Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Missouri Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 70,900 77,348 74,003 91,860 83,711 92,886 1 year _ 71,585 76,792 72,265 92,755 82,921 2 years _ _ 70,970 77,629 70,038 91,052 3 years _ _ _ 71,994 74,826 67,870 4 years _ _ _ _ 70,407 71,684 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 67,714 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 1,901,155 1,891,264 1,843,757 1,816,609 1,777,009 1,725,321 Total 1,972,055 2,040,197 2,065,522 2,130,357 2,168,746 2,199,448 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 77,091 73,835 80,129 72,628 61,835 69,174 1 year 90,947 76,692 70,877 73,458 69,915 61,036 2 years 81,314 82,255 71,684 68,769 70,076 67,107 3 years 86,945 77,369 76,796 68,851 69,429 68,977 4 years 65,614 86,534 71,675 71,956 68,148 67,291 5 years 68,644 62,457 79,380 68,480 68,679 68,907 6 years 68,466 64,166 57,729 75,652 67,380 66,759 7 years _ 64,734 60,625 54,967 74,873 65,539 8 years _ _ 61,492 56,835 53,396 73,418 9 years _ _ _ 59,991 55,783 52,217 10 years _ _ _ _ 59,371 54,221 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 57,718 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,696,268 1,639,919 1,550,270 1,490,724 1,447,178 1,431,354 Total 2,235,289 2,227,961 2,180,657 2,162,311 2,166,063 2,203,718 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 67,363 67,447 65,710 56,704 45,279 50,354 1 year 68,480 63,412 62,233 60,726 51,244 40,994 2 years 59,070 66,605 59,783 57,483 52,589 49,935 3 years 65,541 58,343 64,646 54,763 55,396 51,086 4 years 67,650 63,807 55,837 59,604 50,910 51,554 5 years 64,945 65,851 61,383 50,995 55,098 49,016 6 years 69,106 64,124 64,763 57,735 47,104 53,252 7 years 66,022 66,163 62,049 59,160 54,526 46,884 8 years 65,798 65,522 62,786 55,859 55,478 53,545 9 years 70,404 64,116 63,000 57,197 54,960 55,827 10 years 50,342 68,144 60,079 57,825 53,898 53,922 11 years 53,237 48,750 65,668 56,049 54,042 52,463 12 years 57,134 50,848 46,131 58,908 53,708 52,341 13 years _ 56,971 49,497 42,024 56,520 52,509 14 years _ _ 54,915 45,860 40,354 55,037 15 years _ _ _ 50,818 44,040 41,447 16 years _ _ _ _ 48,230 43,361 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 47,006 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,410,861 1,390,867 1,360,002 1,279,068 1,222,601 1,208,185 Total 2,235,953 2,260,970 2,258,482 2,160,778 2,095,977 2,108,718 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 51,725 1 year 48,891 2 years 40,377 3 years 49,087 4 years 50,089 5 years 51,842 6 years 49,447 7 years 52,238 8 years 46,294 9 years 52,749 10 years 53,487 11 years 53,217 12 years 49,622 13 years 55,493 14 years 50,435 15 years 55,501 16 years 41,500 17 years 42,642 18 years 46,106 Born before March 1993 1,201,743 Total 2,142,485 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.