Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Nebraska

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994          921      16,086      11,938        4,148         12,561      9,334        3,227
March 1995           38      15,368      11,602        3,766         13,624      9,896        3,728
March 1996          504      15,577      11,517        4,060         13,754     10,198        3,556
March 1997          631      15,913      11,819        4,094         13,884     10,421        3,463
March 1998          211      15,813      11,806        4,007         14,718     10,922        3,796
March 1999          462      16,620      12,460        4,160         14,201     10,503        3,698
March 2000          568      16,803      12,495        4,308         14,800     11,060        3,740
March 2001          130      15,748      11,500        4,248         16,093     11,975        4,118
March 2002          484      15,922      11,437        4,485         15,921     11,920        4,001
March 2003          462      15,928      11,609        4,319         16,132     12,275        3,857
March 2004          376      16,289      12,053        4,236         15,665     11,805        3,860
March 2005          495      16,916      12,452        4,464         15,801     11,832        3,969
March 2006          558      16,896      12,306        4,590         16,361     12,329        4,032
March 2007          257      17,092      12,513        4,579         16,875     12,553        4,322
March 2008          140      17,410      12,919        4,491         16,935     12,584        4,351
March 2009         -129      16,089      11,779        4,310         18,031     13,592        4,439
March 2010         -464      15,397      11,394        4,003         17,872     13,405        4,467
March 2011          405      17,224      12,734        4,490         16,163     12,078        4,085
March 2012          643      18,093      13,538        4,555         15,708     11,796        3,912

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.