
12	Guadalupe County	10.808	-1.04 pts
13	San Miguel County	10.777	+2.08 pts
14	Valencia County	10.662	-4.46 pts
15	San Juan County	10.065	+1.6 pts
16	Sandoval County	9.824	-7 pts
17	Bernalillo County	9.755	-1.84 pts
18	Quay County	9.51	-2.37 pts
19	Taos County	9.499	-5.73 pts
20	Mora County	9.143	+3.61 pts
21	Chaves County	8.919	+0.4 pts
22	Curry County	8.866	-2.64 pts
23	Eddy County	8.781	-4.53 pts
24	Luna County	8.343	-13.45 pts
25	Lea County	8.004	-2.04 pts
26	Union County	7.93	+0.29 pts
27	Colfax County	7.773	-7.61 pts
28	McKinley County	7.463	+0.11 pts
29	Socorro County	6.75	-0.45 pts
30	Grant County	6.735	-1.86 pts
31	Cibola County	6.007	-1.6 pts
32	Los Alamos County	4.324	-5.31 pts
33	Harding County	2.778	-15 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.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Torrance County, with 19.55% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Harding County, with 2.778% in 2021.

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.