Table 7. Survival of private sector establishments by opening year Total Private Mississippi Surviving Total Employment Survival Rates Survival Rates of Average Employment Establishments of Survivors Since Birth Previous Year's of Survivors Survivors Annual openings Year ended: March 1994 March 1994 4,873 44,381 100.0 _ 9.1 March 1995 3,887 51,277 79.8 79.8 13.2 March 1996 3,362 50,282 69.0 86.5 15.0 March 1997 2,958 49,364 60.7 88.0 16.7 March 1998 2,658 50,261 54.5 89.9 18.9 March 1999 2,360 49,562 48.4 88.8 21.0 March 2000 2,170 50,026 44.5 91.9 23.1 March 2001 1,960 44,933 40.2 90.3 22.9 March 2002 1,830 43,415 37.6 93.4 23.7 March 2003 1,737 41,860 35.6 94.9 24.1 March 2004 1,652 40,352 33.9 95.1 24.4 March 2005 1,581 35,493 32.4 95.7 22.4 March 2006 1,454 28,569 29.8 92.0 19.6 March 2007 1,375 29,421 28.2 94.6 21.4 March 2008 1,352 29,911 27.7 98.3 22.1 March 2009 1,267 26,700 26.0 93.7 21.1 March 2010 1,196 24,771 24.5 94.4 20.7 March 2011 1,146 24,077 23.5 95.8 21.0 March 2012 1,086 23,504 22.3 94.8 21.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 1995 March 1995 4,467 33,558 100.0 _ 7.5 March 1996 3,494 31,185 78.2 78.2 8.9 March 1997 3,019 33,149 67.6 86.4 11.0 March 1998 2,650 32,880 59.3 87.8 12.4 March 1999 2,370 31,586 53.1 89.4 13.3 March 2000 2,159 30,433 48.3 91.1 14.1 March 2001 1,935 28,187 43.3 89.6 14.6 March 2002 1,773 27,578 39.7 91.6 15.6 March 2003 1,639 25,969 36.7 92.4 15.8 March 2004 1,545 25,272 34.6 94.3 16.4 March 2005 1,517 23,961 34.0 98.2 15.8 March 2006 1,388 22,094 31.1 91.5 15.9 March 2007 1,330 21,892 29.8 95.8 16.5 March 2008 1,252 20,909 28.0 94.1 16.7 March 2009 1,163 19,603 26.0 92.9 16.9 March 2010 1,118 18,500 25.0 96.1 16.5 March 2011 1,071 18,102 24.0 95.8 16.9 March 2012 1,027 17,712 23.0 95.9 17.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 1996 March 1996 5,240 36,521 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1997 4,104 34,958 78.3 78.3 8.5 March 1998 3,537 33,839 67.5 86.2 9.6 March 1999 3,109 31,655 59.3 87.9 10.2 March 2000 2,826 31,384 53.9 90.9 11.1 March 2001 2,510 29,175 47.9 88.8 11.6 March 2002 2,283 28,993 43.6 91.0 12.7 March 2003 2,099 26,285 40.1 91.9 12.5 March 2004 1,961 25,363 37.4 93.4 12.9 March 2005 1,837 25,273 35.1 93.7 13.8 March 2006 1,677 26,972 32.0 91.3 16.1 March 2007 1,602 25,353 30.6 95.5 15.8 March 2008 1,535 24,155 29.3 95.8 15.7 March 2009 1,399 21,750 26.7 91.1 15.5 March 2010 1,311 20,815 25.0 93.7 15.9 March 2011 1,282 21,007 24.5 97.8 16.4 March 2012 1,200 20,747 22.9 93.6 17.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 1997 March 1997 4,984 34,972 100.0 _ 7.0 March 1998 3,903 34,370 78.3 78.3 8.8 March 1999 3,257 36,332 65.3 83.4 11.2 March 2000 2,876 35,908 57.7 88.3 12.5 March 2001 2,538 31,186 50.9 88.2 12.3 March 2002 2,308 29,186 46.3 90.9 12.6 March 2003 2,108 27,734 42.3 91.3 13.2 March 2004 1,938 27,870 38.9 91.9 14.4 March 2005 1,816 27,847 36.4 93.7 15.3 March 2006 1,675 25,005 33.6 92.2 14.9 March 2007 1,580 26,016 31.7 94.3 16.5 March 2008 1,467 25,868 29.4 92.8 17.6 March 2009 1,390 22,651 27.9 94.8 16.3 March 2010 1,294 21,696 26.0 93.1 16.8 March 2011 1,217 21,882 24.4 94.0 18.0 March 2012 1,191 21,264 23.9 97.9 17.