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

Oklahoma

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

March 1994        1,481      28,335      19,540        8,795         22,969     15,655        7,314
March 1995          750      27,818      19,290        8,528         24,622     16,844        7,778
March 1996          460      28,172      19,771        8,401         24,969     17,028        7,941
March 1997          768      28,273      19,023        9,250         26,062     17,580        8,482
March 1998        3,744      30,269      20,127       10,142         24,195     17,797        6,398
March 1999          -17      29,022      20,201        8,821         27,174     18,336        8,838
March 2000       -2,574      28,445      20,118        8,327         29,381     18,480       10,901
March 2001          205      28,231      19,672        8,559         27,454     19,100        8,354
March 2002          220      28,009      18,813        9,196         28,608     19,632        8,976
March 2003         -347      26,398      18,097        8,301         28,575     19,927        8,648
March 2004        1,073      28,667      19,808        8,859         26,919     19,133        7,786
March 2005          689      29,278      20,488        8,790         27,312     19,211        8,101
March 2006        2,035      31,359      21,686        9,673         26,712     19,074        7,638
March 2007          723      30,941      21,799        9,142         28,176     19,757        8,419
March 2008          738      30,891      21,690        9,201         29,076     20,613        8,463
March 2009           28      28,899      19,686        9,213         31,625     22,440        9,185
March 2010         -962      26,018      17,858        8,160         32,773     23,651        9,122
March 2011         -241      29,554      21,058        8,496         28,204     19,467        8,737
March 2012            5      30,073      21,729        8,344         27,755     19,416        8,339

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