Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Utilities Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 8,136 9,615 10,123 13,119 18,977 21,120 1 year _ 8,687 9,343 9,326 14,055 18,016 2 years _ _ 8,365 8,205 10,094 13,415 3 years _ _ _ 7,924 8,251 11,136 4 years _ _ _ _ 7,299 7,714 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 7,179 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 695,647 653,097 620,168 584,505 553,977 525,930 Total 703,783 671,399 647,999 623,079 612,653 604,510 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 13,153 11,658 14,110 7,604 5,763 5,329 1 year 20,851 13,350 13,765 13,133 8,284 6,294 2 years 17,430 21,408 11,707 13,237 13,179 8,102 3 years 10,948 16,961 20,461 11,955 12,246 13,587 4 years 10,832 10,528 16,666 20,774 11,467 11,735 5 years 7,427 10,652 10,557 16,088 18,345 11,194 6 years 6,868 7,075 10,971 10,098 15,494 17,589 7 years _ 6,516 6,793 9,354 10,147 14,716 8 years _ _ 6,201 6,387 8,982 10,343 9 years _ _ _ 5,912 6,086 8,922 10 years _ _ _ _ 5,533 5,894 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,968 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 513,777 496,614 482,182 464,977 452,297 433,199 Total 601,286 594,762 593,413 579,519 567,823 551,872 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 3,761 4,126 4,688 4,170 3,012 3,848 1 year 5,017 4,459 4,939 5,078 3,950 3,292 2 years 6,091 5,702 5,027 4,903 4,731 4,041 3 years 9,597 6,058 5,997 5,448 4,757 4,992 4 years 12,593 9,417 6,041 6,497 5,546 4,820 5 years 11,579 12,775 9,591 6,180 5,519 5,570 6 years 10,761 12,076 12,239 9,449 6,030 5,312 7 years 17,840 10,585 12,223 12,350 8,096 5,705 8 years 14,529 17,118 11,383 12,696 11,297 7,371 9 years 9,697 13,656 17,330 11,139 11,980 11,456 10 years 8,972 9,733 13,841 17,656 10,940 11,934 11 years 5,600 8,830 10,259 13,338 15,916 11,308 12 years 4,847 5,500 8,944 10,015 12,826 15,507 13 years _ 4,948 5,440 9,338 9,446 13,184 14 years _ _ 4,659 5,418 8,466 9,180 15 years _ _ _ 4,450 5,398 8,317 16 years _ _ _ _ 4,053 5,438 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,271 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 424,232 420,314 421,387 423,317 421,528 415,705 Total 545,116 545,297 553,988 561,442 553,491 550,251 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 3,671 1 year 4,359 2 years 3,335 3 years 4,087 4 years 5,057 5 years 5,032 6 years 5,237 7 years 5,609 8 years 5,784 9 years 7,500 10 years 11,462 11 years 11,373 12 years 11,293 13 years 15,081 14 years 13,142 15 years 9,067 16 years 8,799 17 years 5,531 18 years 3,259 Born before March 1993 411,801 Total 550,479 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.