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

Delaware

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

March 1994          459       6,672       4,367        2,305          5,760      3,914        1,846
March 1995          584       7,217       4,763        2,454          5,614      3,744        1,870
March 1996          614       7,202       4,685        2,517          5,944      4,041        1,903
March 1997          504       7,592       4,862        2,730          6,053      3,827        2,226
March 1998          537       7,428       4,766        2,662          6,380      4,255        2,125
March 1999          313       7,669       4,859        2,810          6,627      4,130        2,497
March 2000          861       8,135       5,010        3,125          6,406      4,142        2,264
March 2001          686       8,097       4,825        3,272          7,143      4,557        2,586
March 2002         -873       7,377       4,798        2,579          8,097      4,645        3,452
March 2003          252       7,594       4,810        2,784          7,212      4,680        2,532
March 2004        1,509       9,136       5,376        3,760          6,809      4,558        2,251
March 2005          135       8,355       5,515        2,840          7,530      4,825        2,705
March 2006          359       8,700       5,408        3,292          7,814      4,881        2,933
March 2007         -210       8,108       5,068        3,040          8,493      5,243        3,250
March 2008          115       7,915       4,940        2,975          8,545      5,685        2,860
March 2009         -674       6,647       4,022        2,625          9,825      6,526        3,299
March 2010       -1,154       6,805       4,399        2,406          9,213      5,653        3,560
March 2011          583       8,084       4,925        3,159          7,534      4,958        2,576
March 2012         -173       8,009       5,288        2,721          7,560      4,666        2,894

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