Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Mississippi Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 44,381 33,558 36,521 34,972 34,216 34,795 1 year _ 51,277 31,185 34,958 34,370 33,073 2 years _ _ 50,282 33,149 33,839 36,332 3 years _ _ _ 49,364 32,880 31,655 4 years _ _ _ _ 50,261 31,586 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 49,562 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 764,922 751,462 728,501 710,494 700,648 688,143 Total 809,303 836,297 846,489 862,937 886,214 905,146 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 33,230 33,871 29,675 27,045 27,611 27,209 1 year 30,999 30,178 29,717 28,166 27,912 26,847 2 years 31,005 28,028 28,120 27,824 30,146 28,304 3 years 35,908 27,413 29,078 25,337 26,300 29,523 4 years 31,384 31,186 26,671 25,252 25,344 25,676 5 years 30,433 29,175 29,186 25,737 24,210 25,728 6 years 50,026 28,187 28,993 27,734 24,626 23,851 7 years _ 44,933 27,578 26,285 27,870 26,189 8 years _ _ 43,415 25,969 25,363 27,847 9 years _ _ _ 41,860 25,272 25,273 10 years _ _ _ _ 40,352 23,961 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 35,493 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 664,659 628,305 594,934 572,930 556,287 549,033 Total 907,644 881,276 867,367 854,139 861,293 874,934 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 32,617 30,198 28,774 24,252 21,326 21,875 1 year 29,130 30,746 28,037 24,328 21,503 18,887 2 years 26,938 28,850 28,475 23,923 22,579 21,950 3 years 26,179 26,338 28,935 25,694 21,906 21,817 4 years 28,516 25,267 26,099 25,646 24,248 22,131 5 years 25,382 27,215 24,286 23,482 24,569 23,810 6 years 25,290 25,419 25,165 20,930 22,107 24,275 7 years 23,176 24,056 23,810 23,498 20,428 22,146 8 years 25,958 22,415 22,723 21,666 22,057 20,688 9 years 25,005 25,017 22,114 20,722 20,781 22,350 10 years 26,972 26,016 24,453 19,758 19,983 20,283 11 years 22,094 25,353 25,868 22,978 19,346 19,974 12 years 28,569 21,892 24,155 22,651 21,801 18,318 13 years _ 29,421 20,909 21,750 21,696 21,207 14 years _ _ 29,911 19,603 20,815 21,882 15 years _ _ _ 26,700 18,500 21,007 16 years _ _ _ _ 24,771 18,102 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 24,077 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 534,014 521,733 511,874 475,047 453,453 448,498 Total 879,840 889,936 895,588 842,628 821,869 833,277 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 22,831 1 year 20,675 2 years 18,314 3 years 22,330 4 years 21,445 5 years 20,355 6 years 23,225 7 years 24,309 8 years 21,468 9 years 20,641 10 years 21,444 11 years 21,819 12 years 19,198 13 years 18,019 14 years 20,767 15 years 21,264 16 years 20,747 17 years 17,712 18 years 23,504 Born before March 1993 441,208 Total 841,275 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.