Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Montana Total private Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 556 2,536 December N/A N/A 631 2,035 1993 March N/A N/A 618 2,650 June 871 3,293 648 2,058 September 804 3,929 604 2,361 December 788 3,299 580 2,412 1994 March 880 3,071 612 2,164 June 972 3,675 529 1,911 September 975 4,571 660 3,401 December 808 3,906 709 3,775 1995 March 781 2,479 624 2,283 June 845 3,312 1,025 3,404 September 874 3,054 542 1,632 December 850 3,693 636 2,654 1996 March 908 3,680 536 2,268 June 1,020 3,781 598 2,358 September 1,107 4,706 853 3,495 December 826 3,561 840 3,362 1997 March 725 3,220 756 3,302 June 988 4,484 792 2,553 September 1,030 4,159 989 3,204 December 999 4,653 840 3,091 1998 March 1,296 6,383 747 2,616 June 917 3,970 781 3,505 September 904 4,166 796 3,301 December 728 3,162 723 2,701 1999 March 960 3,475 815 2,818 June 988 3,759 872 3,511 September 922 3,374 815 3,384 December 670 2,422 939 3,457 2000 March 953 3,368 640 2,433 June 905 3,911 847 4,007 September 921 3,012 968 3,576 December 721 2,800 774 3,211 2001 March 1,118 3,979 948 4,354 June 1,000 3,819 1,037 3,819 September 892 3,337 903 4,017 December 819 3,069 783 2,645 2002 March 1,044 3,803 768 2,964 June 1,011 4,083 790 2,705 September 1,071 3,676 948 4,543 December 1,127 3,736 824 2,735 2003 March 836 4,506 772 3,462 June 1,056 3,614 904 3,927 September 1,085 3,633 854 3,190 December 1,176 4,918 811 3,553 2004 March 988 3,506 698 2,637 June 1,343 4,158 890 2,709 September 1,005 3,269 915 2,922 December 1,169 3,566 909 3,068 2005 March 1,032 3,301 907 2,801 June 1,027 3,678 786 2,488 September 1,055 3,314 733 2,282 December 1,094 3,338 811 2,738 2006 March 1,065 3,194 842 2,850 June 1,140 3,205 860 2,488 September 1,014 2,867 909 2,963 December 1,103 3,241 836 2,455 2007 March 1,065 3,293 857 2,511 June 1,037 2,867 926 3,388 September 1,041 3,081 866 2,610 December 1,053 3,989 968 2,845 2008 March 990 3,469 968 2,678 June 892 2,415 1,038 2,730 September 862 2,581 912 2,473 December 995 3,268 1,208 3,314 2009 March 839 2,720 1,208 3,338 June 781 2,427 1,167 2,942 September 775 2,352 872 2,419 December 902 2,543 980 2,377 2010 March 778 2,304 1,022 2,586 June 773 2,292 865 2,771 September 779 2,517 793 2,149 December 1,026 2,499 860 1,977 2011 March 852 2,097 968 2,334 June 861 2,505 838 2,248 September 865 2,461 783 1,887 December 1,086 2,745 837 2,516 2012 March 914 2,704 938 2,623 June 982 2,658 827 2,183 September 895 2,894 818 2,172 December 1,094 2,854 912 2,800 2013 March 957 2,873 883 2,310 June 869 2,486 859 2,336 September 1,002 2,610 820 2,036 December 991 2,673 882 2,453 2014 March 904 2,619 1,077 2,811 June 791 2,339 868 2,388 September 1,005 2,770 778 1,948 December 922 2,535 889 2,352 2015 March 1,263 3,598 830 2,169 June 1,094 2,913 1,043 3,077 September 1,007 2,645 840 2,158 December 1,115 2,881 797 1,878 2016 March 821 2,034 822 2,041 June 1,203 3,487 1,290 3,651 September 983 2,719 959 2,760 December 1,080 2,583 805 2,249 2017 March 1,085 2,615 810 2,239 June 987 2,452 1,044 2,563 September 1,097 2,444 980 2,762 December 1,255 3,015 979 2,551 2018 March 1,163 2,940 980 2,324 June 1,177 2,870 1,104 3,021 September 1,194 2,556 1,065 3,074 December 1,396 4,141 977 2,750 2019 March 1,276 3,453 1,252 4,031 June 1,089 2,684 870 2,173 September 1,296 3,307 1,130 3,076 December 1,452 3,763 1,067 3,214 2020 March 1,307 3,647 1,182 3,639 June 1,284 3,406 1,289 3,988 September 1,480 3,310 1,184 2,939 December 1,751 3,979 994 2,615 2021 March 1,842 4,086 1,108 2,764 June 2,017 4,459 1,048 2,116 September 1,916 4,338 1,390 3,484 December 2,135 4,496 1,514 3,603 2022 March 1,999 4,749 1,446 3,771 June 1,795 4,428 2,033 4,901 September 1,910 4,160 1,164 3,054 December 1,863 4,246 1,451 3,725 2023 March 1,883 4,160 N/A N/A June 1,683 3,674 N/A N/A September 1,641 4,114 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.