Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Minnesota 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 9,728 9,728 0 9,728 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -6,413 34,658 31,978 2,680 34,708 25,615 9,093 Total 3,315 44,386 31,978 12,408 34,708 25,615 9,093 March 1995 Less than one year 9,670 9,670 0 9,670 0 0 0 1 year -1,926 2,895 2,595 300 3,815 1,589 2,226 Born before March 1993 -6,293 32,983 30,509 2,474 33,243 24,476 8,767 Total 1,451 45,548 33,104 12,444 37,058 26,065 10,993 March 1996 Less than one year 10,169 10,169 0 10,169 0 0 0 1 year -1,756 3,069 2,720 349 3,733 1,628 2,105 2 years -974 2,603 2,213 390 2,855 1,491 1,364 Born before March 1993 -5,517 29,594 27,487 2,107 32,085 24,461 7,624 Total 1,922 45,435 32,420 13,015 38,673 27,580 11,093 March 1997 Less than one year 9,695 9,695 0 9,695 0 0 0 1 year -2,065 3,082 2,701 381 3,998 1,552 2,446 2 years -1,137 2,593 2,187 406 3,004 1,461 1,543 3 years -820 2,262 1,971 291 2,485 1,374 1,111 Born before March 1993 -6,000 27,512 25,752 1,760 30,937 23,177 7,760 Total -327 45,144 32,611 12,533 40,424 27,564 12,860 March 1998 Less than one year 10,394 10,394 0 10,394 0 0 0 1 year -1,313 3,373 2,712 661 3,461 1,487 1,974 2 years -574 2,885 2,226 659 2,844 1,611 1,233 3 years -408 2,456 1,956 500 2,304 1,396 908 4 years -333 2,128 1,717 411 2,104 1,360 744 Born before March 1993 -2,878 27,838 24,956 2,882 27,598 21,838 5,760 Total 4,888 49,074 33,567 15,507 38,311 27,692 10,619 March 1999 Less than one year 8,367 8,367 0 8,367 0 0 0 1 year -1,740 3,376 2,815 561 3,789 1,488 2,301 2 years -896 2,911 2,319 592 2,930 1,442 1,488 3 years -669 2,552 2,099 453 2,605 1,483 1,122 4 years -493 2,166 1,795 371 2,236 1,372 864 5 years -403 1,869 1,573 296 1,968 1,269 699 Born before March 1993 -3,777 25,661 23,442 2,219 27,390 21,394 5,996 Total 389 46,902 34,043 12,859 40,918 28,448 12,470 March 2000 Less than one year 8,872 8,872 0 8,872 0 0 0 1 year -1,418 2,691 2,303 388 3,128 1,322 1,806 2 years -1,071 2,904 2,381 523 3,127 1,533 1,594 3 years -680 2,615 2,180 435 2,552 1,437 1,115 4 years -529 2,306 1,990 316 2,328 1,483 845 5 years -420 2,003 1,728 275 1,951 1,256 695 6 years -364 1,780 1,529 251 1,821 1,206 615 Born before March 1993 -3,670 25,186 23,540 1,646 25,565 20,249 5,316 Total 720 48,357 35,651 12,706 40,472 28,486 11,986 March 2001 Less than one year 11,147 11,147 0 11,147 0 0 0 1 year -1,596 2,849 2,415 434 3,571 1,541 2,030 2 years -826 2,292 1,847 445 2,641 1,370 1,271 3 years -775 2,500 2,004 496 2,823 1,552 1,271 4 years -658 2,122 1,766 356 2,469 1,455 1,014 5 years -505 2,086 1,797 289 2,210 1,416 794 6 years -445 1,670 1,418 252 2,043 1,346 697 7 years -361 1,568 1,389 179 1,733 1,193 540 Born before March 1993 -3,611 22,504 20,866 1,638 26,118 