Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Maryland Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 67,443 73,486 70,269 80,912 85,419 93,049 1 year _ 70,167 72,400 73,296 83,640 85,674 2 years _ _ 66,335 71,814 71,926 83,308 3 years _ _ _ 66,217 72,465 72,864 4 years _ _ _ _ 64,874 69,138 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 61,826 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 1,579,615 1,550,511 1,500,781 1,471,778 1,427,918 1,394,046 Total 1,647,058 1,694,164 1,709,785 1,764,017 1,806,242 1,859,905 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 84,284 71,781 82,141 70,110 61,455 68,757 1 year 96,824 84,851 65,547 79,316 70,850 62,196 2 years 86,844 93,124 81,180 64,701 78,061 69,251 3 years 82,942 84,861 85,748 77,785 63,748 76,675 4 years 70,730 78,259 78,686 79,640 77,058 62,486 5 years 69,112 68,457 73,161 75,674 77,787 75,029 6 years 61,388 68,310 65,965 69,687 74,452 76,073 7 years _ 60,118 64,206 63,277 69,386 73,065 8 years _ _ 57,021 60,813 63,233 66,609 9 years _ _ _ 53,251 61,141 62,620 10 years _ _ _ _ 52,450 60,289 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 51,041 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,368,338 1,331,838 1,288,020 1,236,834 1,215,791 1,192,059 Total 1,920,462 1,941,599 1,941,675 1,931,088 1,965,412 1,996,150 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 61,417 57,188 55,630 52,011 47,849 49,676 1 year 69,545 59,732 55,212 50,714 48,052 45,811 2 years 62,841 67,447 56,196 49,865 47,942 47,384 3 years 68,063 61,836 66,092 51,404 48,121 47,078 4 years 76,506 66,670 58,543 60,649 48,987 47,544 5 years 62,245 74,417 64,008 53,286 57,107 48,175 6 years 73,755 60,482 71,068 60,864 50,184 55,722 7 years 74,987 71,517 58,320 65,907 56,224 49,823 8 years 73,644 73,873 69,182 52,743 61,875 54,468 9 years 66,354 71,436 70,591 64,631 51,273 60,661 10 years 62,359 63,132 68,251 65,259 61,882 50,887 11 years 58,066 60,814 59,880 63,064 59,603 60,078 12 years 50,308 57,491 60,040 54,642 59,252 59,753 13 years _ 49,371 54,679 55,246 51,672 59,546 14 years _ _ 47,629 50,763 52,366 50,979 15 years _ _ _ 44,819 50,044 50,876 16 years _ _ _ _ 42,704 48,927 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 41,964 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,177,440 1,153,728 1,127,701 1,060,243 1,020,687 1,014,512 Total 2,037,530 2,049,134 2,043,022 1,956,110 1,915,824 1,943,864 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 54,772 1 year 50,277 2 years 46,569 3 years 48,163 4 years 46,567 5 years 47,385 6 years 47,658 7 years 55,772 8 years 48,534 9 years 54,572 10 years 58,729 11 years 49,398 12 years 60,067 13 years 59,421 14 years 58,110 15 years 49,896 16 years 49,180 17 years 48,279 18 years 42,155 Born before March 1993 1,006,353 Total 1,981,857 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.