Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Illinois Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 189,973 200,752 176,408 170,802 167,021 165,651 1 year _ 187,319 197,110 178,342 169,977 173,841 2 years _ _ 179,343 197,597 173,804 165,488 3 years _ _ _ 176,380 202,612 177,174 4 years _ _ _ _ 175,777 199,312 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 170,054 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 4,289,271 4,236,467 4,107,567 4,045,314 3,970,099 3,891,551 Total 4,479,244 4,624,538 4,660,428 4,768,435 4,859,290 4,943,071 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 145,212 132,737 124,354 122,427 123,506 112,313 1 year 170,147 152,223 124,086 119,118 119,400 123,086 2 years 179,169 167,625 137,919 125,269 115,363 117,693 3 years 171,652 177,814 152,432 133,304 123,128 114,724 4 years 176,279 174,366 164,610 149,309 132,456 123,010 5 years 199,488 162,198 162,286 158,399 148,055 130,285 6 years 162,948 189,355 151,160 144,007 159,801 146,306 7 years _ 157,149 177,646 147,034 139,210 156,889 8 years _ _ 146,336 170,162 143,932 135,784 9 years _ _ _ 141,622 164,403 143,616 10 years _ _ _ _ 135,148 161,174 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 131,890 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,833,967 3,720,759 3,521,410 3,384,032 3,277,477 3,220,066 Total 5,038,862 5,034,226 4,862,239 4,794,683 4,781,879 4,816,836 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 109,839 107,074 94,390 82,998 79,739 76,882 1 year 113,089 112,032 105,769 86,230 78,968 79,050 2 years 124,374 112,330 108,128 98,364 82,377 78,147 3 years 118,050 120,267 108,488 100,125 96,025 83,111 4 years 114,209 116,882 114,939 100,321 94,582 97,445 5 years 121,063 114,257 115,620 104,211 95,184 93,068 6 years 130,183 119,841 109,175 107,085 99,017 95,443 7 years 145,878 129,100 114,157 98,793 101,784 98,426 8 years 160,582 143,457 125,933 105,607 92,787 102,606 9 years 136,596 159,917 140,862 115,485 101,283 90,314 10 years 144,453 135,969 158,236 130,036 111,239 101,594 11 years 160,506 146,203 133,666 145,776 122,848 113,337 12 years 130,402 159,763 142,551 120,283 138,336 123,394 13 years _ 128,290 155,369 130,066 115,724 139,772 14 years _ _ 123,184 144,386 121,830 114,356 15 years _ _ _ 113,650 138,277 124,462 16 years _ _ _ _ 109,403 140,562 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 109,485 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,192,178 3,155,692 3,107,182 2,923,172 2,790,027 2,789,243 Total 4,901,402 4,961,074 4,957,649 4,706,588 4,569,430 4,650,697 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 84,991 1 year 79,645 2 years 78,996 3 years 78,564 4 years 84,796 5 years 95,333 6 years 92,833 7 years 94,018 8 years 100,207 9 years 102,565 10 years 90,369 11 years 101,541 12 years 113,364 13 years 123,326 14 years 141,160 15 years 115,804 16 years 125,869 17 years 136,965 18 years 109,365 Born before March 1993 2,791,071 Total 4,740,782 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.