| Retail_Trade_____ | Number of establish- ments | Retail sales | Number of employees | Payroll ($1,000) | Popu- lation | Retail sales per capita ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ($1,000) | rank | ||||||
| United States (preliminary) | 1,120,249 | 2,456,574,247 | 14,115,559 | 238,792,423 | 267,636,061 | 9,179 | |
| New Mexico | 7,421 | 14,984,454 | 86,300 | 1,455,458 | 1,723,965 | 8,692 | |
| Bernalillo County | 2,307 | 6,497,655 | 1 | 34,361 | 623,628 | 525,586 | 12,363 |
| Santa Fe County | 846 | 1,422,905 | 2 | 7,868 | 149,427 | 121,587 | 11,703 |
| Dona Ana County | 511 | 1,059,144 | 3 | 6,266 | 98,131 | 166,301 | 6,369 |
| San Juan County | 494 | 990,772 | 4 | 5,896 | 96,735 | 103,380 | 9,584 |
| McKinley County | 269 | 585,493 | 5 | 3,670 | 59,622 | 67,258 | 8,705 |
| Chaves County | 269 | 411,020 | 6 | 2,702 | 40,478 | 62,471 | 6,579 |
| Lea County | 248 | 405,274 | 7 | 2,375 | 42,578 | 56,051 | 7,230 |
| Eddy County | 232 | 372,716 | 8 | 2,312 | 38,875 | 53,162 | 7,011 |
| Curry County | 235 | 342,641 | 9 | 2,455 | 34,562 | 46,649 | 7,345 |
| Valencia County | 131 | 336,157 | 10 | 1,993 | 30,382 | 62,823 | 5,351 |
| Otero County | 215 | 326,480 | 11 | 2,281 | 32,302 | 55,451 | 5,888 |
| Sandoval County | 155 | 273,985 | 12 | 1,902 | 30,984 | 85,862 | 3,191 |
| Taos County | 259 | 206,828 | 13 | 1,554 | 23,679 | 26,565 | 7,786 |
| Grant County | 125 | 190,358 | 14 | 1,165 | 17,940 | 31,339 | 6,074 |
| Rio Arriba County | 104 | 188,959 | 15 | 1,149 | 18,161 | 37,533 | 5,034 |
| Luna County | 95 | 177,534 | 16 | 950 | 12,287 | 23,585 | 7,527 |
| San Miguel County | 114 | 168,385 | 17 | 1,087 | 15,143 | 29,004 | 5,806 |
| Cibola County | 77 | 149,335 | 18 | 809 | 11,303 | 25,860 | 5,775 |
| Lincoln County | 148 | 149,077 | 19 | 1,079 | 15,123 | 15,974 | 9,332 |
| Roosevelt County | 71 | 121,209 | 20 | 626 | 10,622 | 18,399 | 6,588 |
| Colfax County | 95 | 104,594 | 21 | 606 | 9,135 | 13,722 | 7,622 |
| Quay County | 71 | 99,587 | 22 | 594 | 8,548 | 10,089 | 9,871 |
| Los Alamos County | 59 | 74,087 | 23 | 555 | 7,989 | 18,234 | 4,063 |
| Torrance County | 44 | 73,159 | 24 | 441 | 5,551 | 14,683 | 4,983 |
| Socorro County | 57 | 70,596 | 25 | 385 | 6,297 | 16,240 | 4,347 |
| Sierra County | 60 | 62,620 | 26 | 379 | 5,199 | 10,909 | 5,740 |
| Hidalgo County | 36 | 49,304 | 27 | 238 | 3,672 | 6,268 | 7,866 |
| Guadalupe County | 27 | 31,983 | 28 | 333 | 3,473 | 4,095 | 7,810 |
| Union County | 27 | 15,280 | 29 | 103 | 1,340 | 4,049 | 3,774 |
| DeBaca County | 13 | 8,692 | 30 | 59 | 759 | 2,352 | 3,696 |
| Harding County | 3 | 8,147 | 31 | 13 | 475 | 897 | 9,082 |
| Mora County | 12 | 7,330 | 32 | 57 | 719 | 4,796 | 1,528 |
| Catron County | 12 | 3,148 | 33 | 37 | 339 | 2,791 | 1,128 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 9/21/1999
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.