Business in Rio Grande Region, TX
Facts & Stats
6,800
Number of people employed by the Rio Grande Region's top employer, New Mexico State University.
Home to 2.6 million people, the Rio Grande Region encompasses Texas and New Mexico, along with El Paso, Las Cruces, N.M. and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. The fourth-largest North American manufacturing center, the region serves as a base for more than 70 Fortune 500 companies, military installations such as Fort Bliss, Holloman Air Force Base, White Sands Missile Range, and top industries, including automotive production, life sciences, defense and alternative energy.
