Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Minnesota Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 70,444 87,099 76,633 76,814 76,025 66,136 1 year _ 69,761 84,674 76,487 81,805 77,457 2 years _ _ 66,239 84,261 76,101 77,439 3 years _ _ _ 66,608 84,221 74,754 4 years _ _ _ _ 67,833 83,270 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 67,395 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 1,780,510 1,766,486 1,744,184 1,706,607 1,698,923 1,680,673 Total 1,850,954 1,923,346 1,971,730 2,010,777 2,084,908 2,127,124 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 71,305 80,766 76,858 74,885 67,534 66,781 1 year 66,774 69,359 73,945 76,003 73,572 64,440 2 years 77,398 64,897 63,419 72,619 72,764 73,590 3 years 77,161 75,080 59,938 61,931 70,995 72,291 4 years 74,894 75,540 68,465 57,146 59,972 70,627 5 years 85,720 74,515 70,816 64,724 53,144 58,354 6 years 66,220 81,849 71,537 66,454 60,688 50,494 7 years _ 63,586 78,097 68,263 64,664 58,750 8 years _ _ 60,235 75,333 67,101 63,117 9 years _ _ _ 58,069 72,899 65,309 10 years _ _ _ _ 56,588 71,465 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 56,061 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,667,773 1,617,150 1,523,864 1,468,282 1,426,561 1,407,038 Total 2,187,245 2,202,742 2,147,174 2,143,709 2,146,482 2,178,317 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 71,164 60,609 74,556 41,251 47,697 39,923 1 year 68,062 63,984 56,567 68,290 40,229 47,880 2 years 66,056 60,625 60,616 50,340 66,804 41,060 3 years 74,226 62,609 56,379 55,647 48,642 66,539 4 years 73,604 71,815 59,741 51,438 53,170 47,508 5 years 70,961 69,901 69,601 56,031 48,979 51,384 6 years 57,844 69,192 67,305 64,022 53,318 48,772 7 years 50,701 54,755 69,119 63,974 61,578 53,479 8 years 58,920 47,674 51,985 64,519 60,827 60,415 9 years 62,637 56,553 46,343 48,640 62,230 60,313 10 years 66,005 59,597 54,684 43,161 46,453 59,532 11 years 72,690 62,859 56,623 50,356 41,013 45,453 12 years 56,246 71,173 63,065 51,645 48,623 42,973 13 years _ 54,473 70,158 57,034 49,499 47,308 14 years _ _ 53,971 67,097 55,931 49,665 15 years _ _ _ 51,289 65,281 55,733 16 years _ _ _ _ 48,911 66,184 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 49,169 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,399,090 1,377,615 1,350,842 1,268,012 1,211,194 1,222,748 Total 2,248,206 2,243,434 2,261,555 2,152,746 2,110,379 2,156,038 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 45,136 1 year 38,973 2 years 47,784 3 years 41,329 4 years 64,873 5 years 46,848 6 years 51,063 7 years 48,701 8 years 53,407 9 years 58,900 10 years 57,939 11 years 57,769 12 years 45,069 13 years 45,519 14 years 46,795 15 years 48,629 16 years 57,232 17 years 68,150 18 years 49,763 Born before March 1993 1,234,747 Total 2,208,626 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.