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Which counties in New Mexico are adding jobs fastest?

Torrance County (+42.5%), San Miguel County (+27.4%) and Los Alamos County (+22.4%) added private-sector jobs fastest in New Mexico between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated

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New Mexico counties ranked by private-sector job growth
RankCountyChange 2018–23Private jobs 2023Residents
1Torrance County+42.5%2,07016,100
2San Miguel County+27.4%8,25226,260
3Los Alamos County+22.4%17,88819,407
4Valencia County+16.0%12,05182,013
5Sandoval County+14.4%27,552159,565
6Otero County+11.6%12,84770,368
7Lincoln County+9.7%5,53819,844
8Luna County+9.2%4,84525,407
9Roosevelt County+9.1%3,61418,615
10Santa Fe County+6.7%48,934156,907
11Catron County+6.4%5153,827
12Doña Ana County+5.1%55,834229,091
13Taos County+4.2%9,46034,564
14Bernalillo County+2.5%277,465667,601
15Eddy County+2.0%24,23462,509
16Curry County+1.8%12,66646,655
17Mora County+0.3%2924,051
18Quay County+0.2%1,7798,454
19Lea County−0.2%24,91174,749
20Colfax County−1.2%3,32912,184
21De Baca County−1.3%2321,647
22San Juan County−1.4%35,168120,340
23Cibola County−1.5%5,25026,807
24Chaves County−3.3%16,09363,364
25Guadalupe County−5.9%9714,343
26McKinley County−6.8%15,23668,119
27Rio Arriba County−8.2%5,42639,832
28Sierra County−8.2%2,18011,395
29Grant County−8.7%5,97627,252
30Socorro County−11.0%2,77215,838
31Hidalgo County−16.8%7343,929
32Union County−27.1%6943,844

1 of 33 New Mexico counties are not ranked on this measure.

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in New Mexico has the fastest job growth?

Torrance County: +42.5%, ahead of San Miguel County (+27.4%) and Los Alamos County (+22.4%), of 32 New Mexico counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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