Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private North Dakota Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 6,018 6,785 6,278 8,068 6,088 7,250 1 year _ 6,016 8,006 6,362 8,602 6,328 2 years _ _ 6,141 8,143 6,131 8,270 3 years _ _ _ 5,939 8,094 6,511 4 years _ _ _ _ 5,634 7,976 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 5,479 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 204,058 207,670 206,300 204,130 202,520 197,777 Total 210,076 220,471 226,725 232,642 237,069 239,591 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 8,106 6,272 5,834 5,867 6,268 6,396 1 year 7,447 7,960 6,118 5,692 5,737 6,040 2 years 6,154 7,788 7,490 6,166 5,505 6,006 3 years 8,849 6,445 7,078 7,338 6,132 5,437 4 years 6,494 8,586 6,579 6,854 7,129 6,146 5 years 7,914 5,672 7,963 6,448 6,563 7,063 6 years 5,317 7,256 5,089 7,980 6,084 6,613 7 years _ 4,523 7,027 4,565 7,808 6,139 8 years _ _ 4,341 7,164 4,528 7,958 9 years _ _ _ 4,202 7,655 4,508 10 years _ _ _ _ 4,382 8,233 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 4,184 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 194,752 188,808 183,405 180,217 179,556 179,735 Total 245,033 243,310 240,924 242,493 247,347 254,458 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 7,384 7,734 7,607 6,393 5,957 8,228 1 year 6,053 7,633 7,774 7,053 5,984 6,950 2 years 6,032 5,839 7,932 7,435 6,782 7,212 3 years 6,057 6,054 5,789 7,639 7,257 6,962 4 years 5,481 6,059 6,317 5,400 7,677 7,636 5 years 6,144 5,318 6,076 6,076 5,230 8,040 6 years 6,703 6,232 5,323 5,703 5,798 5,130 7 years 6,485 6,635 6,216 4,875 5,740 5,847 8 years 5,971 6,720 6,402 6,162 4,541 5,907 9 years 8,174 5,812 7,303 6,194 6,225 4,628 10 years 4,616 7,977 5,804 6,821 6,065 6,556 11 years 8,087 4,636 8,012 5,297 6,674 6,075 12 years 4,199 8,400 4,654 7,710 5,062 6,217 13 years _ 3,959 8,643 4,520 7,326 5,348 14 years _ _ 3,805 7,884 4,794 7,699 15 years _ _ _ 3,637 7,855 4,960 16 years _ _ _ _ 3,687 8,352 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,614 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 181,566 179,678 179,952 176,532 175,554 180,217 Total 262,952 268,686 277,609 275,331 278,208 295,578 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 14,495 1 year 11,507 2 years 8,166 3 years 8,945 4 years 7,592 5 years 8,626 6 years 8,489 7 years 5,382 8 years 5,951 9 years 6,101 10 years 4,984 11 years 7,090 12 years 6,455 13 years 6,025 14 years 5,341 15 years 7,914 16 years 5,376 17 years 8,353 18 years 3,627 Born before March 1993 188,280 Total 328,699 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.