Number of Unemployed
NEW MEXICO NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED MONTHLY , SEASONALLY ADJUSTED , THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
| Year | Month | Value | Annual Average |
Year-over-Year Percent Change |
| 1978 | 1 | 31.7 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 2 | 31.5 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 3 | 30.2 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 4 | 30.3 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 5 | 29.6 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 6 | 27.8 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 7 | 28.8 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 8 | 30.6 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 9 | 31.1 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 10 | 31.9 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 11 | 33.3 | -- | -- |
| 1978 | 12 | 35.3 | 31.0 | -- |
| 1979 | 1 | 35.4 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 2 | 37.8 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 3 | 36.8 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 4 | 36.1 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 5 | 35.6 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 6 | 36.1 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 7 | 36.8 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 8 | 37.1 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 9 | 37.1 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 10 | 37.6 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 11 | 37.8 | -- | -- |
| 1979 | 12 | 40.0 | 37.0 | 19.4 |
| 1980 | 1 | 38.7 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 2 | 38.9 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 3 | 39.2 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 4 | 40.3 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 5 | 41.9 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 6 | 42.0 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 7 | 42.4 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 8 | 42.6 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 9 | 44.9 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 10 | 44.8 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 11 | 44.3 | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 12 | 44.4 | 42.0 | 13.5 |
| 1981 | 1 | 42.2 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 2 | 42.3 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 3 | 44.6 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 4 | 42.3 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 5 | 41.4 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 6 | 41.4 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 7 | 40.5 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 8 | 40.4 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 9 | 41.1 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 10 | 42.5 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 11 | 43.1 | -- | -- |
| 1981 | 12 | 42.8 | 42.0 | -- |
| 1982 | 1 | 44.5 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 2 | 46.0 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 3 | 47.2 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 4 | 49.3 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 5 | 52.5 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 6 | 54.2 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 7 | 57.9 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 8 | 59.4 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 9 | 60.4 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 10 | 61.4 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 11 | 63.2 | -- | -- |
| 1982 | 12 | 64.6 | 55.1 | 30.9 |
| 1983 | 1 | 68.1 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 2 | 71.0 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 3 | 70.6 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 4 | 66.5 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 5 | 63.9 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 6 | 63.6 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 7 | 62.6 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 8 | 60.9 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 9 | 57.3 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 10 | 55.3 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 11 | 53.3 | -- | -- |
| 1983 | 12 | 51.7 | 62.1 | 12.7 |
| 1984 | 1 | 49.1 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 2 | 47.1 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 3 | 45.5 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 4 | 45.4 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 5 | 43.2 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 6 | 41.3 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 7 | 43.7 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 8 | 45.7 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 9 | 49.8 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 10 | 49.6 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 11 | 51.2 | -- | -- |
| 1984 | 12 | 52.9 | 47.0 | -24.2 |
| 1985 | 1 | 53.7 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 2 | 55.9 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 3 | 55.8 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 4 | 56.7 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 5 | 57.9 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 6 | 58.8 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 7 | 58.1 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 8 | 56.9 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 9 | 58.0 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 10 | 57.6 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 11 | 57.6 | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 12 | 57.2 | 57.0 | 21.2 |
| 1986 | 1 | 57.6 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 2 | 58.8 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 3 | 60.6 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 4 | 62.5 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 5 | 62.4 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 6 | 63.5 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 7 | 64.1 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 8 | 63.2 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 9 | 63.1 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 10 | 62.9 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 11 | 62.4 | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 12 | 62.9 | 62.0 | 8.7 |
| 1987 | 1 | 63.2 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 2 | 61.5 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 3 | 62.5 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 4 | 62.2 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 5 | 60.9 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 6 | 62.1 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 7 | 57.4 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 8 | 59.5 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 9 | 58.1 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 10 | 57.3 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 11 | 57.7 | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 12 | 57.3 | 60.0 | -3.3 |
| 1988 | 1 | 58.1 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 2 | 57.5 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 3 | 57.4 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 4 | 55.9 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 5 | 55.2 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 6 | 54.6 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 7 | 53.4 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 8 | 52.7 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 9 | 51.7 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 10 | 50.9 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 11 | 50.0 | -- | -- |
| 1988 | 12 | 50.2 | 54.0 | -10.0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 48.9 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 2 | 48.7 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 3 | 46.9 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 4 | 45.8 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 5 | 46.1 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 6 | 45.7 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 7 | 45.3 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 8 | 45.8 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 9 | 45.1 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 10 | 45.0 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 11 | 44.7 | -- | -- |
| 1989 | 12 | 43.6 | 46.0 | -14.8 |
| 1990 | 1 | 44.0 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 2 | 44.7 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 3 | 44.9 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 4 | 45.0 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 5 | 45.4 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 6 | 45.3 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 7 | 45.9 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 8 | 46.0 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 9 | 46.9 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 10 | 47.4 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 11 | 48.3 | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 12 | 48.1 | 46.0 | -- |
