NEW MEXICO

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

2021 Report
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Executive Summary

New Mexico has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, it peaked in July 2020 at 

12.5% and decreased to 7.6% in July 2021. Like many other states, the leisure and 

hospitality sectors were most affected by the pandemic. Labor markets continue to be 

impacted due to health and childcare concerns. 

New Mexico’s reliance on oil and gas and the impact of the Delta variant continues to be 

a risk to our economy. Governor Lujan Grisham has followed the lead of the federal 

government and is requiring all state employees to be vaccinated or tested weekly to help 

curb the spread of the virus and reducing the need for another shutdown. 

New Mexico is focused on growing the state’s economy to include more high-quality 

employment opportunities as well as improving the public education system by focusing 

on cradle to career initiatives. The state is committed to ensuring that the ARPA funds 

are focused in high-risk areas where crime and public health are most in need. 

Uses of Funds

Non-Entitlement Units: 

The following table represents the payments made directly to the Non-Entitlement Units 

within the state of New Mexico. A total of one hundred (100) Municipalities received a 

payment from the first tranche of funds. Of those Municipalities, one returned the funding 

to the state (Village of Folsom). 

Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund 

Distribution to Non-Entitlement Units (NEUs) of Local Government

NEU NAME

POPULATION 

ESTIMATE 

(2019)

PAYMENT 

SHARE DUNS NUMBER

Alamogordo 31,980 $3,952,892.00 086854825

Angel Fire 1,070 $132,393.50 938549748

Anthony 9,239 $1,141,106.00 194290685

Artesia 12,356 $1,525,678.00 079338158

Aztec 6,369 $788,056.50 038305991

Bayard 2,123 $264,787.00 011320848

Belen 7,416 $914,146.00 021238340
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Bernalillo 10,477 $1,292,413.00 025478801

Bloomfield 7,685 $951,972.50 608376646

Bosque Farms 3,888 $479,138.50 612615252

Capitan village 1,431 $176,524.50 03-04-9789

Carlsbad 29,810 $3,681,801.00 084475854

Carrizozo 935 $113,480.00 076465020

Causey 98 $12,609.00 117975155

Chama 992 $119,784.50 046034179

Cimarron 881 $107,175.50 150248367

Clayton 2,681 $334,136.00 078335650

Cloudcroft 701 $88,262.50 116253279

Clovis 38,319 $4,734,644.50 066405168

Columbus 1,617 $201,742.50 059655931

Corona 163 $25,218.00 088313549

Corrales 8,696 $1,071,757.00 069423218

Cuba 757 $94,567.00 092668888

Deming 13,880 $1,714,811.50 088313606

Des Moines 122 $18,913.50 033769696

Dexter 1,243 $151,307.00 031149714

Dora 121 $18,913.50 144814188

Eagle Nest 251 $31,522.50 103498155

Edgewood 6,107 $756,534.50 103950643

Elephant Butte 1,310 $163,916.00 167665509

Elida 176 $25,218.00 024134108

Encino 78 $12,609.00 959736497

Española 10,044 $1,241,977.50 089307797

Estancia 1,571 $195,438.00 030442511

Eunice 3,038 $378,267.00 079564519

Floyd 110 $18,913.50 148627883
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Folsom 57 $6,304.50

Fort Sumner 897 $113,480.00 054667688

Gallup 21,493 $2,654,175.00 075760959

Grady 103 $12,609.00 072210979

Grants 8,942 $1,103,279.50 073391419

Grenville 29 $6,304.50 not registered

Hagerman 1,220 $151,307.00 078420691

Hatch 1,650 $201,742.50 184369684

Hobbs 39,141 $4,835,515.50 079339222

Hope 106 $12,609.00 054891676

House 62 $6,304.50 627142503

Hurley 1,176 $145,002.50 090992785

Jal 2,117 $264,787.00 052730215

Jemez Springs 267 $31,522.50 938833233

Kirtland 601 $75,653.50 06-170-3933

Lake Arthur 420 $50,435.50 083154190

Las Vegas 12,919 $1,595,027.00 021232723

Logan 979 $119,784.50 Not registered

Lordsburg 2,398 $296,309.50 006147680

Los Lunas 16,061 $1,985,903.00 041067570

Los Ranchos de 

Albuquerque 6,108 $756,534.50 182787408

Loving 1,393 $170,220.50 799839803

Lovington 11,489 $1,418,502.00 021231501

Magdalena 878 $107,175.50 081959736

Maxwell 212 $25,218.00 009266466

Melrose 629 $75,653.50 192503662

Mesilla 1,828 $226,960.50 037600025

Milan 3,669 $453,920.50 830819004

Moriarty 1,860 $226,960.50 047703640

Mosquero 85 $12,609.00 002385052
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Mountainair 873 $107,175.50 964105142

