Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Retail Trade Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 686,950 701,792 684,436 708,802 667,644 681,767 1 year _ 688,800 683,954 669,511 692,188 665,396 2 years _ _ 667,473 662,842 652,468 683,022 3 years _ _ _ 654,239 641,726 637,483 4 years _ _ _ _ 635,952 629,602 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 618,498 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 12,336,637 12,092,014 11,686,648 11,336,660 10,943,117 10,662,806 Total 13,023,587 13,482,606 13,722,511 14,032,054 14,233,095 14,578,574 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 733,246 616,083 617,146 570,559 537,058 553,331 1 year 684,228 725,355 610,771 604,512 584,316 546,588 2 years 663,535 655,635 682,038 587,263 604,124 576,603 3 years 664,264 636,703 618,440 649,002 579,227 597,064 4 years 620,546 631,675 598,724 585,778 633,852 571,831 5 years 614,067 591,404 586,643 564,397 569,663 613,116 6 years 602,272 587,731 550,911 554,125 548,852 555,771 7 years _ 584,948 549,005 520,663 538,533 534,995 8 years _ _ 549,318 520,511 506,233 513,161 9 years _ _ _ 517,811 502,767 494,579 10 years _ _ _ _ 498,091 491,147 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 486,558 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 10,354,256 9,953,848 9,387,996 8,909,636 8,609,432 8,358,694 Total 14,936,414 14,983,382 14,750,992 14,584,257 14,712,148 14,893,438 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 531,127 542,386 491,512 399,269 320,965 326,454 1 year 577,346 550,040 538,446 461,832 390,694 327,029 2 years 540,313 567,044 529,075 496,390 447,660 391,930 3 years 567,312 532,785 547,682 483,590 478,229 444,467 4 years 586,966 558,835 511,128 500,021 466,496 470,588 5 years 560,793 577,313 537,946 469,431 483,013 463,774 6 years 607,969 552,369 556,249 495,264 451,280 478,208 7 years 540,676 593,383 534,776 512,396 481,075 444,406 8 years 524,734 528,137 569,557 493,599 498,545 474,764 9 years 500,453 510,667 508,135 526,657 477,343 489,058 10 years 484,793 491,784 493,437 464,059 509,928 471,289 11 years 480,441 471,260 473,653 454,636 449,606 507,561 12 years 469,354 468,306 453,473 433,206 439,511 441,867 13 years _ 458,136 451,049 416,580 417,869 435,655 14 years _ _ 446,645 413,520 402,138 411,632 15 years _ _ _ 413,442 399,833 396,423 16 years _ _ _ _ 397,943 396,099 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 390,062 18 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 8,122,472 7,845,798 7,574,559 6,941,230 6,658,160 6,547,092 Total 15,094,749 15,248,243 15,217,322 14,375,122 14,170,288 14,308,358 Age Class March 2012 Less than one year 345,910 1 year 339,996 2 years 326,695 3 years 389,295 4 years 444,418 5 years 464,599 6 years 461,194 7 years 473,364 8 years 440,197 9 years 472,777 10 years 482,358 11 years 461,470 12 years 507,543 13 years 441,958 14 years 433,096 15 years 406,931 16 years 392,888 17 years 393,131 18 years 387,245 Born before March 1993 6,469,413 Total 14,534,478 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.