Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Illinois Age Class March 1991 March 1992 March 1993 March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 Less than one year _ _ _ 189,547 200,317 176,088 1 year _ _ _ _ 186,550 194,714 2 years _ _ _ _ _ 178,371 3 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,318,662 4,269,871 4,358,569 4,289,812 4,237,782 4,111,412 Total 4,318,662 4,269,871 4,358,569 4,479,359 4,624,649 4,660,585 Age Class March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 Less than one year 170,463 165,725 165,081 143,189 132,383 123,564 1 year 177,633 169,332 172,539 169,427 149,845 123,772 2 years 194,380 173,255 164,052 177,774 166,505 135,499 3 years 175,088 198,300 175,273 170,027 176,328 151,290 4 years _ 174,905 194,010 173,770 172,518 163,304 5 years _ _ 168,123 193,794 160,151 160,576 6 years _ _ _ 160,849 182,299 148,852 7 years _ _ _ _ 153,998 169,411 8 years _ _ _ _ _ 143,213 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 4,050,906 3,977,797 3,904,016 3,850,039 3,740,178 3,542,748 Total 4,768,470 4,859,314 4,943,094 5,038,869 5,034,205 4,862,229 Age Class March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 Less than one year 122,106 117,071 111,854 109,616 105,829 94,178 1 year 117,798 119,045 115,944 112,467 111,756 104,655 2 years 124,879 113,413 117,169 117,399 111,586 107,346 3 years 130,830 122,729 112,113 117,365 114,250 107,559 4 years 148,146 129,720 122,433 111,443 116,135 109,422 5 years 156,911 146,923 127,254 120,610 111,273 114,917 6 years 142,835 158,359 145,518 126,982 119,296 106,657 7 years 144,690 137,712 155,397 144,769 125,960 113,589 8 years 161,688 141,420 134,368 159,252 142,710 122,973 9 years 138,639 155,959 141,123 134,919 158,721 140,033 10 years _ 132,216 152,692 141,688 134,236 157,239 11 years _ _ 129,100 151,908 143,530 131,733 12 years _ _ _ 127,554 151,113 139,921 13 years _ _ _ _ 125,122 146,679 14 years _ _ _ _ _ 121,565 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 3,406,472 3,307,348 3,251,924 3,225,514 3,189,690 3,139,378 Total 4,794,994 4,781,915 4,816,889 4,901,486 4,961,207 4,957,844 Age Class March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 Less than one year 82,866 79,642 76,226 84,665 79,690 92,683 1 year 85,955 78,731 78,927 77,599 81,944 77,763 2 years 97,548 82,250 77,429 78,767 77,194 82,234 3 years 99,134 95,195 82,980 77,742 78,825 78,256 4 years 99,210 93,424 96,544 84,935 76,383 79,486 5 years 99,101 94,290 92,795 94,886 83,898 76,172 6 years 106,219 94,386 95,021 92,594 93,105 84,595 7 years 96,607 101,139 94,254 93,617 89,327 93,581 8 years 105,129 90,387 102,065 96,242 91,463 89,013 9 years 112,521 100,795 88,751 102,096 95,671 88,952 10 years 129,079 108,377 101,008 88,510 99,835 95,988 11 years 144,916 122,626 110,324 100,921 87,590 98,966 12 years 117,966 136,892 123,398 110,394 99,531 84,875 13 years 126,985 113,359 137,840 124,795 110,018 98,872 14 years 135,432 121,141 112,330 140,063 123,555 114,380 15 years 112,027 129,035 122,394 113,986 140,010 122,071 16 years _ 108,348 131,833 123,686 111,132 140,347 17 years _ _ 108,561 128,392 118,780 108,565 18 years _ _ _ 108,196 125,153 117,590 19 years _ _ _ _ 106,285 126,575 20 years _ _ _ _ _ 103,137 21 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,956,195 2,819,847 2,818,558 2,821,851 2,816,173 2,799,315 Total 4,706,890 4,569,864 4,651,238 4,743,937 4,785,562 4,853,416 Age Class March 2015 March 2016 March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020 Less than one year 109,285 114,814 109,872 93,704 94,262 86,517 1 year 90,856 112,677 113,251 110,382 90,730 92,444 2 years 78,971 90,598 114,562 112,308 111,857 90,240 3 years 84,496 78,846 87,738 121,083 110,761 110,348 4 years 79,992 85,174 76,725 86,418 118,746 106,798 5 years 80,882 81,960 83,161 75,545 83,912 118,227 6 years 75,933 79,879 81,170 81,846 73,773 81,654 7 years 83,054 74,891 79,280 79,658 80,894 71,377 8 years 92,547 83,075 74,770 80,591 78,444 79,291 9 years 89,209 93,128 81,809 74,085 79,324 77,742 10 years 88,862 88,784 91,333 80,538 72,041 76,733 11 years 93,390 87,425 84,442 89,517 79,346 69,331 12 years 99,399 91,896 86,555 83,257 88,178 77,124 13 years 82,210 100,310 90,415 84,900 81,168 87,546 14 years 97,546 81,287 97,551 90,200 83,103 79,505 15 years 116,718 95,777 80,227 94,553 89,253 79,532 16 years 118,764 112,870 90,923 77,865 92,435 86,515 17 years 136,999 113,200 109,903 87,979 75,885 88,995 18 years 105,651 136,348 114,928 111,274 88,358 73,267 19 years 114,390 102,625 133,846 114,013 106,024 84,044 20 years 124,206 113,077 100,154 130,879 110,936 100,593 21 years 101,242 120,266 111,239 97,238 130,234 107,956 22 years _ 99,113 118,211 108,728 96,409 127,515 23 years _ _ 97,726 118,538 103,554 95,216 24 years _ _ _ 95,122 114,664 99,662 25 years _ _ _ _ 92,634 109,084 26 years _ _ _ _ _ 89,641 27 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 2,778,514 2,755,902 2,735,476 2,721,326 2,678,037 2,618,229 Total 4,923,116 4,993,922 5,045,267 5,101,547 5,104,962 5,065,126 Age Class March 2021 March 2022 March 2023 Less than one year 91,039 97,920 96,726 1 year 83,303 100,190 97,331 2 years 87,784 91,412 100,633 3 years 85,814 96,054 89,936 4 years 107,307 93,408 95,585 5 years 102,582 115,442 92,659 6 years 105,029 111,212 113,829 7 years 74,969 136,339 109,525 8 years 65,009 78,653 136,562 9 years 74,663 67,965 77,587 10 years 71,701 76,802 68,434 11 years 70,785 75,776 75,897 12 years 63,338 73,973 74,525 13 years 69,430 66,801 72,022 14 years 80,726 71,811 65,992 15 years 74,744 81,835 71,236 16 years 73,208 75,312 80,736 17 years 80,011 74,637 74,937 18 years 82,481 86,497 73,809 19 years 68,028 82,754 86,814 20 years 75,326 68,578 83,571 21 years 92,578 79,769 69,079 22 years 99,094 94,072 79,267 23 years 115,139 101,533 93,654 24 years 86,385 118,453 99,299 25 years 89,650 87,727 118,331 26 years 99,097 91,289 87,958 27 years 82,222 101,200 85,919 28 years _ 83,664 99,003 29 years _ _ 83,450 Born before March 1993 2,435,319 2,458,220 2,493,005 Total 4,786,761 5,039,298 5,147,311 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.