New Mexico counties

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There are thirty-three counties in New Mexico. There were originally nine counties formed in 1852.

[edit] County website evaluations

Main article: Evaluation of New Mexico county websites
  • No New Mexico county puts its budget on its website.
  • Nine counties include information on their websites about public government meetings.
  • Six include information about the county's elected officials.
  • Fourteen include information about the county's administrative officials.
  • Three give information about permits and zoning in the county.
  • Zero of the counties put information on their websites about audits that the county government has had performed.
  • No counties provide information about its contracts with county vendors.
  • None of the county websites disclose whether or not they belong to any taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.
  • The county websites uniformly do not provide information on how to request public records using the New Mexico Public Records Law.
  • One website provides some information about county taxes.

[edit] Counties without websites

As of early January 2009, thirty of New Mexico's 6 counties had no website.

[edit] Comparison chart of counties

New Mexico counties

[edit] Counties

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