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1998 March 1998 5,132 34,216 100.0 _ 6.7 March 1999 3,936 33,073 76.7 76.7 8.4 March 2000 3,333 31,005 64.9 84.7 9.3 March 2001 2,865 27,413 55.8 86.0 9.6 March 2002 2,554 26,671 49.8 89.1 10.4 March 2003 2,355 25,737 45.9 92.2 10.9 March 2004 2,210 24,626 43.1 93.8 11.1 March 2005 2,055 26,189 40.0 93.0 12.7 March 2006 1,866 25,958 36.4 90.8 13.9 March 2007 1,757 25,017 34.2 94.2 14.2 March 2008 1,664 24,453 32.4 94.7 14.7 March 2009 1,538 22,978 30.0 92.4 14.9 March 2010 1,432 21,801 27.9 93.1 15.2 March 2011 1,365 21,207 26.6 95.3 15.5 March 2012 1,305 20,767 25.4 95.6 15.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 1999 March 1999 5,478 34,795 100.0 _ 6.4 March 2000 4,259 30,999 77.7 77.7 7.3 March 2001 3,533 28,028 64.5 83.0 7.9 March 2002 3,122 29,078 57.0 88.4 9.3 March 2003 2,793 25,252 51.0 89.5 9.0 March 2004 2,560 24,210 46.7 91.7 9.5 March 2005 2,363 23,851 43.1 92.3 10.1 March 2006 2,183 23,176 39.9 92.4 10.6 March 2007 2,094 22,415 38.2 95.9 10.7 March 2008 2,007 22,114 36.6 95.8 11.0 March 2009 1,826 19,758 33.3 91.0 10.8 March 2010 1,724 19,346 31.5 94.4 11.2 March 2011 1,619 18,318 29.6 93.9 11.3 March 2012 1,531 18,019 27.9 94.6 11.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2000 March 2000 5,037 33,230 100.0 _ 6.6 March 2001 3,766 30,178 74.8 74.8 8.0 March 2002 3,203 28,120 63.6 85.1 8.8 March 2003 2,814 25,337 55.9 87.9 9.0 March 2004 2,627 25,344 52.2 93.4 9.6 March 2005 2,375 25,728 47.2 90.4 10.8 March 2006 2,210 25,290 43.9 93.1 11.4 March 2007 2,039 24,056 40.5 92.3 11.8 March 2008 1,906 22,723 37.8 93.5 11.9 March 2009 1,763 20,722 35.0 92.5 11.8 March 2010 1,648 19,983 32.7 93.5 12.1 March 2011 1,557 19,974 30.9 94.5 12.8 March 2012 1,492 19,198 29.6 95.8 12.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2001 March 2001 4,813 33,871 100.0 _ 7.0 March 2002 3,692 29,717 76.7 76.7 8.0 March 2003 3,158 27,824 65.6 85.5 8.8 March 2004 2,846 26,300 59.1 90.1 9.2 March 2005 2,572 25,676 53.4 90.4 10.0 March 2006 2,334 25,382 48.5 90.7 10.9 March 2007 2,170 25,419 45.1 93.0 11.7 March 2008 2,018 23,810 41.9 93.0 11.8 March 2009 1,830 21,666 38.0 90.7 11.8 March 2010 1,701 20,781 35.3 93.0 12.2 March 2011 1,602 20,283 33.3 94.2 12.7 March 2012 1,534 21,819 31.9 95.8 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2002 March 2002 4,596 29,675 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2003 3,572 28,166 77.7 77.7 7.9 March 2004 3,045 30,146 66.3 85.2 9.9 March 2005 2,748 29,523 59.8 90.2 10.7 March 2006 2,422 28,516 52.7 88.1 11.8 March 2007 2,233 27,215 48.6 92.2 12.2 