20,869 5,249 Total 2,370 48,738 33,502 15,236 43,608 30,742 12,866 March 2002 Less than one year 8,442 8,442 0 8,442 0 0 0 1 year -2,255 3,052 2,603 449 4,674 1,970 2,704 2 years -1,032 2,213 1,795 418 2,948 1,498 1,450 3 years -747 1,787 1,475 312 2,500 1,441 1,059 4 years -659 2,084 1,731 353 2,677 1,665 1,012 5 years -564 1,798 1,464 334 2,462 1,564 898 6 years -511 1,663 1,451 212 2,274 1,551 723 7 years -386 1,439 1,224 215 1,943 1,342 601 8 years -416 1,326 1,169 157 1,799 1,226 573 Born before March 1993 -3,550 19,662 18,171 1,491 26,490 21,449 5,041 Total -1,678 43,466 31,083 12,383 47,767 33,706 14,061 March 2003 Less than one year 10,155 10,155 0 10,155 0 0 0 1 year -1,361 2,621 2,322 299 3,452 1,792 1,660 2 years -1,049 2,723 2,203 520 3,320 1,751 1,569 3 years -607 1,961 1,608 353 2,349 1,389 960 4 years -435 1,684 1,374 310 2,001 1,256 745 5 years -426 1,886 1,518 368 2,292 1,498 794 6 years -352 1,686 1,383 303 2,021 1,366 655 7 years -331 1,615 1,383 232 1,915 1,352 563 8 years -253 1,387 1,174 213 1,677 1,211 466 9 years -230 1,277 1,110 167 1,482 1,085 397 Born before March 1993 -2,883 19,060 17,632 1,428 23,781 19,470 4,311 Total 2,228 46,055 31,707 14,348 44,290 32,170 12,120 March 2004 Less than one year 10,002 10,002 0 10,002 0 0 0 1 year -1,627 2,943 2,529 414 3,824 1,783 2,041 2 years -865 2,209 1,843 366 2,852 1,621 1,231 3 years -745 2,345 1,905 440 2,819 1,634 1,185 4 years -487 1,778 1,462 316 2,044 1,241 803 5 years -516 1,471 1,259 212 1,898 1,170 728 6 years -619 1,635 1,371 264 2,224 1,341 883 7 years -543 1,527 1,288 239 2,039 1,257 782 8 years -463 1,473 1,295 178 1,864 1,223 641 9 years -383 1,318 1,158 160 1,692 1,149 543 10 years -317 1,164 1,032 132 1,461 1,012 449 Born before March 1993 -4,179 18,165 16,946 1,219 23,606 18,208 5,398 Total -742 46,030 32,088 13,942 46,323 31,639 14,684 March 2005 Less than one year 9,556 9,556 0 9,556 0 0 0 1 year -1,897 2,817 2,462 355 4,025 1,773 2,252 2 years -1,082 2,522 2,055 467 3,325 1,776 1,549 3 years -742 1,902 1,620 282 2,569 1,545 1,024 4 years -735 2,041 1,696 345 2,701 1,621 1,080 5 years -524 1,520 1,282 238 2,081 1,319 762 6 years -439 1,348 1,110 238 1,853 1,176 677 7 years -520 1,550 1,270 280 2,091 1,291 800 8 years -458 1,418 1,160 258 1,964 1,248 716 9 years -452 1,304 1,102 202 1,885 1,231 654 10 years -398 1,181 993 188 1,728 1,142 586 11 years -346 1,101 952 149 1,496 1,001 495 Born before March 1993 -3,623 17,152 15,562 1,590 23,552 18,339 5,213 Total -1,660 45,412 31,264 14,148 49,270 33,462 15,808 March 2006 Less than one year 10,889 10,889 0 10,889 0 0 0 1 year -787 3,361 2,523 838 3,664 2,039 1,625 2 years -266 2,830 2,072 758 2,899 1,875 1,024 3 years -46 2,616 1,881 735 2,569 1,788 781 4 years -18 2,082 1,586 496 1,974 1,460 514 5 years 29 2,229 