| 1991 | 1 | 48.0 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 2 | 50.1 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 3 | 50.8 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 4 | 52.0 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 5 | 52.3 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 6 | 52.5 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 7 | 53.3 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 8 | 52.7 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 9 | 52.4 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 10 | 52.5 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 11 | 53.4 | -- | -- |
| 1991 | 12 | 52.7 | 51.9 | 12.8 |
| 1992 | 1 | 54.1 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 2 | 54.0 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 3 | 50.5 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 4 | 52.1 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 5 | 50.0 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 6 | 52.3 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 7 | 50.0 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 8 | 49.5 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 9 | 52.5 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 10 | 53.0 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 11 | 54.0 | -- | -- |
| 1992 | 12 | 55.5 | 52.3 | 0.7 |
| 1993 | 1 | 55.8 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 2 | 56.5 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 3 | 58.5 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 4 | 58.8 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 5 | 59.7 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 6 | 62.3 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 7 | 60.3 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 8 | 59.7 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 9 | 58.8 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 10 | 57.7 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 11 | 56.2 | -- | -- |
| 1993 | 12 | 55.7 | 58.3 | 11.6 |
| 1994 | 1 | 54.8 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 2 | 53.4 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 3 | 52.2 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 4 | 50.2 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 5 | 49.4 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 6 | 47.3 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 7 | 46.4 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 8 | 46.6 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 9 | 46.3 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 10 | 46.0 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 11 | 45.3 | -- | -- |
| 1994 | 12 | 45.4 | 48.6 | -16.7 |
| 1995 | 1 | 43.5 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 2 | 44.9 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 3 | 44.7 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 4 | 46.8 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 5 | 47.1 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 6 | 47.5 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 7 | 49.0 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 8 | 50.3 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 9 | 51.7 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 10 | 53.8 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 11 | 55.8 | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 12 | 57.6 | 49.4 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 1 | 60.7 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 2 | 62.4 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 3 | 63.7 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 4 | 65.4 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 5 | 64.7 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 6 | 69.7 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 7 | 69.4 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 8 | 66.6 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 9 | 63.8 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 10 | 63.6 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 11 | 61.9 | -- | -- |
| 1996 | 12 | 58.0 | 64.2 | 29.9 |
| 1997 | 1 | 58.4 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 2 | 55.6 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 3 | 53.4 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 4 | 51.8 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 5 | 49.4 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 6 | 49.6 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 7 | 50.4 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 8 | 47.7 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 9 | 48.1 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 10 | 47.6 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 11 | 48.2 | -- | -- |
| 1997 | 12 | 49.2 | 50.8 | -20.9 |
| 1998 | 1 | 50.0 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 2 | 50.1 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 3 | 51.6 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 4 | 51.0 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 5 | 51.9 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 6 | 53.8 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 7 | 52.6 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 8 | 52.0 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 9 | 51.5 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 10 | 51.2 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 11 | 50.5 | -- | -- |
| 1998 | 12 | 49.4 | 51.3 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 48.7 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 2 | 48.4 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 3 | 47.8 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 4 | 46.9 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 5 | 46.5 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 6 | 46.1 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 7 | 44.2 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 8 | 44.0 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 9 | 43.5 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 10 | 43.0 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 11 | 42.8 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | 12 | 43.4 | 45.4 | -11.4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 42.6 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 2 | 42.4 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 3 | 41.9 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 4 | 42.3 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 5 | 42.7 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 6 | 42.2 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 7 | 42.4 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 8 | 43.3 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 9 | 42.8 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 10 | 42.7 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 11 | 41.8 | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 12 | 40.6 | 42.3 | -6.9 |
| 2001 | 1 | 40.0 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 2 | 40.1 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 3 | 40.1 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 4 | 40.6 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 5 | 40.5 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 6 | 40.0 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 7 | 41.3 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 8 | 40.7 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 9 | 42.6 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 10 | 43.5 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 11 | 44.6 | -- | -- |
| 2001 | 12 | 45.6 | 41.6 | -1.6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 45.6 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 2 | 46.8 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 3 | 47.3 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 4 | 47.7 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 5 | 48.2 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 6 | 48.5 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 7 | 48.9 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 8 | 48.2 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 9 | 48.4 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 10 | 48.3 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 11 | 48.2 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | 12 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 14.8 |
| 2003 | 1 | 51.7 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 2 | 51.7 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 3 | 52.6 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 4 | 52.5 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 5 | 53.7 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 6 | 53.5 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 7 | 55.2 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 8 | 54.4 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 9 | 54.7 | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 10 | 54.4 | -- | -- |