Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate, 2023
Luna County had the highest job destruction rate of 33 counties in 2023, at 24.462%. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 2.619%. The median was 11.228% and the figure for New Mexico was 11.003%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2023
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All counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luna County | 24.462 | +12 pts |
| 2 | De Baca County | 18.711 | +9.21 pts |
| 3 | Quay County | 16.02 | +7.27 pts |
| 4 | Eddy County | 14.988 | +2.4 pts |
| 5 | Sierra County | 13.567 | +1.43 pts |
| 6 | Lincoln County | 13.346 | +3.42 pts |
| 7 | Mora County | 13.163 | -4.79 pts |
| 8 | Hidalgo County | 13.161 | +4.44 pts |
| 9 | Harding County | 12.821 | +3.73 pts |
| 10 | Rio Arriba County | 12.578 | -1.44 pts |
| 11 | Torrance County | 12.544 | +1.82 pts |
| 12 | Taos County | 12.006 | +1.15 pts |
| 13 | Catron County | 11.823 | -4.36 pts |
| 14 | Guadalupe County | 11.585 | -12.89 pts |
| 15 | Otero County | 11.401 | +3.47 pts |
| 16 | Curry County | 11.334 | -1 pts |
| 17 | Chaves County | 11.228 | +1.43 pts |
| 18 | Bernalillo County | 11.055 | -0.13 pts |
| 19 | Santa Fe County | 11.037 | -1.17 pts |
| 20 | Roosevelt County | 10.852 | +2.46 pts |
| 21 | Doña Ana County | 10.579 | -0.6 pts |
| 22 | Lea County | 10.146 | -0.85 pts |
| 23 | Sandoval County | 10.102 | -0.28 pts |
| 24 | San Juan County | 9.911 | -2.48 pts |
| 25 | Cibola County | 9.433 | -2.74 pts |
| 26 | Colfax County | 9.373 | -1.16 pts |
| 27 | Union County | 9.343 | -0.39 pts |
| 28 | McKinley County | 9.136 | -0.04 pts |
| 29 | Socorro County | 8.857 | +0.17 pts |
| 30 | Grant County | 8.57 | -0.42 pts |
| 31 | Valencia County | 8.159 | -0.05 pts |
| 32 | San Miguel County | 7.01 | -0.53 pts |
| 33 | Los Alamos County | 2.619 | -0.18 pts |
Other periods
About this ranking
Jobs lost at closing and shrinking 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 added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. 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 destruction 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.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate, 2023) [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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate, 2023. 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-destruction-rate/new-mexico-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate, 2023. 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-destruction-rate/new-mexico-counties.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate, 2023 [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-destruction-rate/new-mexico-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?
Luna County, with 24.462% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?
Los Alamos County, with 2.619% in 2023.
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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.