1,615 614 2,177 1,592 585 6 years 48 1,657 1,172 485 1,690 1,253 437 7 years 192 1,630 1,119 511 1,417 1,098 319 8 years 250 1,787 1,164 623 1,668 1,295 373 9 years 216 1,735 1,140 595 1,561 1,182 379 10 years 191 1,594 1,103 491 1,439 1,139 300 11 years 91 1,403 986 417 1,349 1,023 326 12 years 125 1,271 902 369 1,225 981 244 Born before March 1993 1,263 19,490 15,640 3,850 19,936 17,349 2,587 Total 12,177 54,574 32,903 21,671 43,568 34,074 9,494 March 2007 Less than one year 9,742 9,742 0 9,742 0 0 0 1 year -2,733 2,738 2,602 136 5,028 2,159 2,869 2 years -1,794 2,219 1,958 261 3,778 1,723 2,055 3 years -1,307 2,011 1,820 191 3,100 1,602 1,498 4 years -1,162 1,775 1,595 180 2,887 1,545 1,342 5 years -720 1,503 1,356 147 2,245 1,378 867 6 years -801 1,617 1,436 181 2,436 1,454 982 7 years -607 1,215 1,110 105 1,872 1,160 712 8 years -514 1,065 988 77 1,696 1,105 591 9 years -569 1,253 1,166 87 1,883 1,227 656 10 years -552 1,132 1,050 82 1,742 1,108 634 11 years -472 1,069 994 75 1,658 1,111 547 12 years -378 969 899 70 1,450 1,002 448 13 years -328 936 875 61 1,333 944 389 Born before March 1993 -3,949 15,333 14,739 594 21,193 16,650 4,543 Total -6,144 44,577 32,588 11,989 52,301 34,168 18,133 March 2008 Less than one year 14,098 14,098 0 14,098 0 0 0 1 year -2,166 2,338 2,138 200 3,861 1,495 2,366 2 years -1,382 2,347 1,947 400 3,610 1,828 1,782 3 years -1,153 1,907 1,622 285 2,883 1,445 1,438 4 years -967 1,718 1,469 249 2,656 1,440 1,216 5 years -813 1,627 1,395 232 2,437 1,392 1,045 6 years -450 1,437 1,234 203 1,894 1,241 653 7 years -620 1,465 1,285 180 2,167 1,367 800 8 years -424 1,136 976 160 1,603 1,019 584 9 years -371 1,061 928 133 1,389 885 504 10 years -386 1,165 1,011 154 1,623 1,083 540 11 years -371 1,021 883 138 1,510 1,001 509 12 years -278 1,073 952 121 1,385 986 399 13 years -258 915 814 101 1,261 902 359 14 years -224 858 763 95 1,209 890 319 Born before March 1993 -2,864 14,552 13,641 911 19,529 15,754 3,775 Total 1,371 48,718 31,058 17,660 49,017 32,728 16,289 March 2009 Less than one year 7,297 7,297 0 7,297 0 0 0 1 year -3,854 3,136 2,674 462 6,618 2,302 4,316 2 years -1,550 1,769 1,438 331 3,364 1,483 1,881 3 years -1,145 1,881 1,558 323 3,185 1,717 1,468 4 years -1,027 1,426 1,185 241 2,740 1,472 1,268 5 years -876 1,348 1,176 172 2,502 1,454 1,048 6 years -760 1,306 1,096 210 2,319 1,349 970 7 years -592 1,076 952 124 1,955 1,239 716 8 years -680 1,220 1,062 158 2,187 1,349 838 9 years -513 861 746 115 1,672 1,044 628 10 years -443 756 654 102 1,543 998 545 11 years -531 879 776 103 1,803 1,169 634 12 years -426 838 745 93 1,561 1,042 519 13 years -443 808 730 78 1,588 1,067 521 14 years -372 692 626 66 1,365 927 438 15 years -290 694 617 77 1,275 908 367 Born before March 1993 -3,494 11,315 10,599 716 21,549 17,339 