Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Manufacturing Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 26,490 26,490 0 26,490 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -25,928 145,873 139,960 5,913 142,309 110,468 31,841 Total 562 172,363 139,960 32,403 142,309 110,468 31,841 March 1995 Less than one year 28,108 28,108 0 28,108 0 0 0 1 year -4,515 11,131 10,398 733 9,918 4,670 5,248 Born before March 1993 -20,112 145,239 139,745 5,494 123,328 97,722 25,606 Total 3,481 184,478 150,143 34,335 133,246 102,392 30,854 March 1996 Less than one year 27,575 27,575 0 27,575 0 0 0 1 year -4,925 11,119 10,411 708 11,000 5,367 5,633 2 years -3,041 8,434 7,694 740 8,886 5,105 3,781 Born before March 1993 -18,204 119,621 115,419 4,202 132,297 109,891 22,406 Total 1,405 166,749 133,524 33,225 152,183 120,363 31,820 March 1997 Less than one year 27,062 27,062 0 27,062 0 0 0 1 year -5,272 10,747 10,023 724 10,887 4,891 5,996 2 years -2,960 9,332 8,471 861 9,013 5,192 3,821 3 years -1,898 7,681 7,028 653 7,186 4,635 2,551 Born before March 1993 -15,252 117,097 113,052 4,045 120,618 101,321 19,297 Total 1,680 171,919 138,574 33,345 147,704 116,039 31,665 March 1998 Less than one year 26,711 26,711 0 26,711 0 0 0 1 year -5,010 10,839 10,165 674 10,442 4,758 5,684 2 years -3,069 8,905 8,073 832 8,707 4,806 3,901 3 years -2,291 7,846 7,211 635 7,917 4,991 2,926 4 years -1,659 6,632 6,175 457 6,605 4,489 2,116 Born before March 1993 -15,229 112,955 109,771 3,184 113,043 94,630 18,413 Total -547 173,888 141,395 32,493 146,714 113,674 33,040 March 1999 Less than one year 24,133 24,133 0 24,133 0 0 0 1 year -4,740 9,928 9,125 803 10,664 5,121 5,543 2 years -2,868 8,254 7,355 899 8,844 5,077 3,767 3 years -2,024 7,197 6,453 744 7,797 5,029 2,768 4 years -1,742 6,673 6,128 545 7,209 4,922 2,287 5 years -1,304 5,587 5,174 413 6,273 4,556 1,717 Born before March 1993 -12,758 96,834 93,106 3,728 118,206 101,720 16,486 Total -1,303 158,606 127,341 31,265 158,993 126,425 32,568 March 2000 Less than one year 23,468 23,468 0 23,468 0 0 0 1 year -4,198 9,271 8,521 750 9,485 4,537 4,948 2 years -3,145 8,259 7,448 811 8,884 4,928 3,956 3 years -2,105 7,329 6,687 642 7,287 4,540 2,747 4 years -1,762 6,524 6,022 502 6,664 4,400 2,264 5 years -1,464 6,094 5,708 386 6,305 4,455 1,850 6 years -1,183 5,256 4,934 322 5,597 4,092 1,505 Born before March 1993 -12,511 96,879 93,821 3,058 107,931 92,362 15,569 Total -2,900 163,080 133,141 29,939 152,153 119,314 32,839 March 2001 Less than one year 19,542 19,542 0 19,542 0 0 0 1 year -4,358 8,355 7,694 661 9,847 4,828 5,019 2 years -2,908 7,033 6,334 699 8,361 4,754 3,607 3 years -2,313 6,548 5,923 625 7,950 5,012 2,938 4 years -1,985 5,933 5,435 498 7,197 4,714 2,483 5 years -1,401 5,305 4,918 387 6,480 4,692 1,788 6 years -1,257 5,073 4,736 337 6,324 4,730 1,594 7 years -1,057 4,269 4,035 234 5,575 4,284 1,291 Born before March 1993 -12,372 81,719 79,224 2,495 113,720 98,853 14,867 Total -8,109 143,777 118,299 25,478 165,454 131,867 33,587 March 2002 Less than one year 18,259 18,259 0 18,259 0 0 0 1 year -4,740 7,027 6,495 532 10,089 4,817 5,272 2 years -3,283 6,050 5,325 725 9,295 5,287 4,008 3 years -2,362 5,085 4,557 528 7,874 4,984 2,890 4 years -2,025 4,848 4,368 480 7,740 5,235 2,505 5 years -1,542 4,375 4,007 368 7,048 5,138 1,910 6 years -1,382 4,074 3,762 312 6,602 4,908 1,694 7 years -1,214 3,835 3,550 285 6,576 5,077 1,499 8 years -1,003 3,277 3,062 215 5,750 4,532 1,218 Born before March 1993 -12,625 61,366 59,010 2,356 124,567 109,586 14,981 Total -11,917 118,196 94,136 24,060 185,541 149,564 35,977 March 2003 Less than one year 17,618 17,618 0 17,618 0 0 0 1 year -3,886 6,205 5,697 508 8,429 4,035 4,394 2 years -2,622 5,857 5,108 749 7,677 4,306 3,371 3 years -2,126 5,386 4,792 594 7,078 4,358 2,720 4 years -1,557 4,687 4,224 463 6,277 4,257 2,020 5 years -1,436 4,596 4,172 424 6,172 4,312 1,860 6 years -1,267 4,322 3,977 345 5,812 4,200 1,612 7 years -1,107 4,002 3,742 260 5,422 4,055 1,367 8 years -986 3,923 3,656 267 5,301 4,048 1,253 9 years -791 3,353 3,144 209 4,751 3,751 1,000 Born before March 1993 -11,374 67,188 64,790 2,398 105,529 91,757 13,772 Total -9,534 127,137 103,302 23,835 162,448 129,079 33,369 March 2004 Less than one year 16,596 16,596 0 16,596 0 0 0 1 year -3,572 6,579 6,112 467 7,677 3,638 4,039 2 years -2,130 5,497 4,844 653 6,341 3,558 2,783 3 years -1,710 5,188 4,594 594 6,066 3,762 2,304 4 years -1,557 4,844 4,381 463 5,839 3,819 2,020 5 years -1,203 4,371 3,980 391 5,238 3,644 1,594 6 years -1,004 4,406 4,012 394 5,148 3,750 1,398 7 years -945 4,148 3,861 287 4,893 3,661 1,232 8 years -812 4,037 3,747 290 4,638 3,536 1,102 9 years -799 3,905 3,635 270 4,634 3,565 1,069 10 years -667 3,291 3,087 204 4,186 3,315 871 Born before March 1993 -10,099 69,673 67,408 2,265 92,576 80,212 12,364 Total -7,902 132,535 109,661 22,874 147,236 116,460 30,776 March 2005 Less than one year 16,123 16,123 0 16,123 0 0 0 1 year -3,182 6,602 6,168 434 6,921 3,305 3,616 2 years -2,064 5,782 5,110 672 6,186 3,450 2,736 3 years -1,498 4,917 4,401 516 5,296 3,282 2,014 4 years -1,372 4,928 4,478 450 5,230 3,408 1,822 5 years -1,178 4,560 4,198 362 4,891 3,351 1,540 6 years -991 4,179 3,897 282 4,423 3,150 1,273 7 years -877 4,301 3,980 321 4,554 3,356 1,198 8 years -794 4,142 3,887 255 4,288 3,239 1,049 9 years -749 3,900 3,647 253 4,207 3,205 1,002 10 years -714 3,753 3,555 198 4,027 3,115 912 11 years -567 3,329 3,138 191 3,636 2,878 758 Born before March 1993 -9,332 73,667 71,577 2,090 80,986 69,564 11,422 Total -7,195 140,183 118,036 22,147 134,645 105,303 29,342 March 2006 Less than one year 16,100 16,100 0 16,100 0 0 0 1 year -2,864 6,461 6,024 437 6,628 3,327 3,301 2 years -1,858 5,722 5,142 580 5,723 3,285 2,438 3 years -1,458 4,999 4,507 492 5,217 3,267 1,950 4 years -1,092 4,452 4,011 441 4,545 3,012 1,533 5 years -1,062 4,454 4,093 361 4,572 3,149 1,423 6 years -847 4,227 3,867 360 