Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate

Harding County had the highest job destruction rate of 33 counties in 2012, at 35.294%. Cibola County had the lowest, at 8.354%. The median was 12.93% and the figure for New Mexico was 13.065%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest35.294Harding County

Lowest8.354Cibola County

Median12.9333 counties

New Mexico13.065History

Map of counties, 2012

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%, 2012. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2012

%. Source: 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.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2012 (%)	Change on 2011
1	Harding County	35.294	+35.29 pts
2	Sandoval County	25.245	+15.94 pts
3	Sierra County	20.954	+10.41 pts
4	Socorro County	20.681	+9.94 pts
5	Quay County	18.316	+0.62 pts
6	Guadalupe County	17.827	+0.79 pts
7	De Baca County	16.698	-0.35 pts
8	Taos County	15.569	+1.7 pts
9	Colfax County	15.393	+3.12 pts
10	Los Alamos County	14.597	+4.77 pts
11	Lincoln County	14.391	+0.47 pts
12	Luna County	13.634	+1.31 pts
13	Catron County	13.551	+1.98 pts
14	Curry County	13.327	+1.12 pts
15	Doña Ana County	13.282	+0.41 pts
16	Otero County	13.237	+2.1 pts
17	Valencia County	12.93	+3.3 pts
18	Chaves County	12.758	-0.08 pts
19	San Miguel County	12.575	+3.61 pts
20	Bernalillo County	12.447	+0.24 pts
21	Union County	12.137	+0.2 pts
22	Eddy County	12.075	+0.17 pts
23	Hidalgo County	11.975	-13.07 pts
24	Santa Fe County	11.868	+1.85 pts
25	Mora County	10.945	-3.94 pts
26	Grant County	10.901	+0.65 pts
27	Torrance County	10.884	-1.7 pts
28	San Juan County	10.347	-1.5 pts
29	Roosevelt County	10.285	-1.26 pts
30	Rio Arriba County	10.188	-2.54 pts
31	Lea County	9.693	-0.63 pts
32	McKinley County	9.313	+0.18 pts
33	Cibola County	8.354	-0.02 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.

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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.

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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, 2012) [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 destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate, 2012. 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?period=2012. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2012. 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?period=2012.

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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, 2012 [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?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Harding County, with 35.294% in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Cibola County, with 8.354% in 2012.

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.