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

Louisiana

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

March 1994        2,062      34,501      24,651        9,850         28,036     20,248        7,788
March 1995        1,515      34,870      24,819       10,051         30,122     21,586        8,536
March 1996          482      35,073      26,047        9,026         30,146     21,602        8,544
March 1997        1,767      35,422      25,404       10,018         31,434     23,183        8,251
March 1998        2,060      37,130      26,442       10,688         32,225     23,597        8,628
March 1999          867      37,742      27,080       10,662         33,958     24,163        9,795
March 2000          935      37,440      26,704       10,736         35,061     25,260        9,801
March 2001       -1,040      37,169      26,871       10,298         37,138     25,800       11,338
March 2002         -166      35,541      25,282       10,259         36,694     26,269       10,425
March 2003           24      35,223      25,396        9,827         36,113     26,310        9,803
March 2004          965      37,160      26,789       10,371         34,982     25,576        9,406
March 2005        1,060      35,792      25,440       10,352         37,558     28,266        9,292
March 2006       -3,552      35,386      25,079       10,307         41,196     27,337       13,859
March 2007        2,298      43,711      31,638       12,073         32,591     22,816        9,775
March 2008        1,457      36,934      25,647       11,287         39,080     29,250        9,830
March 2009         -700      34,784      24,647       10,137         39,473     28,636       10,837
March 2010       -1,818      32,451      23,140        9,311         39,871     28,742       11,129
March 2011          400      38,253      27,825       10,428         34,691     24,663       10,028
March 2012          652      36,294      25,883       10,411         36,810     27,051        9,759

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