4,416 3,209 1,207 7 years -703 3,940 3,667 273 4,008 3,032 976 8 years -704 4,139 3,855 284 4,086 3,098 988 9 years -629 3,957 3,721 236 4,002 3,137 865 10 years -533 3,850 3,608 242 3,739 2,964 775 11 years -499 3,643 3,407 236 3,726 2,991 735 12 years -485 3,220 3,024 196 3,384 2,703 681 Born before March 1993 -7,818 69,600 67,432 2,168 78,479 68,493 9,986 Total -4,452 138,764 116,358 22,406 132,525 105,667 26,858 March 2007 Less than one year 16,288 16,288 0 16,288 0 0 0 1 year -2,985 6,143 5,723 420 6,852 3,447 3,405 2 years -1,852 5,398 4,811 587 5,927 3,488 2,439 3 years -1,524 4,737 4,259 478 5,347 3,345 2,002 4 years -1,056 4,375 3,982 393 4,632 3,183 1,449 5 years -880 3,827 3,480 347 4,318 3,091 1,227 6 years -826 4,005 3,706 299 4,293 3,168 1,125 7 years -835 3,759 3,505 254 4,295 3,206 1,089 8 years -667 3,549 3,332 217 3,990 3,106 884 9 years -698 3,669 3,474 195 4,048 3,155 893 10 years -572 3,513 3,327 186 3,895 3,137 758 11 years -525 3,414 3,239 175 3,845 3,145 700 12 years -524 3,222 3,049 173 3,694 2,997 697 13 years -452 2,885 2,759 126 3,312 2,734 578 Born before March 1993 -7,547 63,166 61,432 1,734 78,530 69,249 9,281 Total -4,655 131,950 110,078 21,872 136,978 110,451 26,527 March 2008 Less than one year 15,625 15,625 0 15,625 0 0 0 1 year -3,127 6,003 5,558 445 7,053 3,481 3,572 2 years -2,016 4,948 4,378 570 6,072 3,486 2,586 3 years -1,587 4,495 4,112 383 5,405 3,435 1,970 4 years -1,173 3,939 3,593 346 4,878 3,359 1,519 5 years -1,030 3,660 3,382 278 4,617 3,309 1,308 6 years -813 3,326 3,044 282 4,181 3,086 1,095 7 years -832 3,393 3,191 202 4,280 3,246 1,034 8 years -705 3,172 2,945 227 4,186 3,254 932 9 years -601 3,106 2,914 192 3,957 3,164 793 10 years -581 3,214 3,015 199 4,035 3,255 780 11 years -566 3,081 2,929 152 3,878 3,160 718 12 years -525 2,985 2,860 125 3,850 3,200 650 13 years -500 2,871 2,728 143 3,707 3,064 643 14 years -411 2,622 2,490 132 3,325 2,782 543 Born before March 1993 -7,072 57,288 55,810 1,478 79,178 70,628 8,550 Total -5,914 123,728 102,949 20,779 142,602 115,909 26,693 March 2009 Less than one year 13,840 13,840 0 13,840 0 0 0 1 year -3,785 4,520 4,091 429 8,016 3,802 4,214 2 years -2,463 3,943 3,359 584 7,286 4,239 3,047 3 years -1,941 3,167 2,750 417 6,514 4,156 2,358 4 years -1,506 2,839 2,486 353 6,073 4,214 1,859 5 years -1,312 2,617 2,352 265 5,581 4,004 1,577 6 years -1,092 2,351 2,129 222 5,280 3,966 1,314 7 years -970 2,199 1,982 217 4,866 3,679 1,187 8 years -949 2,185 2,003 182 5,204 4,073 1,131 9 years -820 2,102 1,909 193 5,010 3,997 1,013 10 years -760 1,998 1,837 161 4,838 3,917 921 11 years -748 1,989 1,842 147 5,130 4,235 895 12 years -637 1,900 1,768 132 4,931 4,162 769 13 years -674 1,861 1,722 139 4,897 4,084 813 14 years -612 1,798 1,666 132 4,667 3,923 744 15 years -516 1,570 1,484 86 4,246 3,644 602 Born before March 1993 -8,450 34,719 33,341 1,378 101,159 91,331 9,828 Total -13,395 85,598 66,721 18,877 183,698 151,426 32,272 March 2010 Less