Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private Minnesota Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 9,728 9,670 10,169 9,695 10,394 8,367 1 year _ 7,776 7,893 8,095 8,374 8,647 2 years _ _ 6,803 6,784 7,553 7,483 3 years _ _ _ 6,030 6,375 6,841 4 years _ _ _ _ 5,703 5,855 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 5,293 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 96,830 90,906 85,462 79,596 77,028 73,700 Total 106,558 108,352 110,327 110,200 115,427 116,186 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 8,872 11,147 8,442 10,155 10,002 9,556 1 year 6,945 7,274 8,889 7,076 8,524 8,101 2 years 7,609 6,154 6,278 7,843 6,205 7,476 3 years 6,818 6,851 5,434 5,686 7,111 5,501 4 years 6,312 6,163 6,206 4,999 5,244 6,386 5 years 5,439 5,809 5,625 5,787 4,481 4,727 6 years 4,934 5,020 5,329 5,286 5,190 4,079 7 years _ 4,578 4,635 5,004 4,741 4,682 8 years _ _ 4,175 4,381 4,552 4,308 9 years _ _ _ 3,947 4,012 4,103 10 years _ _ _ _ 3,630 3,619 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,318 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 70,120 66,569 63,165 60,512 56,689 53,226 Total 117,049 119,565 118,178 120,676 120,381 119,082 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 10,889 9,742 14,098 7,297 8,472 7,866 1 year 8,752 8,156 7,571 10,243 5,783 6,826 2 years 7,857 6,963 6,787 6,022 8,945 5,162 3 years 7,443 6,553 5,804 5,654 5,391 8,105 4 years 5,491 6,266 5,603 4,788 5,113 5,027 5 years 6,422 4,772 5,453 4,784 4,361 4,802 6 years 4,786 5,671 4,331 4,688 4,398 4,116 7 years 4,276 4,143 5,068 3,729 4,296 4,185 8 years 4,937 3,752 3,724 4,406 3,398 4,135 9 years 4,529 4,374 3,381 3,211 4,070 3,252 10 years 4,299 3,975 3,989 2,943 3,002 3,899 11 years 3,719 3,828 3,604 3,465 2,761 2,864 12 years 3,453 3,348 3,570 3,178 3,262 2,647 13 years _ 3,137 3,095 3,127 2,957 3,131 14 years _ _ 2,913 2,722 3,028 2,919 15 years _ _ _ 2,626 2,594 2,927 16 years _ _ _ _ 2,491 2,533 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,399 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 54,603 50,705 47,959 44,599 42,811 41,639 Total 131,456 125,385 126,950 117,482 117,133 118,434 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 9,522 1 year 6,324 2 years 5,990 3 years 4,761 4 years 7,464 5 years 4,728 6 years 4,546 7 years 3,900 8 years 3,990 9 years 3,923 10 years 3,093 11 years 3,717 12 years 2,722 13 years 2,542 14 years 3,002 15 years 2,820 16 years 2,849 17 years 2,456 18 years 2,326 Born before March 1993 40,401 Total 121,076 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.