4,210 Total -9,699 37,302 26,634 10,668 57,226 36,859 20,367 March 2010 Less than one year 8,472 8,472 0 8,472 0 0 0 1 year -1,509 1,815 1,537 278 2,989 1,202 1,787 2 years -1,307 2,738 2,154 584 3,967 2,076 1,891 3 years -649 1,618 1,311 307 2,250 1,294 956 4 years -541 1,606 1,368 238 2,255 1,476 779 5 years -433 1,316 1,105 211 1,888 1,244 644 6 years -400 1,286 1,087 199 1,822 1,223 599 7 years -392 1,163 996 167 1,823 1,264 559 8 years -328 1,012 893 119 1,559 1,112 447 9 years -333 1,092 933 159 1,728 1,236 492 10 years -210 875 742 133 1,250 907 343 11 years -184 781 673 108 1,174 882 292 12 years -206 878 744 134 1,367 1,027 340 13 years -231 791 685 106 1,251 914 337 14 years -177 833 721 112 1,264 975 289 15 years -135 729 629 100 1,080 845 235 16 years -135 690 606 84 1,072 853 219 Born before March 1993 -1,904 11,700 10,868 832 18,297 15,561 2,736 Total -602 39,395 27,052 12,343 47,036 34,091 12,945 March 2011 Less than one year 7,866 7,866 0 7,866 0 0 0 1 year -1,641 2,420 2,116 304 3,287 1,342 1,945 2 years -702 1,806 1,490 316 2,079 1,061 1,018 3 years -837 2,659 2,085 574 3,148 1,737 1,411 4 years -375 1,569 1,249 320 1,859 1,164 695 5 years -337 1,694 1,410 284 1,885 1,264 621 6 years -283 1,400 1,168 232 1,595 1,080 515 7 years -227 1,388 1,166 222 1,439 990 449 8 years -219 1,327 1,114 213 1,432 1,000 432 9 years -158 1,172 1,019 153 1,188 877 311 10 years -173 1,278 1,080 198 1,327 956 371 11 years -137 935 794 141 1,007 729 278 12 years -115 831 722 109 961 737 224 13 years -155 960 836 124 1,103 824 279 14 years -85 954 826 128 985 772 213 15 years -101 911 810 101 992 790 202 16 years -81 836 730 106 870 683 187 17 years -100 733 647 86 867 681 186 Born before March 1993 -1,331 13,216 12,339 877 14,716 12,508 2,208 Total 809 43,955 31,601 12,354 40,740 29,195 11,545 March 2012 Less than one year 9,522 9,522 0 9,522 0 0 0 1 year -1,541 2,304 2,040 264 3,011 1,206 1,805 2 years -841 2,179 1,808 371 2,495 1,283 1,212 3 years -407 1,698 1,378 320 1,748 1,021 727 4 years -644 2,518 2,054 464 2,739 1,631 1,108 5 years -294 1,543 1,266 277 1,588 1,017 571 6 years -289 1,677 1,438 239 1,645 1,117 528 7 years -233 1,393 1,180 213 1,404 958 446 8 years -190 1,327 1,137 190 1,366 986 380 9 years -199 1,337 1,130 207 1,310 904 406 10 years -164 1,056 943 113 1,141 864 277 11 years -172 1,176 1,013 163 1,308 973 335 12 years -149 886 770 116 972 707 265 13 years N N 748 N 889 674 215 14 years -140 1,003 879 124 1,003 739 264 15 years -114 915 797 118 975 743 232 16 years -81 919 805 114 966 771 195 17 years N N 698 N 859 654 205 18 years -71 727 649 78 768 619 149 Born before March 1993 -1,445 13,417 12,617 800 14,357 12,112 2,245 Total 2,341 47,256 33,350 13,906 40,544 28,979 11,565 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.