Table 10. Rates(1) of private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Montana Total private (Percent) Births(2) Deaths(3) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 2.4 1.1 December N/A N/A 2.7 0.8 1993 March N/A N/A 2.7 1.1 June 3.7 1.3 2.7 0.8 September 3.4 1.6 2.5 0.9 December 3.3 1.3 2.4 1.0 1994 March 3.6 1.2 2.5 0.9 June 3.9 1.4 2.1 0.7 September 3.9 1.7 2.6 1.3 December 3.2 1.5 2.8 1.4 1995 March 3.1 0.9 2.5 0.9 June 3.3 1.2 4.0 1.3 September 3.4 1.1 2.1 0.6 December 3.3 1.4 2.5 1.0 1996 March 3.5 1.3 2.1 0.8 June 3.9 1.4 2.3 0.9 September 4.1 1.7 3.2 1.2 December 3.1 1.3 3.1 1.2 1997 March 2.7 1.2 2.8 1.2 June 3.7 1.6 2.9 0.9 September 3.8 1.5 3.7 1.1 December 3.7 1.6 3.1 1.1 1998 March 4.7 2.2 2.7 0.9 June 3.3 1.4 2.8 1.2 September 3.2 1.4 2.8 1.1 December 2.6 1.1 2.6 0.9 1999 March 3.4 1.2 2.9 1.0 June 3.5 1.3 3.1 1.2 September 3.3 1.1 2.9 1.1 December 2.4 0.8 3.4 1.2 2000 March 3.4 1.1 2.3 0.8 June 3.2 1.3 3.0 1.3 September 3.2 1.0 3.4 1.2 December 2.6 0.9 2.8 1.1 2001 March 3.9 1.3 3.3 1.4 June 3.5 1.2 3.6 1.2 September 3.1 1.1 3.1 1.3 December 2.9 1.0 2.7 0.9 2002 March 3.6 1.2 2.7 1.0 June 3.4 1.3 2.7 0.9 September 3.6 1.2 3.2 1.5 December 3.8 1.2 2.8 0.9 2003 March 2.8 1.4 2.6 1.1 June 3.5 1.2 3.0 1.3 September 3.6 1.2 2.8 1.0 December 3.9 1.6 2.7 1.1 2004 March 3.2 1.1 2.2 0.8 June 4.3 1.3 2.8 0.8 September 3.2 1.0 2.9 0.9 December 3.7 1.1 2.8 0.9 2005 March 3.2 1.0 2.8 0.8 June 3.2 1.1 2.4 0.7 September 3.3 1.0 2.3 0.7 December 3.3 1.0 2.5 0.8 2006 March 3.2 0.9 2.5 0.8 June 3.4 0.9 2.6 0.7 September 3.0 0.8 2.7 0.9 December 3.2 0.9 2.5 0.7 2007 March 3.1 0.9 2.5 0.7 June 3.0 0.8 2.7 0.9 September 3.0 0.9 2.5 0.7 December 3.0 1.1 2.8 0.8 2008 March 2.8 1.0 2.7 0.7 June 2.5 0.7 3.0 0.8 September 2.5 0.7 2.6 0.7 December 2.8 0.9 3.4 0.9 2009 March 2.4 0.8 3.5 1.0 June 2.3 0.7 3.4 0.9 September 2.3 0.7 2.6 0.7 December 2.6 0.8 2.9 0.7 2010 March 2.3 0.7 3.0 0.8 June 2.3 0.7 2.6 0.8 September 2.3 0.8 2.3 0.6 December 3.0 0.7 2.5 0.6 2011 March 2.5 0.6 2.9 0.7 June 2.5 0.7 2.5 0.7 September 2.5 0.7 2.3 0.6 December 3.2 0.8 2.4 0.7 2012 March 2.6 0.8 2.7 0.8 June 2.9 0.8 2.4 0.6 September 2.6 0.8 2.4 0.6 December 3.1 0.8 2.6 0.8 2013 March 2.7 0.8 2.5 0.7 June 2.5 0.7 2.4 0.7 September 2.8 0.7 2.3 0.6 December 2.8 0.7 2.5 0.7 2014 March 2.5 0.7 3.0 0.8 June 2.3 0.7 2.5 0.7 September 2.9 0.8 2.2 0.5 December 2.6 0.7 2.5 0.7 2015 March 3.5 1.0 2.3 0.6 June 3.0 0.8 2.9 0.8 September 2.8 0.7 2.3 0.6 December 3.0 0.8 2.2 0.5 2016 March 2.2 0.5 2.2 0.5 June 3.3 0.9 3.5 1.0 September 2.7 0.7 2.6 0.7 December 2.9 0.7 2.2 0.6 2017 March 2.9 0.7 2.2 0.6 June 2.6 0.7 2.8 0.7 September 2.9 0.7 2.6 0.7 December 3.3 0.8 2.6 0.7 2018 March 3.0 0.8 2.5 0.6 June 3.1 0.8 2.9 0.8 September 3.1 0.7 2.8 0.8 December 3.6 1.1 2.5 0.7 2019 March 3.2 0.9 3.2 1.0 June 2.8 0.7 2.2 0.6 September 3.3 0.9 2.9 0.8 December 3.6 1.0 2.7 0.8 2020 March 3.2 0.9 2.9 0.9 June 3.2 0.9 3.2 1.1 September 3.7 0.9 3.0 0.8 December 4.3 1.0 2.4 0.7 2021 March 4.4 1.1 2.6 0.7 June 4.7 1.1 2.5 0.5 September 4.4 1.1 3.2 0.9 December 4.8 1.1 3.4 0.9 2022 March 4.4 1.2 3.2 0.9 June 4.0 1.1 4.6 1.2 September 4.3 1.0 2.6 0.7 December 4.0 1.0 3.2 0.9 2023 March 4.0 1.0 3.3 0.9 June 3.6 0.9 N/A N/A September 3.5 1.0 N/A N/A December 3.7 1.1 N/A N/A (1) The rates measure births and deaths as a percentage of the average of the previous and current quarter employment levels or total number of establishments. (2) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (3) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.