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Counties in New Mexico by job destruction rate

Santa Fe County had the highest job destruction rate of 33 counties in 2019, at 28.589%. Cibola County had the lowest, at 4.88%. The median was 9.098% and the figure for New Mexico was 10.786%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest28.589Santa Fe County
Lowest4.88Cibola County
Median9.09833 counties
New Mexico10.786History

Map of counties, 2019

Bernalillo County: 9.145 %Catron County: 10.06 %Chaves County: 9.006 %Cibola County: 4.88 %Colfax County: 14.334 %Curry County: 8.649 %De Baca County: 14.043 %Doña Ana County: 10.247 %Eddy County: 8.145 %Grant County: 8.403 %Guadalupe County: 7.102 %Harding County: 9.091 %Hidalgo County: 13.907 %Lea County: 10.85 %Lincoln County: 10.614 %Los Alamos County: 11.634 %Luna County: 9.604 %McKinley County: 7.807 %Mora County: 12.245 %Otero County: 7.494 %Quay County: 8.799 %Rio Arriba County: 8.168 %Roosevelt County: 7.218 %Sandoval County: 8.254 %San Juan County: 9.098 %San Miguel County: 7.412 %Santa Fe County: 28.589 %Sierra County: 13.53 %Socorro County: 10.245 %Taos County: 10.211 %Torrance County: 5.908 %Union County: 9.861 %Valencia County: 9.063 %
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%, 2019. 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, 2019

Santa Fe County: 28.589 %Santa Fe County28.589Colfax County: 14.334 %Colfax County14.334De Baca County: 14.043 %De Baca County14.043Hidalgo County: 13.907 %Hidalgo County13.907Sierra County: 13.53 %Sierra County13.53Mora County: 12.245 %Mora County12.245Los Alamos County: 11.634 %Los Alamos County11.634Lea County: 10.85 %Lea County10.85Lincoln County: 10.614 %Lincoln County10.614Doña Ana County: 10.247 %Doña Ana County10.247Socorro County: 10.245 %Socorro County10.245Taos County: 10.211 %Taos County10.211Catron County: 10.06 %Catron County10.06Union County: 9.861 %Union County9.861Luna County: 9.604 %Luna County9.604Bernalillo County: 9.145 %Bernalillo County9.145San Juan County: 9.098 %San Juan County9.098Harding County: 9.091 %Harding County9.091Valencia County: 9.063 %Valencia County9.063Chaves County: 9.006 %Chaves County9.006Quay County: 8.799 %Quay County8.799Curry County: 8.649 %Curry County8.649Grant County: 8.403 %Grant County8.403Sandoval County: 8.254 %Sandoval County8.254Rio Arriba County: 8.168 %Rio Arriba County8.168Eddy County: 8.145 %Eddy County8.145McKinley County: 7.807 %McKinley County7.807Otero County: 7.494 %Otero County7.494San Miguel County: 7.412 %San Miguel County7.412Roosevelt County: 7.218 %Roosevelt County7.218Guadalupe County: 7.102 %Guadalupe County7.102Torrance County: 5.908 %Torrance County5.908Cibola County: 4.88 %Cibola County4.88Santa Fe County: 28.589 %Santa Fe County28.589Colfax County: 14.334 %Colfax County14.334De Baca County: 14.043 %De Baca County14.043Hidalgo County: 13.907 %Hidalgo County13.907Sierra County: 13.53 %Sierra County13.53Mora County: 12.245 %Mora County12.245Los Alamos County: 11.634 %Los Alamos County11.634Lea County: 10.85 %Lea County10.85Lincoln County: 10.614 %Lincoln County10.614Doña Ana County: 10.247 %Doña Ana County10.247Socorro County: 10.245 %Socorro County10.245Taos County: 10.211 %Taos County10.211Catron County: 10.06 %Catron County10.06Union County: 9.861 %Union County9.861Luna County: 9.604 %Luna County9.604Bernalillo County: 9.145 %Bernalillo County9.145San Juan County: 9.098 %San Juan County9.098Harding County: 9.091 %Harding County9.091Valencia County: 9.063 %Valencia County9.063Chaves County: 9.006 %Chaves County9.006Quay County: 8.799 %Quay County8.799Curry County: 8.649 %Curry County8.649Grant County: 8.403 %Grant County8.403Sandoval County: 8.254 %Sandoval County8.254Rio Arriba County: 8.168 %Rio Arriba County8.168Eddy County: 8.145 %Eddy County8.145McKinley County: 7.807 %McKinley County7.807Otero County: 7.494 %Otero County7.494San Miguel County: 7.412 %San Miguel County7.412Roosevelt County: 7.218 %Roosevelt County7.218Guadalupe County: 7.102 %Guadalupe County7.102Torrance County: 5.908 %Torrance County5.908Cibola County: 4.88 %Cibola County4.88
%. 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

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Santa Fe County28.589+16.93 pts
2Colfax County14.334+0.1 pts
3De Baca County14.043+2.77 pts
4Hidalgo County13.907+7.47 pts
5Sierra County13.53+4.46 pts
6Mora County12.245+3.12 pts
7Los Alamos County11.634-1.87 pts
8Lea County10.85-0.25 pts
9Lincoln County10.614-2.7 pts
10Doña Ana County10.247-2.91 pts
11Socorro County10.245+2.8 pts
12Taos County10.211-3.48 pts
13Catron County10.06+2.9 pts
14Union County9.861+4.17 pts
15Luna County9.604+0.95 pts
16Bernalillo County9.145-1.01 pts
17San Juan County9.098-0.41 pts
18Harding County9.091+1.3 pts
19Valencia County9.063-0.12 pts
20Chaves County9.006-1.59 pts
21Quay County8.799-2.04 pts
22Curry County8.649-4.94 pts
23Grant County8.403-3.91 pts
24Sandoval County8.254-1.87 pts
25Rio Arriba County8.168-5.15 pts
26Eddy County8.145-4.38 pts
27McKinley County7.807-2.96 pts
28Otero County7.494-4.39 pts
29San Miguel County7.412-3.9 pts
30Roosevelt County7.218-6.38 pts
31Guadalupe County7.102-0.05 pts
32Torrance County5.908-21.54 pts
33Cibola County4.88-3.59 pts

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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.

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Santa Fe County, with 28.589% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Cibola County, with 4.88% in 2019.

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.

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