Editing Española, New Mexico (section)

==Economy==
[[file:Espanola Hospital.jpg|thumb|left|Presbyterian Hospital, 2013, after expansion]]

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|+Largest employers in Española{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
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| 1|| style="text-align: left;" |[[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]
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| 2|| style="text-align: left;" |[[Española Public Schools]]
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| 3|| style="text-align: left;" |[[Presbyterian Healthcare Services]]
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| 4 || style="text-align: left;" |[[Akal Security]]
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| 5 || style="text-align: left;" |[[Northern New Mexico College]]
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| 6 || style="text-align: left;" | Northern Pueblos Gaming Council
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| 7 || style="text-align: left;" |[[Walmart]]
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| 8 || style="text-align: left;"  |[[Lowe's]]
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| 9 || style="text-align: left;"  | City of Española
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| 10 || style="text-align: left;" |[[Rio Arriba County, New Mexico|Rio Arriba County]]
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The [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] is the largest employer in Española; it accounts for over 12% employment of residents. The education sector is the second largest employer, the [[Española Public Schools]] is the 16th largest school district in New Mexico. Recently, [[Northern New Mexico College]] has expanded its degree programs and made massive improvements to its campus, adding a new library and a new School of Education. Larger local businesses include Akal Securities Inc, a security company that employees over 500 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nmnetlinks.com/cms/kunde/rts/nmnetlinkscom/docs/1044065435-01-19-2011-18-16-39/xls_upload.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917065407/http://nmnetlinks.com/cms/kunde/rts/nmnetlinkscom/docs/1044065435-01-19-2011-18-16-39/xls_upload.htm |archive-date=September 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Española has seen much commercial development on Riverside Drive, the city's secondary main road. Retail and eatery chains are anchors of a shopping square which came into the city in 1999. Other stores followed.