Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted Financial activities (In thousands) Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 14 103 December N/A N/A 13 68 1993 March N/A N/A 15 95 June 16 71 14 71 September 17 77 13 60 December 15 72 13 61 1994 March 19 99 14 79 June 18 92 15 82 September 18 90 15 73 December 16 73 16 82 1995 March 17 95 15 76 June 18 95 15 89 September 17 88 16 81 December 16 73 16 64 1996 March 18 86 15 78 June 18 105 15 78 September 18 79 16 83 December 18 76 15 67 1997 March 20 80 15 87 June 19 95 16 77 September 19 98 16 80 December 18 87 17 84 1998 March 20 93 17 96 June 21 119 16 106 September 20 111 17 103 December 19 90 19 133 1999 March 20 94 18 95 June 21 98 18 84 September 20 102 18 92 December 19 80 19 90 2000 March 21 99 19 96 June 20 79 19 77 September 21 77 22 96 December 20 85 19 88 2001 March 20 89 19 104 June 20 77 18 83 September 21 86 20 85 December 19 87 18 98 2002 March 20 97 18 91 June 22 91 18 88 September 21 75 17 85 December 21 80 18 81 2003 March 21 78 17 77 June 21 72 17 63 September 20 69 16 67 December 21 70 17 69 2004 March 22 82 17 76 June 22 73 19 85 September 22 75 18 73 December 24 79 18 75 2005 March 22 85 18 76 June 23 69 18 75 September 25 77 18 62 December 26 77 20 70 2006 March 23 66 19 59 June 25 74 21 70 September 22 72 21 68 December 24 73 22 71 2007 March 22 67 22 65 June 22 60 24 74 September 22 68 25 83 December 22 65 26 86 2008 March 21 66 26 80 June 19 58 27 78 September 18 55 26 79 December 18 57 28 83 2009 March 16 48 26 66 June 17 50 24 64 September 16 46 23 66 December 18 51 21 63 2010 March 16 44 21 55 June 15 42 19 54 September 16 44 22 63 December 17 52 18 54 2011 March 17 44 19 48 June 17 46 18 48 September 17 50 18 52 December 18 48 18 52 2012 March 17 44 17 44 June 17 45 17 49 September 17 47 16 45 December 19 51 16 47 2013 March 17 47 17 45 June 17 46 17 48 September 18 47 17 47 December 18 51 16 48 2014 March 15 41 17 44 June 17 42 17 47 September 16 44 17 48 December 17 47 18 51 2015 March 17 46 17 45 June 17 46 18 48 September 17 46 18 47 December 18 51 18 51 2016 March 17 46 17 45 June 17 44 18 50 September 17 47 18 48 December 18 50 18 50 2017 March 17 41 17 45 June 18 47 19 51 September 19 49 19 50 December 19 50 19 53 2018 March 20 46 19 47 June 20 52 20 53 September 21 53 21 55 December 21 54 20 55 2019 March 20 46 19 48 June 22 53 21 53 September 21 54 21 53 December 23 58 19 51 2020 March 20 46 19 48 June 20 47 23 58 September 24 53 22 56 December 26 60 20 54 2021 March 26 53 19 48 June 30 65 22 57 September 30 69 25 60 December 32 76 24 63 2022 March 28 62 26 62 June 29 68 26 66 September 28 65 28 70 December 28 68 N/A N/A 2023 March 22 51 N/A N/A June 23 54 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.