New Mexico Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 41,162 (41.16K) loans totaling $3,380,089,017 ($3.38B) to small businesses in New Mexico. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 415,834 (415.83K).

As at April 2025, 38.60K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (93.77% of the total number of loans), and a total of $3.29B has been forgiven (97.47% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Bernalillo received the highest ($1,322,563,047), followed by Santa Fe ($359,165,509), and Dona Ana ($261,609,569).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Bernalillo received the highest (14,361), followed by Santa Fe (4,973), and Dona Ana (4,175).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in New Mexico counties.

New Mexico Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
New Mexico Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Bernalillo 14361 1322563047
Santa Fe 4973 359165509
Dona Ana 4175 261609569
Lea 2063 243494525
San Juan 1952 233578181
Eddy 1547 215780297
Chaves 1215 104797724
Sandoval 1663 99990340
Curry 1069 62625025
Mckinley 719 62460601
Taos 1015 60717015
Otero 839 42437556
Valencia 683 41919483
Rio Arriba 427 37048731
Grant 406 29604330
Lincoln 605 27537382
Los Alamos 307 22537029
Roosevelt 387 21772084
Cibola 201 20005110
Luna 564 19536482
San Miguel 334 17957434
Colfax 271 15751409
Sierra 225 14036221
Socorro 180 8809044
Quay 298 8035849
Torrance 166 6966089
Guadalupe 92 5715302
Union 172 5091635
Hidalgo 73 3963187
Mora 44 1716136
De Baca 75 1680969
Catron 46 841066
Harding 15 344656

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Bernalillo had the highest ($1,293,321,785), followed by Santa Fe ($337,638,956), and Dona Ana ($254,465,569).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Bernalillo had the highest (13,388), followed by Santa Fe (4,691), and Dona Ana (3,891).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for New Mexico counties.

New Mexico Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
New Mexico Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Bernalillo 13388 1293321785
Santa Fe 4691 337638956
Dona Ana 3891 254465569
Lea 1933 236235366
San Juan 1835 231944972
Eddy 1462 207399570
Chaves 1161 103375925
Sandoval 1525 96565442
Curry 1010 62178930
Mckinley 664 61802472
Taos 983 60704614
Otero 775 41391480
Valencia 637 41584218
Rio Arriba 407 36044230
Grant 376 29470154
Lincoln 590 27520456
Los Alamos 289 22373651
Roosevelt 376 21715431
Cibola 179 19745324
Luna 539 19235556
San Miguel 301 17522617
Colfax 265 15337192
Sierra 209 13998795
Socorro 168 8705089
Quay 292 8063420
Torrance 150 6784586
Guadalupe 87 5614312
Union 168 5099005
Hidalgo 73 3988840
Mora 43 1718804
De Baca 74 1686852
Catron 44 812352
Harding 15 347094

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Bernalillo had the highest (164,776), followed by Santa Fe (42,217), and Dona Ana (36,614).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for New Mexico counties.

New Mexico Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
New Mexico Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Bernalillo 164776
Santa Fe 42217
Dona Ana 36614
Lea 20935
San Juan 23912
Eddy 18643
Chaves 13568
Sandoval 13725
Curry 9318
Mckinley 9908
Taos 9222
Otero 6359
Valencia 5917
Rio Arriba 5016
Grant 4338
Lincoln 4707
Los Alamos 2760
Roosevelt 3273
Cibola 2507
Luna 3166
San Miguel 3256
Colfax 2183
Sierra 1781
Socorro 2105
Quay 1306
Torrance 1333
Guadalupe 963
Union 699
Hidalgo 661
Mora 237
De Baca 220
Catron 170
Harding 39

You can see similar information for other states and for the US by state.

Data Source: SBA.