Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Delaware

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        5,725      35,492      24,323       11,169         29,767     20,453        9,314
March 1995       12,549      40,711      28,259       12,452         28,162     17,456       10,706
March 1996        3,680      39,606      27,317       12,289         35,926     24,954       10,972
March 1997       12,268      48,772      31,645       17,127         36,504     21,714       14,790
March 1998        9,516      46,973      32,187       14,786         37,457     23,617       13,840
March 1999       12,350      48,003      32,589       15,414         35,653     22,864       12,789
March 2000        6,972      49,304      31,158       18,146         42,332     23,846       18,486
March 2001        6,100      54,918      29,336       25,582         48,818     28,220       20,598
March 2002      -11,986      40,637      25,314       15,323         52,623     34,426       18,197
March 2003       -4,949      39,458      23,153       16,305         44,407     30,208       14,199
March 2004        9,882      46,634      29,197       17,437         36,752     23,890       12,862
March 2005        5,246      44,883      28,476       16,407         39,637     24,674       14,963
March 2006        4,975      44,867      27,030       17,837         39,892     25,811       14,081
March 2007        1,196      46,913      27,512       19,401         45,717     29,117       16,600
March 2008        3,123      41,676      27,502       14,174         38,553     27,563       10,990
March 2009      -21,748      30,963      17,849       13,114         52,711     38,858       13,853
March 2010      -11,575      30,285      20,155       10,130         41,860     29,992       11,868
March 2011        8,217      38,844      24,902       13,942         30,627     21,219        9,408
March 2012        1,841      36,711      25,549       11,162         34,870     23,298       11,572

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.