Market data
Personal injury in New Mexico: market data
What public records say about the market for personal injury in New Mexico: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver | 107 crashes | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist | 6 crashes | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes | 378 crashes | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| People killed in crashes | 409 deaths | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck | 76 crashes | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes | 51 crashes | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian | 90 crashes | 2024 | New Mexico state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:35 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Workers who commute by car, truck or van | 765,366 ±6,033 workers age 16+ | 2020-2024 | New Mexico state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nm · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA | 710 crashes | 2025 | New Mexico state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:NM · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes | 52 deaths | 2025 | New Mexico state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:NM · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury | 260 crashes | 2025 | New Mexico state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:NM · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections | 13 inspections | FY2025 | New Mexico state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:NM · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA inspections | 227 inspections | FY2025 | New Mexico state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:NM · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private Federal Employers Liability Act (railroad workers) | 0 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Mexico federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nm-priv-fela · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private marine personal injury | 0 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Mexico federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nm-priv-marine-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private motor vehicle personal injury | 63 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Mexico federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nm-priv-motor-vehicle-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private other personal injury (includes product liability, drug and device cases) | 81 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of New Mexico federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-nm-priv-other-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: personal injury | 396 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | District of New Mexico federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-nm-personal-injury · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 107 2023 | 107 2024 | no change (0%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 12 2023 | 6 2024 | falling (-50%) |
| Fatal crashes New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 405 2023 | 378 2024 | falling (-6.7%) |
| People killed in crashes New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 440 2023 | 409 2024 | falling (-7%) |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 93 2023 | 76 2024 | falling (-18.3%) |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 53 2023 | 51 2024 | falling (-3.8%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian New Mexico · record fatal-crashes:35 | 104 2023 | 90 2024 | falling (-13.5%) |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA New Mexico · record truck-crashes:NM | 808 2024 | 710 2025 | falling (-12.1%) |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes New Mexico · record truck-crashes:NM | 73 2024 | 52 2025 | falling (-28.8%) |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury New Mexico · record truck-crashes:NM | 272 2024 | 260 2025 | falling (-4.4%) |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections New Mexico · record wage-enforcement:NM | 12 FY2024 | 13 FY2025 | rising (+8.3%) |
| OSHA inspections New Mexico · record wage-enforcement:NM | 151 FY2024 | 227 FY2025 | rising (+50.3%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 486 lawyers a year | 2025 | New Mexico state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record nm-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 7 counties | 2026-Q1 | New Mexico state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-35 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 5 counties | 2026-Q1 | New Mexico state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-35 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 4.4 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | New Mexico state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-35 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 977 firms | 2022 | New Mexico state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-nm-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 858,640,000 US dollars | 2022 | New Mexico state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-nm-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 5.38 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | New Mexico state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-35 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 1,278 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | New Mexico state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-35 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 1,143 establishments | 2026-Q1 | New Mexico state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-35 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 3,380 jobs | May 2025 | New Mexico state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:NM:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 119,680 US dollars a year | May 2025 | New Mexico state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:NM:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in New Mexico with the most fatal crashes, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Arriba County, NM | 9 record fatal-crashes:35039 | 2 record law-offices-35039 | 4.5 |
| Socorro County, NM | 10 record fatal-crashes:35053 | 3 record law-offices-35053 | 3.33 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | 3 record fatal-crashes:35023 | 1 record law-offices-35023 | 3 |
| Cibola County, NM | 5 record fatal-crashes:35006 | 2 record law-offices-35006 | 2.5 |
| Eddy County, NM | 18 record fatal-crashes:35015 | 8 record law-offices-35015 | 2.25 |
| Lea County, NM | 30 record fatal-crashes:35025 | 15 record law-offices-35025 | 2 |
| Grant County, NM | 6 record fatal-crashes:35017 | 4 record law-offices-35017 | 1.5 |
| Colfax County, NM | 5 record fatal-crashes:35007 | 4 record law-offices-35007 | 1.25 |
| McKinley County, NM | 14 record fatal-crashes:35031 | 12 record law-offices-35031 | 1.17 |
| Otero County, NM | 11 record fatal-crashes:35035 | 11 record law-offices-35035 | 1 |
Fatal crashes (fatal-crashes v1.0.0, 2024) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = fatal-crashes.fatal_crashes / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | not published lawyers | 2020-2024 | New Mexico state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NM:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | New Mexico state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NM:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 144,429 ±4,007 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Mexico state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:NM:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 144,429 ±4,165 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | New Mexico state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-nm · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in New Mexico have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read New Mexico’s own rule on filing ads at an official source, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do: no filing or review of ads. official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read New Mexico’s own rule on what each ad must include at an official source, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do: each ad names at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for it, with contact information. official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read New Mexico’s own text on waiting periods at an official source, so our national default applies until we do: no targeted contact with injured people at all. official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t checked this state’s own text on results, testimonials and specialist claims, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do. official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | D default rule | Marked D: the ABA Model Rule default applies until we check the state’s text. Lawyers may pay reasonable advertising costs and a qualified referral service’s usual charges, never for a recommendation; lead generators are allowed only if they don’t recommend… official source · rules v1.3.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744574 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | D default rule | New Mexico: the state recording statute is not verified against an official text. Federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d)) lets a party to a call, or someone with one party's prior consent, record it; state law may be stricter. |
| Texting | D default rule | New Mexico: the state telemarketing statute is not verified against an official text. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. § 227) and its rules apply. |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | New Mexico: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | U open or withheld | Not verified: we could not read New Mexico's official fee-division rule on 2026-10-28, so the fee-division cells are left blank. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | S secondary source | New Mexico, personal injury: three years, under N.M. Stat. Ann. § 37-1-8, as quoted in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, Youngers v. Management & Training Corp., No. 20-465 JAP/JHR (2021-04-19). official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | S secondary source | New Mexico, wrongful death: three years, under N.M. Stat. Ann. § 41-2-2, as quoted in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, Youngers v. Management & Training Corp., No. 20-465 JAP/JHR (2021-04-19). official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | S secondary source | New Mexico, property damage: four years, under N.M. Stat. Ann. § 37-1-4, as quoted in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, Ortiz v. New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, No. CIV 16-01396 JB/JHR (2017-12-13). official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: civil negligence legal services | 257 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU5411105411103:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026
Our own marketing benchmarks for this practice: aggregated, rounded, and small groups suppressed.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026: Injury cases: average cost per search-ad click | $50–75 USD (band) | 2025–2026 | United States United States | benchmarks v4.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849 record search-click-costs-1 · status P · checked 2026-10-26 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for New Mexico (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for New Mexico (it covers other places)
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for New Mexico (it covers other places)
- findings (supply): the dataset has no records for New Mexico (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (New Mexico): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (New Mexico): value withheld by the source (status U)
Download and cite
The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026 v4.0.1 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677); Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/new-mexico/personal-injury/
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How this page is built
Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.