Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Information Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 108,747 126,667 133,025 165,494 162,120 169,414 1 year _ 118,562 133,147 144,056 191,142 174,958 2 years _ _ 116,830 137,737 154,443 198,170 3 years _ _ _ 125,876 142,279 153,740 4 years _ _ _ _ 127,698 135,739 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 115,162 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 2,610,236 2,606,289 2,536,851 2,517,555 2,430,658 2,355,918 Total 2,718,983 2,851,518 2,919,853 3,090,718 3,208,340 3,303,101 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 230,001 177,487 145,162 88,532 72,906 57,041 1 year 199,095 253,122 160,143 130,425 87,548 74,710 2 years 195,825 196,137 193,452 145,477 126,708 85,687 3 years 200,045 188,430 159,888 158,277 131,835 119,726 4 years 159,879 190,550 152,113 139,034 147,629 122,369 5 years 140,898 156,316 159,993 136,150 137,771 144,341 6 years 115,698 140,017 133,786 137,400 126,894 130,329 7 years _ 114,572 121,638 119,906 130,222 119,190 8 years _ _ 100,532 107,258 109,861 117,515 9 years _ _ _ 88,509 99,859 105,598 10 years _ _ _ _ 84,733 96,449 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 84,294 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,312,596 2,259,275 2,108,695 1,954,674 1,859,789 1,795,059 Total 3,554,037 3,675,906 3,435,402 3,205,642 3,115,755 3,052,308 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 67,224 61,815 63,278 54,071 40,872 44,985 1 year 62,879 71,463 65,708 63,538 50,666 41,215 2 years 82,127 62,960 82,072 62,204 60,190 50,834 3 years 85,574 77,439 60,935 74,039 56,812 57,908 4 years 112,187 82,738 75,772 55,475 66,005 58,384 5 years 116,171 104,330 80,531 68,481 53,500 63,303 6 years 138,639 108,654 99,898 76,137 65,381 51,444 7 years 128,188 139,683 106,001 92,038 71,929 61,902 8 years 115,802 127,041 130,014 95,719 86,025 69,198 9 years 112,934 113,237 127,498 123,561 96,614 82,295 10 years 99,864 100,617 109,411 120,507 113,920 91,509 11 years 91,684 96,543 97,231 104,062 111,635 112,453 12 years 78,499 88,273 93,142 89,459 95,718 111,130 13 years _ 76,706 84,341 90,522 83,334 90,561 14 years _ _ 72,901 76,166 86,252 84,161 15 years _ _ _ 68,025 72,320 83,220 16 years _ _ _ _ 66,562 71,293 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 64,695 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,741,004 1,715,250 1,659,969 1,540,915 1,442,212 1,377,986 Total 3,032,776 3,026,749 3,008,702 2,854,919 2,719,947 2,668,476 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 44,432 1 year 47,469 2 years 42,625 3 years 51,992 4 years 60,717 5 years 60,113 6 years 62,952 7 years 52,283 8 years 59,887 9 years 68,728 10 years 79,903 11 years 89,396 12 years 112,537 13 years 111,168 14 years 90,074 15 years 82,394 16 years 80,252 17 years 67,566 18 years 63,672 Born before March 1993 1,338,419 Total 2,666,579 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.