than one year 12,091 12,091 0 12,091 0 0 0 1 year -3,134 4,005 3,559 446 6,339 2,759 3,580 2 years -2,355 3,836 3,274 562 6,131 3,214 2,917 3 years -1,889 3,429 2,925 504 5,742 3,349 2,393 4 years -1,483 3,049 2,632 417 5,168 3,268 1,900 5 years -1,231 2,884 2,544 340 4,776 3,205 1,571 6 years -913 2,674 2,369 305 4,350 3,132 1,218 7 years -882 2,500 2,271 229 4,167 3,056 1,111 8 years -782 2,259 2,041 218 3,953 2,953 1,000 9 years -771 2,387 2,184 203 4,127 3,153 974 10 years -701 2,336 2,133 203 3,998 3,094 904 11 years -625 2,265 2,062 203 3,926 3,098 828 12 years -590 2,345 2,157 188 4,015 3,237 778 13 years -601 2,206 2,064 142 3,961 3,218 743 14 years -601 2,150 1,973 177 4,007 3,229 778 15 years -508 2,095 1,949 146 3,787 3,133 654 16 years -464 1,843 1,727 116 3,444 2,864 580 Born before March 1993 -7,859 41,265 39,588 1,677 85,239 75,703 9,536 Total -13,298 95,619 77,452 18,167 157,130 125,665 31,465 March 2011 Less than one year 13,264 13,264 0 13,264 0 0 0 1 year -2,396 4,326 3,946 380 4,910 2,134 2,776 2 years -1,417 3,962 3,360 602 4,183 2,164 2,019 3 years -1,175 4,053 3,454 599 4,159 2,385 1,774 4 years -981 3,858 3,336 522 3,830 2,327 1,503 5 years -852 3,505 3,110 395 3,540 2,293 1,247 6 years -658 3,378 3,014 364 3,283 2,261 1,022 7 years -597 3,192 2,880 312 3,119 2,210 909 8 years -541 3,094 2,827 267 2,996 2,188 808 9 years -473 2,951 2,706 245 2,734 2,016 718 10 years -494 3,007 2,785 222 2,867 2,151 716 11 years -414 3,041 2,811 230 2,765 2,121 644 12 years -355 2,901 2,674 227 2,722 2,140 582 13 years -343 3,108 2,893 215 2,754 2,196 558 14 years -354 2,995 2,789 206 2,694 2,134 560 15 years -300 2,958 2,734 224 2,715 2,191 524 16 years -297 2,882 2,696 186 2,593 2,110 483 17 years -296 2,522 2,383 139 2,332 1,897 435 Born before March 1993 -5,428 61,126 59,098 2,028 56,985 49,529 7,456 Total -4,107 130,123 109,496 20,627 111,181 86,447 24,734 March 2012 Less than one year 13,532 13,532 0 13,532 0 0 0 1 year -2,433 4,806 4,402 404 5,031 2,194 2,837 2 years -1,427 3,774 3,339 435 3,892 2,030 1,862 3 years -999 3,617 3,142 475 3,414 1,940 1,474 4 years -868 3,833 3,425 408 3,410 2,134 1,276 5 years -829 3,550 3,165 385 3,430 2,216 1,214 6 years -596 3,377 3,037 340 3,089 2,153 936 7 years -617 3,270 2,996 274 2,986 2,095 891 8 years -512 3,018 2,778 240 2,826 2,074 752 9 years -456 2,972 2,770 202 2,669 2,011 658 10 years -445 2,782 2,586 196 2,576 1,935 641 11 years -465 2,890 2,674 216 2,727 2,046 681 12 years -415 2,812 2,630 182 2,644 2,047 597 13 years -359 2,748 2,576 172 2,580 2,049 531 14 years -358 2,865 2,696 169 2,667 2,140 527 15 years -281 2,904 2,738 166 2,491 2,044 447 16 years -305 2,788 2,640 148 2,510 2,057 453 17 years -327 2,648 2,508 140 2,544 2,077 467 18 years -297 2,349 2,240 109 2,241 1,835 406 Born before March 1993 -5,164 57,958 56,169 1,789 55,326 48,373 6,953 Total -3,621 128,493 108,511 19,982 109,053 85,450 23,603 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.