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

Mississippi

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

March 1994        1,111      20,974      15,128        5,846         16,439     11,704        4,735
March 1995          320      20,451      15,136        5,315         17,381     12,386        4,995
March 1996        1,022      20,520      14,445        6,075         18,356     13,303        5,053
March 1997          940      20,649      14,815        5,834         18,564     13,670        4,894
March 1998          552      20,945      15,015        5,930         19,225     13,847        5,378
March 1999          738      21,736      15,249        6,487         19,708     13,959        5,749
March 2000          451      21,604      15,642        5,962         19,626     14,115        5,511
March 2001         -200      19,934      14,136        5,798         21,318     15,320        5,998
March 2002           22      19,633      13,980        5,653         21,016     15,385        5,631
March 2003          144      20,125      14,392        5,733         20,664     15,075        5,589
March 2004          604      20,726      14,893        5,833         19,919     14,690        5,229
March 2005          364      21,035      15,086        5,949         20,572     14,987        5,585
March 2006         -176      22,091      15,915        6,176         21,222     14,870        6,352
March 2007          978      22,669      16,068        6,601         20,794     15,171        5,623
March 2008           60      21,120      15,034        6,086         22,565     16,539        6,026
March 2009       -1,543      18,302      12,988        5,314         24,884     18,027        6,857
March 2010       -1,094      18,423      13,376        5,047         22,692     16,551        6,141
March 2011          -44      20,326      14,905        5,421         20,118     14,653        5,465
March 2012          174      19,862      14,426        5,436         20,070     14,808        5,262

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