Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Maine Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 18,427 14,471 14,554 12,668 18,247 14,548 1 year _ 17,875 13,849 14,904 12,690 18,639 2 years _ _ 17,164 14,292 14,511 12,730 3 years _ _ _ 15,958 14,016 14,395 4 years _ _ _ _ 14,779 13,919 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 15,170 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 385,455 383,876 371,901 367,165 365,200 364,578 Total 403,882 416,222 417,468 424,987 439,443 453,979 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 15,021 14,372 15,040 13,247 12,183 13,861 1 year 16,393 19,556 13,393 14,677 13,017 11,920 2 years 19,687 15,411 18,785 12,703 14,136 12,466 3 years 12,993 18,865 14,279 18,656 12,104 13,307 4 years 14,572 13,015 16,741 13,416 17,781 11,355 5 years 14,159 15,047 12,213 16,264 13,182 16,609 6 years 14,969 13,624 13,324 11,556 15,942 12,890 7 years _ 14,327 12,907 13,054 11,227 15,303 8 years _ _ 13,963 12,176 12,854 10,905 9 years _ _ _ 13,479 11,981 12,287 10 years _ _ _ _ 13,035 11,433 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 12,668 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 362,669 350,604 337,954 328,019 323,810 315,049 Total 470,463 474,821 468,599 467,247 471,252 470,053 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 13,279 13,308 12,346 12,315 10,161 8,669 1 year 13,748 12,135 12,128 11,184 11,434 9,568 2 years 11,439 13,308 11,341 11,127 10,848 11,307 3 years 12,034 10,858 12,817 10,313 10,780 10,354 4 years 13,372 11,783 10,506 12,001 9,552 9,802 5 years 10,796 12,732 11,043 9,627 10,890 9,445 6 years 15,839 10,554 12,419 10,027 9,263 10,443 7 years 12,384 15,709 10,112 11,508 9,464 9,437 8 years 15,321 11,624 15,406 9,184 10,930 9,482 9 years 10,620 14,817 11,383 14,477 9,041 10,498 10 years 12,040 10,719 14,277 10,257 14,087 8,740 11 years 11,228 11,683 10,137 13,361 9,952 13,894 12 years 12,125 11,085 11,648 9,177 12,951 9,996 13 years _ 11,874 11,299 10,371 8,686 12,452 14 years _ _ 11,536 10,360 9,564 8,698 15 years _ _ _ 10,851 10,044 9,452 16 years _ _ _ _ 10,268 9,918 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 10,452 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 310,041 305,968 302,256 283,403 275,802 273,473 Total 474,266 478,157 480,654 459,543 453,717 456,080 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 8,711 1 year 8,405 2 years 9,217 3 years 11,290 4 years 10,089 5 years 9,604 6 years 9,609 7 years 10,373 8 years 9,520 9 years 9,793 10 years 9,767 11 years 8,878 12 years 13,794 13 years 9,810 14 years 12,371 15 years 8,655 16 years 9,454 17 years 9,678 18 years 10,374 Born before March 1993 271,260 Total 460,652 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.