Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Accommodation and Food Services Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 674,119 712,515 696,750 710,289 687,465 683,782 1 year _ 623,665 634,674 616,171 625,747 623,305 2 years _ _ 568,296 583,853 563,950 588,899 3 years _ _ _ 543,756 541,932 535,461 4 years _ _ _ _ 514,818 504,923 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 486,147 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 7,667,051 7,365,944 7,069,452 6,728,967 6,374,908 6,136,047 Total 8,341,170 8,702,124 8,969,172 9,183,036 9,308,820 9,558,564 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 654,130 624,919 667,284 640,591 617,938 626,573 1 year 621,573 592,872 566,644 593,827 582,964 563,765 2 years 589,598 575,863 544,395 520,923 572,326 549,649 3 years 569,113 551,711 528,428 514,902 504,282 547,959 4 years 509,734 538,302 505,035 502,294 498,119 487,195 5 years 484,521 482,140 495,199 477,602 490,899 481,935 6 years 466,913 462,524 449,506 472,404 468,698 479,090 7 years _ 443,176 438,821 428,329 458,442 451,057 8 years _ _ 420,426 421,537 418,035 446,153 9 years _ _ _ 401,915 408,976 404,729 10 years _ _ _ _ 388,515 397,873 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 379,868 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 5,923,638 5,658,992 5,301,161 5,076,146 4,921,401 4,791,865 Total 9,819,220 9,930,499 9,916,899 10,050,470 10,330,595 10,607,711 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 653,432 641,267 637,692 564,199 497,094 514,246 1 year 572,103 594,419 568,904 529,368 487,561 445,636 2 years 530,513 533,141 537,093 496,742 483,333 465,663 3 years 531,090 502,655 500,286 479,275 466,366 468,183 4 years 525,829 509,215 473,488 448,019 444,058 448,783 5 years 472,044 519,003 484,197 433,596 415,633 433,540 6 years 469,571 454,198 494,894 444,971 406,075 409,893 7 years 464,445 455,618 437,886 466,638 417,269 399,124 8 years 434,392 451,812 439,702 405,025 437,691 409,914 9 years 432,264 423,285 433,323 407,439 381,583 429,817 10 years 395,573 425,012 405,636 406,800 388,022 374,383 11 years 384,734 383,485 409,138 377,581 387,994 382,935 12 years 366,949 375,877 371,304 379,225 363,440 384,019 13 years _ 355,875 361,423 351,423 362,581 356,304 14 years _ _ 347,143 340,591 335,718 357,870 15 years _ _ _ 325,604 326,622 329,190 16 years _ _ _ _ 310,022 324,131 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 303,378 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,637,130 4,510,568 4,359,855 4,076,370 3,888,004 3,843,092 Total 10,870,069 11,135,430 11,261,964 10,932,866 10,799,066 11,080,101 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 551,947 1 year 466,815 2 years 427,768 3 years 455,768 4 years 459,900 5 years 442,894 6 years 425,565 7 years 406,401 8 years 393,595 9 years 403,387 10 years 424,222 11 years 371,518 12 years 380,033 13 years 380,361 14 years 354,834 15 years 356,545 16 years 325,315 17 years 318,642 18 years 299,785 Born before March 1993 3,819,316 Total 11,464,611 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.