Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Louisiana Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 8,472 8,472 0 8,472 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -6,410 26,029 24,651 1,378 28,036 20,248 7,788 Total 2,062 34,501 24,651 9,850 28,036 20,248 7,788 March 1995 Less than one year 8,672 8,672 0 8,672 0 0 0 1 year -1,628 2,711 2,530 181 3,405 1,596 1,809 Born before March 1993 -5,529 23,487 22,289 1,198 26,717 19,990 6,727 Total 1,515 34,870 24,819 10,051 30,122 21,586 8,536 March 1996 Less than one year 7,633 7,633 0 7,633 0 0 0 1 year -1,767 2,752 2,557 195 3,516 1,554 1,962 2 years -946 2,272 2,055 217 2,652 1,489 1,163 Born before March 1993 -4,438 22,416 21,435 981 23,978 18,559 5,419 Total 482 35,073 26,047 9,026 30,146 21,602 8,544 March 1997 Less than one year 8,404 8,404 0 8,404 0 0 0 1 year -1,557 2,346 2,164 182 3,069 1,330 1,739 2 years -875 2,350 2,083 267 2,648 1,506 1,142 3 years -624 1,919 1,708 211 2,329 1,494 835 Born before March 1993 -3,581 20,403 19,449 954 23,388 18,853 4,535 Total 1,767 35,422 25,404 10,018 31,434 23,183 8,251 March 1998 Less than one year 8,933 8,933 0 8,933 0 0 0 1 year -1,682 2,582 2,381 201 3,405 1,522 1,883 2 years -758 1,969 1,727 242 2,312 1,312 1,000 3 years -600 2,001 1,760 241 2,338 1,497 841 4 years -527 1,762 1,622 140 2,039 1,372 667 Born before March 1993 -3,306 19,883 18,952 931 22,131 17,894 4,237 Total 2,060 37,130 26,442 10,688 32,225 23,597 8,628 March 1999 Less than one year 8,656 8,656 0 8,656 0 0 0 1 year -1,927 2,785 2,558 227 3,657 1,503 2,154 2 years -992 2,247 1,952 295 2,646 1,359 1,287 3 years -613 1,801 1,604 197 2,045 1,235 810 4 years -572 1,755 1,571 184 2,176 1,420 756 5 years -394 1,600 1,465 135 1,823 1,294 529 Born before March 1993 -3,291 18,898 17,930 968 21,611 17,352 4,259 Total 867 37,742 27,080 10,662 33,958 24,163 9,795 March 2000 Less than one year 8,737 8,737 0 8,737 0 0 0 1 year -1,792 2,652 2,410 242 3,558 1,524 2,034 2 years -966 2,277 1,983 294 2,771 1,511 1,260 3 years -687 1,824 1,593 231 2,319 1,401 918 4 years -466 1,518 1,357 161 1,872 1,245 627 5 years -492 1,561 1,417 144 1,905 1,269 636 6 years -439 1,384 1,289 95 1,762 1,228 534 Born before March 1993 -2,960 17,487 16,655 832 20,874 17,082 3,792 Total 935 37,440 26,704 10,736 35,061 25,260 9,801 March 2001 Less than one year 8,243 8,243 0 8,243 0 0 0 1 year -2,011 2,743 2,530 213 3,862 1,638 2,224 2 years -1,239 2,151 1,891 260 2,970 1,471 1,499 3 years -860 1,885 1,641 244 2,503 1,399 1,104 4 years -658 1,642 1,440 202 2,064 1,204 860 5 years -426 1,383 1,223 160 1,775 1,189 586 6 years -411 1,426 1,300 126 1,747 1,210 537 7 years -348 1,259 1,164 95 1,609 1,166 443 Born before March 1993 -3,330 16,437 15,682 755 20,608 16,523 4,085 Total -1,040 37,169 26,871 10,298 37,138 25,800 11,338 March 2002 Less than one year 8,182 8,182 0 8,182 0 0 0 1 year -1,944 2,502 2,306 196 3,617 1,477 2,140 2 years -1,127 2,006 1,734 272 2,957 1,558 1,399 3 years -658 1,714 1,456 258 2,306 1,390 916 4 years -572 1,472 1,281 191 2,108 1,345 763 5 years -446 1,298 1,162 136 1,750 1,168 582 6 years -333 1,146 1,054 92 1,516 1,091 425 7 years -346 1,260 1,146 114 1,638 1,178 460 8 years -235 1,147 1,070 77 1,405 1,093 312 Born before March 1993 -2,687 14,814 14,073 741 19,397 15,969 3,428 Total -166 35,541 25,282 10,259 36,694 26,269 10,425 March 2003 Less than one year 7,736 7,736 0 7,736 0 0 0 1 year -1,704 2,448 2,250 198 3,497 1,595 1,902 2 years -865 2,035 1,723 312 2,643 1,466 1,177 3 years -619 1,736 1,506 230 2,326 1,477 849 4 years -503 1,503 1,334 169 1,940 1,268 672 5 years -448 1,429 1,270 