March 2008 2,069 25,165 45.0 92.7 12.2 March 2009 1,879 23,498 40.9 90.8 12.5 March 2010 1,742 22,057 37.9 92.7 12.7 March 2011 1,617 22,350 35.2 92.8 13.8 March 2012 1,505 21,444 32.7 93.1 14.2 Annual openings Year ended: March 2003 March 2003 4,760 27,045 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2004 3,800 27,912 79.8 79.8 7.3 March 2005 3,260 28,304 68.5 85.8 8.7 March 2006 2,874 26,179 60.4 88.2 9.1 March 2007 2,620 25,267 55.0 91.2 9.6 March 2008 2,382 24,286 50.0 90.9 10.2 March 2009 2,114 20,930 44.4 88.7 9.9 March 2010 1,960 20,428 41.2 92.7 10.4 March 2011 1,826 20,688 38.4 93.2 11.3 March 2012 1,708 20,641 35.9 93.5 12.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2004 March 2004 4,778 27,611 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2005 3,764 26,847 78.8 78.8 7.1 March 2006 3,214 26,938 67.3 85.4 8.4 March 2007 2,908 26,338 60.9 90.5 9.1 March 2008 2,571 26,099 53.8 88.4 10.2 March 2009 2,283 23,482 47.8 88.8 10.3 March 2010 2,113 22,107 44.2 92.6 10.5 March 2011 1,982 22,146 41.5 93.8 11.2 March 2012 1,882 21,468 39.4 95.0 11.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2005 March 2005 4,872 27,209 100.0 _ 5.6 March 2006 3,776 29,130 77.5 77.5 7.7 March 2007 3,281 28,850 67.3 86.9 8.8 March 2008 2,925 28,935 60.0 89.1 9.9 March 2009 2,556 25,646 52.5 87.4 10.0 March 2010 2,285 24,569 46.9 89.4 10.8 March 2011 2,108 24,275 43.3 92.3 11.5 March 2012 1,975 24,309 40.5 93.7 12.3 Annual openings Year ended: March 2006 March 2006 5,033 32,617 100.0 _ 6.5 March 2007 3,896 30,746 77.4 77.4 7.9 March 2008 3,286 28,475 65.3 84.3 8.7 March 2009 2,788 25,694 55.4 84.8 9.2 March 2010 2,483 24,248 49.3 89.1 9.8 March 2011 2,270 23,810 45.1 91.4 10.5 March 2012 2,092 23,225 41.6 92.2 11.1 Annual openings Year ended: March 2007 March 2007 5,244 30,198 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2008 4,046 28,037 77.2 77.2 6.9 March 2009 3,352 23,923 63.9 82.8 7.1 March 2010 2,942 21,906 56.1 87.8 7.4 March 2011 2,636 22,131 50.3 89.6 8.4 March 2012 2,422 20,355 46.2 91.9 8.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2008 March 2008 4,980 28,774 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2009 3,757 24,328 75.4 75.4 6.5 March 2010 3,111 22,579 62.5 82.8 7.3 March 2011 2,745 21,817 55.1 88.2 7.9 March 2012 2,487 21,445 49.9 90.6 8.6 Annual openings Year ended: March 2009 March 2009 4,232 24,252 100.0 _ 5.7 March 2010 3,171 21,503 74.9 74.9 6.8 March 2011 2,789 21,950 65.9 88.0 7.9 March 2012 2,495 22,330 59.0 89.5 8.9 Annual openings Year ended: March 2010 March 2010 3,699 21,326 100.0 _ 5.8 March 2011 2,848 18,887 77.0 77.0 6.6 March 2012 2,462 18,314 66.6 86.4 7.4 Annual openings Year ended: March 2011 March 2011 3,976 21,875 100.0 _ 5.5 March 2012 3,059 20,675 76.9 76.9 6.8 Annual openings Year ended: March 2012 March 2012 4,140 22,831 100.0 _ 5.5 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.