Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private South Dakota Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 8,447 7,842 7,663 7,359 9,331 9,233 1 year _ 8,847 7,870 7,485 7,396 10,150 2 years _ _ 8,908 8,514 7,351 7,647 3 years _ _ _ 8,640 8,348 7,363 4 years _ _ _ _ 8,654 9,292 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 8,602 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 235,350 241,186 239,033 236,983 233,003 229,814 Total 243,797 257,875 263,474 268,981 274,083 282,101 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 9,997 10,220 7,667 6,996 6,864 7,831 1 year 9,615 10,177 9,416 7,808 7,866 6,844 2 years 10,496 8,927 9,642 9,292 7,826 7,805 3 years 7,896 10,292 8,333 9,427 8,543 7,786 4 years 7,370 7,705 9,973 8,126 10,134 8,197 5 years 10,466 6,825 7,354 9,099 8,067 10,299 6 years 8,580 9,046 6,377 7,004 8,956 8,076 7 years _ 8,442 8,275 6,025 7,035 8,760 8 years _ _ 8,255 8,035 6,027 7,091 9 years _ _ _ 8,325 8,568 5,816 10 years _ _ _ _ 8,013 8,169 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 8,150 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 229,859 218,130 208,678 204,952 200,325 200,263 Total 294,279 289,764 283,970 285,089 288,224 295,087 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 7,149 7,955 5,640 6,361 5,852 5,142 1 year 8,108 7,349 9,020 5,470 6,110 5,810 2 years 7,034 8,264 7,078 8,888 5,250 6,193 3 years 7,641 7,054 7,950 6,706 8,378 5,135 4 years 7,994 7,569 7,018 7,636 6,299 8,186 5 years 8,201 8,314 7,303 6,696 6,878 6,280 6 years 10,728 8,314 7,926 7,248 6,552 6,897 7 years 8,143 10,836 8,100 7,303 6,623 6,386 8 years 8,706 8,076 10,708 7,704 6,658 6,453 9 years 7,324 8,963 7,835 9,940 6,597 6,795 10 years 5,689 7,093 9,567 7,351 9,175 6,479 11 years 7,956 5,642 7,146 8,667 6,815 9,235 12 years 7,958 8,049 5,526 6,358 8,378 6,956 13 years _ 8,099 8,147 5,658 6,245 8,177 14 years _ _ 7,800 7,443 5,964 6,324 15 years _ _ _ 7,423 6,865 5,741 16 years _ _ _ _ 7,112 7,205 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 7,151 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 200,699 200,254 201,657 194,240 188,363 188,858 Total 303,330 311,831 318,421 311,092 304,114 309,403 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 6,331 1 year 5,034 2 years 5,812 3 years 6,206 4 years 5,601 5 years 8,426 6 years 6,316 7 years 6,894 8 years 6,464 9 years 6,519 10 years 7,043 11 years 6,215 12 years 9,221 13 years 7,108 14 years 8,156 15 years 6,465 16 years 5,679 17 years 7,296 18 years 7,140 Born before March 1993 190,323 Total 318,249 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.