159 1,769 1,162 607 6 years -319 1,180 1,047 133 1,563 1,111 452 7 years -361 1,009 926 83 1,468 1,024 444 8 years -300 1,119 1,030 89 1,460 1,071 389 9 years -250 991 925 66 1,364 1,048 316 Born before March 1993 -2,343 14,037 13,385 652 18,083 15,088 2,995 Total 24 35,223 25,396 9,827 36,113 26,310 9,803 March 2004 Less than one year 8,087 8,087 0 8,087 0 0 0 1 year -1,649 2,578 2,348 230 3,244 1,365 1,879 2 years -821 2,095 1,788 307 2,542 1,414 1,128 3 years -560 1,874 1,627 247 2,050 1,243 807 4 years -493 1,678 1,504 174 1,918 1,251 667 5 years -372 1,428 1,281 147 1,678 1,159 519 6 years -338 1,302 1,178 124 1,569 1,107 462 7 years -278 1,167 1,069 98 1,345 969 376 8 years -246 1,020 932 88 1,197 863 334 9 years -189 1,117 1,028 89 1,262 984 278 10 years -197 1,024 956 68 1,234 969 265 Born before March 1993 -1,979 13,790 13,078 712 16,943 14,252 2,691 Total 965 37,160 26,789 10,371 34,982 25,576 9,406 March 2005 Less than one year 8,254 8,254 0 8,254 0 0 0 1 year -1,688 2,345 2,136 209 3,559 1,662 1,897 2 years -797 1,846 1,586 260 2,667 1,610 1,057 3 years -542 1,636 1,400 236 2,330 1,552 778 4 years -381 1,569 1,375 194 2,018 1,443 575 5 years -371 1,379 1,243 136 1,814 1,307 507 6 years -265 1,274 1,142 132 1,656 1,259 397 7 years -276 1,141 1,044 97 1,508 1,135 373 8 years -205 991 902 89 1,382 1,088 294 9 years -210 837 762 75 1,234 949 285 10 years -209 956 890 66 1,334 1,059 275 11 years -192 844 792 52 1,225 981 244 Born before March 1993 -2,058 12,720 12,168 552 16,831 14,221 2,610 Total 1,060 35,792 25,440 10,352 37,558 28,266 9,292 March 2006 Less than one year 8,280 8,280 0 8,280 0 0 0 1 year -2,048 2,333 2,099 234 3,677 1,395 2,282 2 years -1,168 1,916 1,635 281 2,764 1,315 1,449 3 years -818 1,537 1,361 176 2,250 1,256 994 4 years -714 1,504 1,320 184 2,134 1,236 898 5 years -602 1,347 1,213 134 1,954 1,218 736 6 years -492 1,251 1,144 107 1,817 1,218 599 7 years -517 1,137 1,043 94 1,678 1,067 611 8 years -394 1,024 924 100 1,532 1,038 494 9 years -388 851 783 68 1,425 969 456 10 years -343 772 698 74 1,237 820 417 11 years -354 871 818 53 1,327 920 407 12 years -318 836 795 41 1,219 860 359 Born before March 1993 -3,676 11,727 11,246 481 18,182 14,025 4,157 Total -3,552 35,386 25,079 10,307 41,196 27,337 13,859 March 2007 Less than one year 8,742 8,742 0 8,742 0 0 0 1 year -1,900 2,838 2,624 214 3,513 1,399 2,114 2 years -723 2,436 2,052 384 2,274 1,167 1,107 3 years -456 2,088 1,768 320 1,863 1,087 776 4 years -399 1,729 1,502 227 1,628 1,002 626 5 years -251 1,705 1,483 222 1,541 1,068 473 6 years -280 1,576 1,406 170 1,441 991 450 7 years -214 1,363 1,236 127 1,341 1,000 341 8 years -214 1,368 1,223 145 1,191 832 359 9 years -174 1,227 1,100 127 1,109 808 301 10 years -144 1,065 949 116 994 734 260 11 years -87 984 868 116 838 635 203 12 years -140 993 913 80 951 731 220 13 years -109 1,011 930 81 864 674 190 Born before March 1993 -1,353 14,586 13,584 1,002 13,043 10,688 2,355 Total 2,298 43,711 31,638 12,073 32,591 22,816 9,775 March 2008 Less than one year 8,631 8,631 0 8,631 0 0 0 1 year -1,837 2,472 2,213 259 3,975 1,879 2,096 2 years -909 1,848 1,537 311 2,938 1,718 1,220 3 years -563 1,641 1,342 299 2,371 1,509 862 4 years -439 1,434 1,235 199 2,037 1,399 638 5 years -325 1,272 1,095 177 1,727 1,225 502 6 years -301 1,232 1,094 138 1,758 1,319 439 7 years -216 1,111 994 117 1,554 1,221 333 8 years -207 1,076 961 115 1,435 1,113 322 9 years -201 955 861 94 1,354 1,059 295 10 years -201 903 824 79 1,233 953 280 11 years -160 780 698 82 1,162 920 242 12 years -113 693 630 63 995 819 176 13 years -123 771 709 62 1,042 857 185 14 years -121 757 707 50 983 812 171 Born before March 1993 -1,458 11,358 10,747 611 14,516 12,447 2,069 Total 1,457 36,934 25,647 11,287 39,080 29,250 9,830 March 2009 Less than one year 7,763 7,763 0 7,763 0 0 0 1 year -2,008 2,293 2,062 231 3,818 1,579 2,239 2 years -1,116 1,914 1,627 287 2,981 1,578 1,403 3 years -762 1,569 1,316 253 2,365 1,350 1,015 4 years -505 1,371 1,188 183 1,965 1,277 688 5 years -366 1,216 1,051 165 1,745 1,214 531 6 years -338 1,068 946 122 1,547 1,087 460 7 years -288 1,093 987 106 1,533 1,139 394 8 years -308 955 864 91 1,460 1,061 399 9 years -223 953 878 75 1,316 1,018 298 10 years -233 871 790 81 1,278 964 314 11 years -177 819 739 80 1,116 859 257 12 years -154 723 659 64 1,039 821 218 13 years -119 673 621 52 888 717 171 14 years -140 684 626 58 1,022 824 198 15 years -133 680 637 43 953 777 176 Born before March 1993 -1,593 10,139 9,656 483 14,447 12,371 2,076 Total -700 34,784 24,647 10,137 39,473 28,636 10,837 March 2010 Less than one year 6,904 6,904 0 6,904 0 0 0 1 year -1,863 2,005 1,784 221 3,478 1,394 2,084 2 years -1,061 1,818 1,493 325 2,811 1,425 1,386 3 years -819 1,570 1,322 248 2,481 1,414 1,067 4 years -566 1,270 1,067 203 2,059 1,290 769 5 years -441 1,186 1,027 159 1,779 1,179 600 6 years -346 1,062 933 129 1,589 1,114 475 7 years -279 986 881 105 1,383 999 384 8 years -259 1,017 917 100 1,404 1,045 359 9 years -241 836 755 81 1,317 995 322 10 years -214 855 796 59 1,237 964 273 11 years -208 768 710 58 1,164 898 266 12 years -193 710 646 64 1,102 845 257 13 years -168 620 566 54 1,020 798 222 14 years -155 543 497 46 910 709 201 15 years -148 635 594 41 937 748 189 16 years -150 579 543 36 951 765 186 Born before March 1993 -1,611 9,087 8,609 478 14,249 12,160 2,089 Total -1,818 32,451 23,140 9,311 39,871 28,742 11,129 March 2011 Less than one year 7,150 7,150 0 7,150 0 0 0 1 year -1,605 2,208 1,980 228 2,954 1,121 1,833 2 years -746 2,104 1,732 372 2,274 1,156 1,118 3 years -546 1,953 1,623 330 2,086 1,210 876 4 years -413 1,728 1,436 292 1,836 1,131 705 5 years -372 1,450 1,242 208 1,530 950 580 6 years -289 1,342 1,168 174 1,410 947 463 7 years -237 1,220 1,064 156 1,255 862 393 8 years -185 1,056 931 125 1,141 831 310 9 years -190 1,130 1,010 120 1,186 876 310 10 years -131 1,008 906 102 1,091 858 233 11 years -163 984 900 84 1,002 755 247 12 years -133 897 802 95 950 722 228 13 years -102 871 779 92 871 677 194 14 years -109 724 645 79 813 625 188 15 years -126 679 617 62 691 503 188 16 years -89 707 643 64 790 637 153 17 years -83 724 663 61 731 587 144 Born before March 1993 -1,231 10,318 9,684 634 12,080 10,215 1,865 Total 400 38,253 27,825 10,428 34,691 24,663 10,028 March 2012 Less than one year 7,457 7,457 0 7,457 0 0 0 1 year -1,666 1,903 1,722 181 3,219 1,372 1,847 2 years -654 1,682 1,326 356 2,245 1,235 1,010 3 years -501 1,678 1,402 276 2,022 1,245 777 4 years -421 1,552 1,314 238 1,947 1,288 659 5 years -391 1,391 1,164 227 1,824 1,206 618 6 years -313 1,155 1,005 150 1,537 1,074 463 7 years -257 1,067 931 136 1,453 1,060 393 8 years -210 1,028 908 120 1,270 940 330 9 years -169 934 835 99 1,142 874 268 10 years -197 919 832 87 1,245 961 284 11 years -158 848 768 80 1,128 890 238 12 years -148 790 729 61 1,091 882 209 13 years -106 789 698 91 981 784 197 14 years -124 764 700 64 862 674 188 15 years -102 648 590 58 791 631 160 16 years -83 550 497 53 708 572 136 17 years -83 677 624 53 736 600 136 18 years -68 649 597 52 755 635 120 Born before March 1993 -1,154 9,813 9,241 572 11,854 10,128 1,726 Total 652 36,294 25,883 10,411 36,810 27,051 9,759 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.