Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

New Mexico

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        1,214      15,514      10,565        4,949         11,787      8,052        3,735
March 1995        3,640      16,986      10,732        6,254         11,785      9,171        2,614
March 1996       -1,931      15,044      10,575        4,469         15,978      9,578        6,400
March 1997          469      15,498      10,350        5,148         14,354      9,675        4,679
March 1998          507      15,600      10,480        5,120         14,313      9,700        4,613
March 1999          266      15,498      10,507        4,991         14,646      9,921        4,725
March 2000           79      15,600      10,760        4,840         14,505      9,744        4,761
March 2001          273      15,643      10,538        5,105         14,961     10,129        4,832
March 2002           11      15,215      10,299        4,916         15,075     10,170        4,905
March 2003          234      15,454      10,582        4,872         14,751     10,113        4,638
March 2004          652      16,243      11,078        5,165         14,351      9,838        4,513
March 2005          262      16,614      11,413        5,201         14,987     10,048        4,939
March 2006        1,201      17,462      11,727        5,735         14,849     10,315        4,534
March 2007          605      17,458      11,842        5,616         15,696     10,685        5,011
March 2008          510      17,057      11,449        5,608         16,561     11,463        5,098
March 2009       -1,076      14,417       9,491        4,926         19,272     13,270        6,002
March 2010         -625      14,050       9,353        4,697         17,511     12,189        5,322
March 2011         -212      15,338      10,584        4,754         15,677     10,711        4,966
March 2012          125      15,928      10,949        4,979         15,228     10,374        4,854

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.