Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Information (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 3 38 December N/A N/A 3 28 1993 March N/A N/A 3 30 June 3 23 3 22 September 4 34 3 25 December 3 24 3 19 1994 March 4 35 3 29 June 4 39 3 20 September 4 31 3 23 December 4 30 3 21 1995 March 4 30 3 28 June 4 35 3 20 September 4 29 3 25 December 4 37 3 33 1996 March 4 36 4 26 June 5 45 4 26 September 5 44 3 34 December 5 41 4 28 1997 March 5 46 4 32 June 5 42 4 40 September 4 31 4 36 December 5 45 4 36 1998 March 5 52 4 68 June 5 41 4 79 September 5 41 4 33 December 5 35 4 31 1999 March 5 51 4 44 June 6 63 4 41 September 7 57 5 40 December 6 54 5 35 2000 March 7 59 5 39 June 8 44 5 42 September 8 52 6 52 December 6 43 6 47 2001 March 6 48 6 56 June 6 57 7 74 September 6 42 8 56 December 5 32 7 50 2002 March 5 33 6 35 June 5 30 6 37 September 4 22 5 36 December 4 28 5 32 2003 March 4 25 5 36 June 4 20 5 26 September 4 19 5 23 December 4 21 4 23 2004 March 4 19 4 23 June 4 18 4 24 September 4 19 5 24 December 4 17 4 24 2005 March 4 15 4 31 June 4 17 4 23 September 4 21 4 18 December 4 16 4 20 2006 March 4 16 4 21 June 4 18 4 20 September 4 18 4 18 December 4 19 4 20 2007 March 4 15 4 16 June 4 17 4 17 September 4 19 4 16 December 4 20 4 20 2008 March 4 18 4 21 June 4 16 4 25 September 4 16 4 20 December 4 16 5 24 2009 March 4 17 5 21 June 4 12 5 16 September 3 12 4 17 December 4 13 4 15 2010 March 3 12 4 12 June 4 13 4 13 September 4 14 4 14 December 4 15 4 16 2011 March 4 12 4 14 June 4 13 4 14 September 4 13 4 13 December 4 15 4 15 2012 March 4 13 4 12 June 4 12 4 14 September 4 15 4 15 December 4 17 4 15 2013 March 4 13 4 13 June 4 14 4 17 September 4 15 4 15 December 4 15 4 15 2014 March 4 16 4 13 June 4 15 4 16 September 4 15 4 14 December 4 17 5 17 2015 March 4 12 6 15 June 5 14 4 15 September 5 16 5 14 December 5 16 5 18 2016 March 4 14 5 17 June 5 17 5 21 September 5 17 5 16 December 5 15 5 16 2017 March 5 15 5 17 June 5 18 5 17 September 6 23 5 17 December 5 18 5 17 2018 March 6 16 5 16 June 6 19 5 20 September 7 18 6 19 December 7 18 6 20 2019 March 7 16 6 17 June 7 18 6 18 September 7 21 6 18 December 7 20 6 17 2020 March 7 15 6 18 June 7 15 7 24 September 10 21 6 18 December 10 24 6 19 2021 March 11 19 6 15 June 14 29 7 19 September 15 31 8 21 December 14 31 9 26 2022 March 14 25 8 26 June 15 29 10 23 September 14 29 11 28 December 12 26 11 27 2023 March 10 18 11 22 June 11 21 N/A N/A September 9 27 N/A N/A December 9 20 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.