Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Arkansas

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        1,526      22,243      16,078        6,165         17,241     12,602        4,639
March 1995        1,042      22,953      16,288        6,665         18,574     12,951        5,623
March 1996        1,414      22,784      16,060        6,724         19,313     14,003        5,310
March 1997          712      22,470      15,953        6,517         20,760     14,955        5,805
March 1998          223      22,458      16,202        6,256         20,960     14,927        6,033
March 1999          842      23,347      16,660        6,687         20,824     14,979        5,845
March 2000          576      23,884      17,207        6,677         21,170     15,069        6,101
March 2001          405      22,797      16,090        6,707         22,702     16,400        6,302
March 2002         -118      21,850      15,306        6,544         23,462     16,800        6,662
March 2003          432      22,197      15,564        6,633         22,595     16,394        6,201
March 2004          925      23,942      16,888        7,054         21,337     15,208        6,129
March 2005          951      24,099      16,887        7,212         21,870     15,609        6,261
March 2006        2,285      25,682      16,999        8,683         21,881     15,483        6,398
March 2007        1,275      24,793      16,701        8,092         23,310     16,493        6,817
March 2008          919      24,313      16,109        8,204         24,451     17,166        7,285
March 2009         -541      22,367      14,603        7,764         26,846     18,541        8,305
March 2010       -1,216      21,348      14,390        6,958         25,443     17,269        8,174
March 2011         -569      23,644      15,936        7,708         23,531     15,254        8,277
March 2012        2,188      25,658      16,801        8,857         21,691     15,022        6,669

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.