Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by age Total Private South Carolina Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 7,420 7,947 8,449 8,814 6,904 10,307 1 year _ 5,881 6,277 6,694 7,175 5,726 2 years _ _ 5,094 5,445 6,077 6,282 3 years _ _ _ 4,586 5,066 5,442 4 years _ _ _ _ 4,278 4,619 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 3,906 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 64,502 60,403 56,338 53,449 50,895 48,369 Total 71,922 74,231 76,158 78,988 80,395 84,651 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 7,645 8,912 8,375 8,810 8,357 9,190 1 year 8,688 6,403 6,986 6,866 6,942 6,821 2 years 5,016 7,097 5,569 6,147 5,643 6,082 3 years 5,626 4,159 6,378 5,051 5,300 5,149 4 years 4,908 4,814 3,805 5,943 4,751 4,887 5 years 4,223 4,206 4,420 3,497 5,492 4,426 6 years 3,665 3,698 3,951 4,154 3,213 5,172 7 years _ 3,224 3,455 3,727 3,864 2,974 8 years _ _ 3,027 3,260 3,447 3,631 9 years _ _ _ 2,906 3,010 3,256 10 years _ _ _ _ 2,736 2,838 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 2,607 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 45,975 42,945 40,980 39,556 38,079 36,397 Total 85,746 85,458 86,946 89,917 90,834 93,430 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 8,292 11,255 9,096 7,863 7,007 7,764 1 year 7,227 6,786 8,584 6,566 6,024 5,484 2 years 5,747 6,320 5,620 6,785 5,406 5,014 3 years 5,375 5,153 5,470 4,589 5,763 4,734 4 years 4,640 4,920 4,535 4,635 3,994 5,097 5 years 4,428 4,338 4,400 3,965 4,150 3,614 6 years 4,105 4,151 3,853 3,910 3,583 3,784 7 years 4,813 3,863 3,765 3,406 3,546 3,259 8 years 2,776 4,546 3,592 3,423 3,162 3,234 9 years 3,412 2,661 4,233 3,196 3,111 2,918 10 years 3,012 3,282 2,439 3,856 2,982 2,878 11 years 2,640 2,906 3,040 2,171 3,642 2,803 12 years 2,475 2,525 2,683 2,779 2,039 3,383 13 years _ 2,391 2,369 2,443 2,567 1,942 14 years _ _ 2,242 2,176 2,353 2,428 15 years _ _ _ 2,092 2,068 2,199 16 years _ _ _ _ 1,979 1,958 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 1,873 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 34,576 33,555 32,001 30,197 29,093 28,008 Total 93,518 98,652 97,922 94,052 92,469 92,374 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 8,263 1 year 6,153 2 years 4,611 3 years 4,433 4 years 4,295 5 years 4,626 6 years 3,354 7 years 3,515 8 years 3,054 9 years 3,068 10 years 2,792 11 years 2,765 12 years 2,699 13 years 3,243 14 years 1,900 15 years 2,334 16 years 2,135 17 years 1,887 18 years 1,823 Born before March 1993 27,196 Total 94,146 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.