Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private North Carolina Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 94,317 102,529 115,415 125,135 116,307 162,208 1 year _ 99,184 108,821 117,392 134,160 124,742 2 years _ _ 98,416 110,439 120,007 127,991 3 years _ _ _ 96,955 108,227 121,128 4 years _ _ _ _ 95,289 107,638 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 95,389 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 2,626,363 2,628,081 2,577,872 2,544,209 2,469,902 2,406,612 Total 2,720,680 2,829,794 2,900,524 2,994,130 3,043,892 3,145,708 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 129,434 121,819 115,327 138,718 102,705 97,765 1 year 165,776 127,270 114,809 111,941 138,542 105,204 2 years 127,639 157,302 118,486 108,590 109,985 140,639 3 years 123,044 119,058 146,616 112,633 109,018 109,709 4 years 122,463 115,812 113,293 143,626 112,566 108,296 5 years 104,604 118,714 104,019 106,134 139,344 112,008 6 years 93,758 99,453 107,216 95,945 105,080 135,466 7 years _ 89,137 90,167 101,311 96,229 102,230 8 years _ _ 80,911 84,336 99,831 95,711 9 years _ _ _ 77,263 80,656 100,112 10 years _ _ _ _ 76,759 80,293 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 75,636 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,341,025 2,241,257 2,073,518 1,968,759 1,899,552 1,879,456 Total 3,207,743 3,189,822 3,064,362 3,049,256 3,070,267 3,142,525 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 109,357 150,978 112,992 90,400 78,958 83,497 1 year 104,039 115,265 148,627 100,133 82,700 77,754 2 years 105,689 106,879 108,256 130,462 93,399 81,651 3 years 140,543 104,354 102,110 95,622 121,747 91,367 4 years 111,955 140,697 99,399 91,069 88,726 118,208 5 years 107,471 113,217 134,444 88,466 83,706 85,317 6 years 111,842 106,215 110,907 119,158 80,940 83,433 7 years 134,053 110,949 103,814 99,805 113,213 79,482 8 years 101,044 134,011 107,339 93,597 95,168 112,039 9 years 95,773 100,919 130,758 95,638 87,274 94,705 10 years 98,336 94,149 98,985 120,987 92,286 85,890 11 years 80,557 99,054 91,462 89,954 105,076 91,301 12 years 76,161 77,339 103,189 81,707 85,040 105,841 13 years _ 74,793 73,294 93,645 77,920 86,068 14 years _ _ 72,152 65,443 89,464 77,278 15 years _ _ _ 64,679 61,981 81,598 16 years _ _ _ _ 62,230 60,982 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 63,028 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,846,779 1,813,307 1,761,999 1,616,016 1,542,521 1,544,374 Total 3,223,599 3,342,126 3,359,727 3,136,781 3,042,349 3,103,813 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 83,399 1 year 83,611 2 years 78,158 3 years 81,355 4 years 91,187 5 years 118,578 6 years 84,627 7 years 80,513 8 years 77,214 9 years 110,494 10 years 94,635 11 years 85,259 12 years 91,547 13 years 105,720 14 years 88,165 15 years 76,061 16 years 83,270 17 years 61,316 18 years 63,261 Born before March 1993 1,532,858 Total 3,171,228 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.