Pecos 1,320 $163,916.00 026869453

Peralta 3,584 $441,312.00 959886115

Portales 11,610 $1,437,415.50 040925463

Questa 1,755 $214,351.50 158996467

Raton 5,938 $731,316.50 032920121

Red River 463 $56,740.00 089411029

Reserve 277 $31,522.50 831331512

Rio Communities 4,552 $561,096.50 079248785

Roswell 47,551 $5,875,750.50 064121205

Roy 211 $25,218.00 185658452

Ruidoso 7,901 $977,190.50 014122873

Ruidoso Downs 2,574 $315,222.50 012771101

San Jon 202 $25,218.00 100632348

Santa Clara 1,761 $220,656.00 105843523

Santa Rosa 2,636 $327,831.50 097971337

San Ysidro 201 $25,218.00 017155735

Silver City 9,386 $1,160,019.50 079844171

Socorro 8,348 $1,033,930.50 123499188

Springer 906 $113,480.00 166352260

Sunland Park 17,978 $2,219,168.00 147258029

Taos 5,929 $731,316.50 122866882

Taos Ski Valley 71 $6,304.50 116255373

Tatum 829 $100,871.50 555461768

Texico 1,067 $132,393.50 824689392

Tijeras 535 $63,044.50 060620549

Truth or Consequences 5,753 $712,403.50 079342838

Tucumcari 4,867 $598,923.00 040927808

Tularosa 3,006 $371,963.00 188840565

Vaughn 397 $50,435.50 138566213

Virden 129 $18,913.50 035285416

Wagon Mound 287 $37,826.50 017354523
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Willard 242 $31,522.50 110119187

Williamsburg 408 $50,435.50 146750133

New Mexico NEU Totals 510,071 $63,044,539.50

Unemployment Insurance:

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) received a total of 

$656,571,532.63 for the purpose of replenishing the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust 

Fund as well as the necessary pay back for a federal loan issued by the U.S. Department 

of Labor to support the overwhelming surge of UI claimants during the COVID-19 

pandemic.

The state's UI Trust Fund balance on Jan. 27, 2020, was $460.1 million. Shortly 

thereafter, after the onset of the pandemic in March, the state's number of unemployment 

claimants increased by more than 1,300 percent in a matter of weeks. The economic 

impact of the pandemic pushed almost 200,000 individuals, at the peak, into the state's 

unemployment insurance system -- and the state was able to disburse almost $4 billion 

to displaced workers and New Mexicans across the state amid the crisis. The number of 

claimants qualifying for state and federal unemployment benefits, however, contributed 

to the depletion of the trust fund by mid- September of 2020. The funds transferred to 

DWS were used to both complete the repayment of the federal loan and re-establish the 

trust fund to its pre-pandemic levels. 

Community Engagement 

A concentrated statewide effort to ensure community participation in vaccination efforts 

produced the Vax 2 the Max campaign, in which, the state developed two vaccine 

initiatives. The first campaign initiative distributed $100 to residents who were vaccinated 

between June 14, 2021 - June 17, 2021. Engagement/vaccination events were also 

conducted statewide with the purpose of distributing gift cards or cash. The state 

developed a partnership with Agenda to distribute gift cards to those who were not 

receiving cash. Additionally, New Mexico determined that a second vaccination initiative 

would follow and created a lottery that vaccinated residents could opt into. The community 

engagement served to boost the vaccination rate within the state to allow for continued 

phased reopening. In total, the Vax 2 the Max campaign distributed $8,376,030.18 to 

New Mexican’s statewide via cash payments and electronic distribution of gift cards, and 

lottery. The result of this initiative is a higher number of vaccinated residents of the state, 

as well as boosting the economy as the funds are used locally by residents for necessary 

items. 
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Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category