Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private West Virginia Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 19,547 20,029 23,471 21,467 21,279 23,004 1 year _ 18,106 20,190 22,732 21,199 21,326 2 years _ _ 16,772 19,998 22,233 20,945 3 years _ _ _ 16,167 19,371 20,875 4 years _ _ _ _ 15,363 18,151 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 14,709 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 477,783 470,572 452,927 441,867 430,116 413,753 Total 497,330 508,707 513,360 522,231 529,561 532,763 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 23,007 17,234 16,723 15,928 18,024 17,299 1 year 22,336 22,957 16,611 15,971 15,918 18,736 2 years 20,682 23,456 22,484 15,636 15,625 15,280 3 years 20,520 19,949 21,572 20,432 14,792 15,725 4 years 20,256 20,794 19,539 20,154 19,922 14,330 5 years 17,060 19,911 19,005 19,029 19,622 19,298 6 years 14,272 16,583 19,920 18,799 18,262 19,144 7 years _ 13,793 15,086 18,581 18,578 18,675 8 years _ _ 13,456 14,348 18,835 18,252 9 years _ _ _ 12,465 14,122 18,809 10 years _ _ _ _ 12,320 13,949 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 12,167 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 402,696 387,286 374,212 358,996 351,817 343,453 Total 540,829 541,963 538,608 530,339 537,837 545,117 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 18,769 18,269 16,186 14,342 12,000 12,227 1 year 17,789 17,820 17,317 15,053 13,464 12,131 2 years 18,176 16,983 16,455 16,495 13,999 13,419 3 years 14,810 17,245 15,843 14,970 15,340 13,433 4 years 15,366 14,152 16,754 14,864 14,490 14,703 5 years 14,537 14,580 13,111 16,243 14,918 14,579 6 years 18,691 13,787 14,051 12,427 15,561 14,574 7 years 18,894 17,989 12,925 14,310 11,389 15,906 8 years 18,940 17,952 17,835 12,148 13,371 11,753 9 years 17,173 18,702 17,421 16,559 11,493 13,010 10 years 18,820 17,287 18,520 16,530 15,654 11,713 11 years 13,477 18,791 17,452 16,721 15,420 16,583 12 years 12,249 13,591 18,012 16,032 15,560 15,111 13 years _ 11,658 13,035 17,001 14,635 15,105 14 years _ _ 11,086 12,726 16,494 14,685 15 years _ _ _ 10,261 11,980 16,313 16 years _ _ _ _ 9,419 12,483 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 8,996 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 341,167 331,210 325,453 312,272 301,373 297,883 Total 558,858 560,016 561,456 548,954 536,560 544,607 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 16,011 1 year 11,978 2 years 13,106 3 years 13,485 4 years 13,262 5 years 14,396 6 years 14,571 7 years 14,711 8 years 15,833 9 years 11,795 10 years 12,942 11 years 11,425 12 years 16,379 13 years 14,888 14 years 14,797 15 years 14,606 16 years 16,050 17 years 11,696 18 years 8,590 Born before March 1993 299,089 Total 559,610 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.