Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Total private (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 154 945 December N/A N/A 159 918 1993 March N/A N/A 167 1,075 June 181 1,068 160 908 September 191 1,118 148 845 December 182 1,097 154 881 1994 March 185 1,140 164 1,002 June 196 1,198 162 952 September 201 1,178 156 842 December 192 1,123 174 932 1995 March 197 1,193 161 940 June 193 1,191 167 952 September 193 1,137 168 952 December 195 1,151 174 958 1996 March 204 1,231 173 1,042 June 198 1,265 171 952 September 205 1,220 174 1,006 December 216 1,292 175 979 1997 March 211 1,276 180 1,091 June 210 1,234 175 982 September 207 1,240 173 1,001 December 200 1,255 189 1,139 1998 March 222 1,379 186 1,212 June 226 1,342 173 1,200 September 209 1,249 185 1,096 December 203 1,190 188 1,072 1999 March 213 1,353 194 1,297 June 219 1,318 192 1,111 September 209 1,230 194 1,122 December 224 1,215 189 1,091 2000 March 227 1,270 196 1,159 June 218 1,149 189 1,058 September 222 1,168 209 1,162 December 215 1,145 204 1,103 2001 March 220 1,214 214 1,339 June 217 1,160 212 1,226 September 218 1,157 219 1,212 December 209 1,114 208 1,135 2002 March 219 1,208 199 1,116 June 228 1,202 196 1,084 September 217 1,063 193 1,023 December 216 1,032 200 1,022 2003 March 215 1,040 194 1,042 June 212 979 194 953 September 210 958 191 888 December 218 1,013 191 913 2004 March 222 1,028 193 947 June 218 994 196 915 September 224 1,027 196 954 December 226 1,007 191 895 2005 March 227 972 196 877 June 232 964 192 845 September 236 1,005 195 885 December 236 988 200 850 2006 March 236 949 195 767 June 233 987 206 850 September 224 934 210 843 December 236 976 207 812 2007 March 232 918 205 787 June 225 898 215 859 September 233 952 216 845 December 228 922 218 836 2008 March 226 919 224 832 June 221 876 238 913 September 216 849 233 881 December 211 819 253 951 2009 March 197 738 247 869 June 201 767 238 837 September 192 725 227 793 December 202 728 218 749 2010 March 193 706 211 687 June 193 730 202 665 September 207 754 204 701 December 216 805 201 700 2011 March 204 715 200 632 June 210 767 205 689 September 206 794 196 675 December 214 800 198 700 2012 March 236 787 188 614 June 217 799 194 673 September 210 804 196 692 December 218 809 183 673 2013 March 205 748 193 648 June 222 789 215 695 September 219 818 195 678 December 215 803 187 670 2014 March 220 784 190 635 June 221 806 204 711 September 225 825 199 703 December 224 836 198 705 2015 March 233 818 207 696 June 234 838 211 728 September 243 881 207 699 December 247 892 209 733 2016 March 236 789 204 671 June 241 838 213 719 September 238 872 214 745 December 238 865 217 729 2017 March 242 806 203 668 June 240 848 223 752 September 244 851 225 760 December 246 849 216 731 2018 March 248 816 215 668 June 263 879 228 769 September 250 863 231 785 December 249 855 222 758 2019 March 260 814 220 700 June 258 846 240 801 September 251 847 230 763 December 269 903 235 783 2020 March 278 812 240 737 June 228 659 326 1,150 September 278 821 232 689 December 287 913 218 688 2021 March 308 836 210 607 June 351 978 226 663 September 359 1,026 244 734 December 380 1,115 254 779 2022 March 350 962 255 748 June 365 1,062 322 926 September 350 1,031 294 912 December 343 1,044 289 897 2023 March 329 945 291 817 June 332 1,011 293 887 September 318 980 N/A N/A December 327 1,019 N/A N/A 2024 March 322 934 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.