Counties in New Mexico by job creation rate

San Miguel County had the highest job creation rate of 33 counties in 2022, at 38.55%. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 7.674%. The median was 16.409% and the figure for New Mexico was 16.715%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest38.55San Miguel County

Lowest7.674Los Alamos County

Median16.40933 counties

New Mexico16.715History

Map of counties, 2022

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%, 2022. 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, 2022

%. 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	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	San Miguel County	38.55	+27.77 pts
2	Harding County	30.303	+27.53 pts
3	Luna County	27.883	+19.54 pts
4	Guadalupe County	27.062	+16.25 pts
5	De Baca County	24.622	+6.78 pts
6	Taos County	24.012	+14.51 pts
7	Quay County	23.275	+13.76 pts
8	Lea County	22.078	+14.07 pts
9	Santa Fe County	20.62	+9.7 pts
10	Union County	19.623	+11.69 pts
11	Lincoln County	19.383	+7.91 pts
12	Catron County	17.934	+7.08 pts
13	Eddy County	17.704	+8.92 pts
14	Hidalgo County	16.737	+0.17 pts
15	Doña Ana County	16.552	+5.34 pts
16	Cibola County	16.432	+10.42 pts
17	Colfax County	16.409	+8.64 pts
18	Torrance County	15.923	-3.63 pts
19	San Juan County	15.898	+5.83 pts
20	Otero County	15.894	+3.67 pts
21	Sierra County	15.877	+3.3 pts
22	Rio Arriba County	15.713	+3.85 pts
23	Sandoval County	15.607	+5.78 pts
24	Bernalillo County	15.391	+5.64 pts
25	Chaves County	14.875	+5.96 pts
26	McKinley County	14.863	+7.4 pts
27	Valencia County	14.332	+3.67 pts
28	Mora County	14.286	+5.14 pts
29	Roosevelt County	14.18	+2.13 pts
30	Curry County	13.606	+4.74 pts
31	Grant County	12.411	+5.68 pts
32	Socorro County	10.34	+3.59 pts
33	Los Alamos County	7.674	+3.35 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, 2022) [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, 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/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties?period=2022. 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, 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/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties?period=2022.

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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, 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/job-creation-rate/new-mexico-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

San Miguel County, with 38.55% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Los Alamos County, with 7.674% 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: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.