Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Alabama Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 68,797 73,841 68,892 63,942 68,272 74,402 1 year _ 65,993 72,449 68,266 64,544 65,611 2 years _ _ 63,045 69,707 64,127 63,267 3 years _ _ _ 60,887 67,421 60,838 4 years _ _ _ _ 59,875 66,351 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 56,608 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 1,286,737 1,271,648 1,230,099 1,206,988 1,171,710 1,131,774 Total 1,355,534 1,411,482 1,434,485 1,469,790 1,495,949 1,518,851 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 51,534 55,598 63,519 56,218 53,738 54,291 1 year 69,856 53,034 55,733 59,206 56,440 51,252 2 years 63,654 66,191 48,292 54,694 57,866 56,374 3 years 61,177 59,684 61,286 45,281 55,770 57,976 4 years 59,703 59,243 53,903 57,941 46,175 56,411 5 years 64,837 54,386 54,309 51,572 55,768 42,428 6 years 55,041 61,454 49,764 52,303 50,079 54,831 7 years _ 50,147 57,263 45,063 49,976 48,666 8 years _ _ 45,517 53,521 42,823 50,445 9 years _ _ _ 42,374 52,708 41,579 10 years _ _ _ _ 41,326 51,165 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 41,495 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,098,846 1,055,138 991,498 952,783 922,835 914,258 Total 1,524,648 1,514,875 1,481,084 1,470,956 1,485,504 1,521,171 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 51,043 51,259 52,279 40,184 36,679 38,755 1 year 57,751 52,360 50,408 46,980 36,423 35,153 2 years 54,026 57,732 48,343 43,907 45,117 35,257 3 years 57,457 54,307 53,409 42,729 40,539 45,523 4 years 56,890 55,471 51,785 46,719 38,865 39,943 5 years 57,899 55,606 51,312 46,752 44,089 38,414 6 years 42,524 56,923 52,761 46,046 46,363 42,761 7 years 54,486 41,645 54,301 46,855 43,812 45,296 8 years 48,888 52,414 40,190 49,481 43,104 41,952 9 years 50,328 47,952 50,477 37,140 46,373 42,950 10 years 41,124 49,892 46,249 45,308 34,099 46,250 11 years 50,129 39,527 47,273 42,665 42,240 32,453 12 years 42,271 50,364 37,998 40,208 39,868 39,370 13 years _ 39,471 47,783 34,140 37,747 38,397 14 years _ _ 38,312 42,572 33,277 37,256 15 years _ _ _ 34,338 41,345 32,372 16 years _ _ _ _ 33,504 41,039 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 33,634 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 899,629 881,721 851,629 785,834 744,915 729,554 Total 1,564,445 1,586,644 1,574,509 1,471,858 1,428,359 1,436,329 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 37,569 1 year 37,381 2 years 34,315 3 years 33,964 4 years 45,901 5 years 40,235 6 years 38,346 7 years 41,148 8 years 44,980 9 years 41,786 10 years 43,147 11 years 45,844 12 years 31,883 13 years 37,987 14 years 37,527 15 years 37,223 16 years 32,128 17 years 41,633 18 years 32,599 Born before March 1993 718,587 Total 1,454,183 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.