Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 4,124,589 4,356,753 4,358,117 4,631,669 4,698,777 4,702,798 1 year _ 4,140,247 4,310,177 4,320,141 4,688,205 4,703,529 2 years _ _ 4,015,342 4,264,561 4,243,438 4,606,320 3 years _ _ _ 3,953,116 4,178,140 4,172,895 4 years _ _ _ _ 3,872,507 4,078,687 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,741,091 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 87,161,030 86,090,920 83,851,788 82,239,976 80,544,590 78,675,066 Total 91,285,619 94,587,920 96,535,424 99,409,463 102,225,657 104,680,386 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 4,648,531 4,279,589 4,163,828 3,842,243 3,595,392 3,579,940 1 year 4,745,334 4,640,059 3,977,966 3,952,078 3,769,430 3,567,784 2 years 4,706,632 4,565,297 4,242,325 3,802,166 3,851,857 3,725,214 3 years 4,560,353 4,505,182 4,207,021 4,058,894 3,739,230 3,819,766 4 years 4,116,944 4,337,230 4,136,490 3,976,764 3,951,418 3,689,933 5 years 4,012,095 3,943,158 3,962,604 3,899,287 3,863,841 3,871,419 6 years 3,677,756 3,845,425 3,637,556 3,712,108 3,794,035 3,777,403 7 years _ 3,531,829 3,548,383 3,457,995 3,608,769 3,738,457 8 years _ _ 3,299,941 3,367,056 3,370,907 3,540,254 9 years _ _ _ 3,140,189 3,280,932 3,323,313 10 years _ _ _ _ 3,047,333 3,206,286 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,984,942 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 77,189,256 74,855,770 70,597,646 67,833,688 66,047,694 65,088,487 Total 107,656,901 108,503,539 105,773,760 105,042,468 105,920,838 107,913,198 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 3,567,959 3,469,671 3,285,086 2,745,774 2,464,358 2,527,207 1 year 3,625,577 3,524,413 3,356,057 2,952,344 2,552,221 2,440,843 2 years 3,567,546 3,549,678 3,354,798 3,024,327 2,770,192 2,553,943 3 years 3,697,327 3,478,056 3,391,478 3,010,428 2,855,033 2,752,102 4 years 3,815,787 3,626,492 3,315,127 3,046,674 2,822,053 2,820,663 5 years 3,657,766 3,722,550 3,473,093 3,007,332 2,879,209 2,798,159 6 years 3,863,535 3,565,983 3,553,919 3,157,698 2,839,679 2,858,711 7 years 3,749,411 3,796,101 3,419,872 3,256,637 2,977,875 2,811,357 8 years 3,709,830 3,672,686 3,657,246 3,110,322 3,063,779 2,947,745 9 years 3,504,922 3,646,190 3,550,989 3,355,111 2,950,842 3,030,524 10 years 3,291,677 3,431,074 3,523,812 3,256,943 3,196,884 2,917,889 11 years 3,172,414 3,219,552 3,313,513 3,244,019 3,087,604 3,173,985 12 years 2,936,957 3,093,552 3,124,610 3,007,018 3,081,709 3,059,215 13 years _ 2,880,427 3,000,916 2,846,423 2,851,120 3,056,774 14 years _ _ 2,787,718 2,744,648 2,721,206 2,829,289 15 years _ _ _ 2,549,738 2,621,345 2,694,486 16 years _ _ _ _ 2,435,539 2,606,424 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,418,221 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 64,333,072 63,317,590 61,980,140 57,908,469 55,354,699 55,133,390 Total 110,493,780 111,994,015 112,088,374 106,223,905 103,525,347 105,430,927 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 2,707,464 1 year 2,546,710 2 years 2,447,875 3 years 2,557,542 4 years 2,771,718 5 years 2,804,362 6 years 2,795,390 7 years 2,853,203 8 years 2,794,363 9 years 2,930,648 10 years 3,002,369 11 years 2,897,527 12 years 3,157,458 13 years 3,053,484 14 years 3,049,421 15 years 2,820,885 16 years 2,689,148 17 years 2,587,257 18 years 2,414,647 Born before March 1993 55,095,200 Total 107,976,671 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.