Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted South Carolina Total private Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 1,631 8,675 December N/A N/A 2,062 9,932 1993 March N/A N/A 1,931 12,090 June 2,453 13,801 1,879 9,466 September 2,241 14,221 1,719 10,778 December 2,366 16,777 2,037 11,573 1994 March 2,418 14,973 1,817 9,625 June 2,531 14,134 2,203 10,777 September 2,249 13,468 1,626 9,196 December 2,592 14,876 1,991 8,487 1995 March 2,602 14,757 1,949 10,061 June 2,675 17,086 2,165 11,406 September 2,616 15,466 1,922 12,571 December 2,748 17,965 2,114 11,821 1996 March 2,688 16,842 2,308 12,131 June 2,605 16,734 2,066 15,297 September 2,683 14,786 1,908 10,680 December 2,537 13,617 2,230 11,692 1997 March 3,161 18,597 2,235 12,265 June 2,811 16,412 2,473 15,169 September 3,057 16,096 2,268 15,778 December 1,987 13,963 1,370 13,266 1998 March 1,349 13,574 1,579 13,856 June 4,574 25,972 2,356 18,562 September 2,860 18,560 2,367 13,740 December 2,829 20,599 2,353 16,288 1999 March 3,077 24,392 2,751 20,655 June 2,845 19,239 2,598 16,661 September 2,582 16,422 2,403 13,896 December 2,687 14,499 2,212 13,416 2000 March 2,236 14,853 2,006 13,563 June 2,915 17,264 2,550 14,548 September 2,476 14,202 3,739 23,178 December 3,481 19,414 2,382 13,461 2001 March 2,713 17,952 2,935 17,491 June 1,325 7,827 1,296 8,544 September 4,026 22,144 2,921 15,772 December 2,634 13,209 3,125 15,101 2002 March 2,880 19,007 2,645 17,343 June 2,855 21,051 2,432 15,460 September 2,816 15,778 2,278 11,103 December 2,564 14,411 2,055 10,040 2003 March 2,732 16,655 2,218 11,092 June 2,556 12,410 2,143 8,586 September 2,563 13,750 2,524 11,254 December 2,774 15,129 2,352 11,664 2004 March 2,648 12,112 2,565 12,596 June 3,015 14,961 1,967 10,991 September 2,631 12,515 2,573 13,876 December 2,973 14,805 2,393 11,268 2005 March 2,830 12,685 2,394 8,846 June 2,325 10,883 2,254 9,979 September 2,849 12,291 2,607 9,737 December 2,522 13,305 2,605 11,676 2006 March 2,671 10,808 2,327 9,044 June 3,609 16,044 2,369 9,894 September 3,843 20,729 3,319 13,049 December 3,135 13,555 2,203 9,366 2007 March 3,373 16,242 2,732 10,825 June 2,861 10,684 3,605 12,201 September 2,748 12,870 2,402 9,432 December 2,889 12,149 2,672 10,357 2008 March 2,883 11,319 2,955 10,833 June 2,745 11,555 2,965 9,793 September 2,536 10,838 3,226 10,994 December 2,591 10,068 3,857 13,594 2009 March 2,367 9,901 3,704 11,661 June 2,138 8,796 2,980 9,597 September 2,153 9,084 3,025 10,031 December 2,374 9,636 3,066 9,745 2010 March 2,246 10,911 2,800 8,617 June 2,293 9,812 2,601 8,244 September 2,273 10,278 2,390 8,076 December 2,372 9,096 2,430 8,922 2011 March 2,615 10,186 2,627 7,817 June 2,374 10,777 2,417 7,527 September 2,755 11,426 2,331 7,775 December 2,346 10,806 2,202 7,634 2012 March 2,614 9,647 2,386 8,051 June 2,373 9,284 2,359 7,363 September 2,362 10,099 2,337 8,030 December 2,635 9,742 2,205 7,181 2013 March 2,352 8,436 2,240 6,068 June 2,635 10,231 2,217 7,070 September 2,817 10,237 2,362 7,443 December 2,493 9,668 2,453 8,664 2014 March 2,786 11,931 2,070 7,080 June 2,491 10,480 2,524 9,443 September 2,985 11,028 2,547 9,285 December 2,615 10,246 2,095 6,779 2015 March 2,572 8,682 2,262 6,528 June 3,004 10,721 2,588 7,716 September 2,664 12,897 2,286 7,366 December 3,176 12,801 2,194 7,964 2016 March 2,937 11,820 2,572 8,480 June 2,893 11,077 2,414 7,724 September 2,801 12,303 2,628 9,273 December 2,904 13,111 2,446 8,120 2017 March 2,878 10,146 2,526 10,568 June 3,041 12,224 2,462 7,997 September 2,913 10,805 2,644 8,786 December 3,239 13,374 3,707 11,175 2018 March 3,595 14,129 1,648 7,578 June 4,426 18,726 2,325 10,670 September 2,922 12,811 3,497 12,009 December 4,548 16,699 3,241 11,340 2019 March 3,597 16,015 3,091 14,645 June 3,664 14,653 2,983 11,268 September 3,663 14,477 2,765 10,804 December 3,690 13,142 3,775 14,994 2020 March 4,728 14,452 3,994 12,432 June 2,970 9,219 3,656 13,331 September 3,576 11,103 2,866 9,712 December 4,174 13,839 2,873 9,480 2021 March 4,651 14,339 2,942 8,392 June 4,622 12,353 3,039 9,413 September 5,008 15,421 3,413 11,835 December 5,228 13,876 3,794 11,541 2022 March 7,908 26,933 3,589 10,714 June 5,553 15,349 3,629 11,767 September 6,582 20,216 4,117 13,478 December 6,227 19,229 N/A N/A 2023 March 6,063 19,520 N/A N/A June 5,365 17,895 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.