Table 7. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change,
         as a percent of total establishments(1), seasonally adjusted.

District of Columbia

(Percent)

                                            Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year  3 months ended   Net change(2)  Total     Expanding     Opening       Total     Contracting    Closing
                                            establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments
2000    March              2.1        30.6        23.3          7.3         27.9         22.7          5.2
        June              -0.3        29.8        23.7          6.1         28.2         21.8          6.4
        September         -0.1        30.6        24.6          6.0         27.6         21.5          6.1
        December          -0.8        30.2        24.4          5.8         28.4         21.8          6.6
  
2001    March              0.7        30.0        23.6          6.4         28.3         22.6          5.7
        June              -0.2        28.9        23.4          5.5         29.1         23.4          5.7
        September         -0.3        28.5        22.8          5.7         28.7         22.7          6.0
        December          -0.7        28.0        22.0          6.0         29.4         22.7          6.7
  
2002    March             -0.2        28.4        22.6          5.8         28.4         22.4          6.0
        June              -0.1        26.9        21.8          5.1         27.7         22.5          5.2
        September          0.3        27.2        21.8          5.4         27.3         22.2          5.1
        December          -0.1        27.4        21.7          5.7         28.0         22.2          5.8
  
2003    March              0.7        27.4        21.2          6.2         27.8         22.3          5.5
        June              -0.3        26.3        21.5          4.8         27.3         22.2          5.1
        September          1.1        28.1        22.0          6.1         27.4         22.4          5.0
        December          -0.1        27.7        21.6          6.1         27.8         21.6          6.2
  
2004    March             -0.1        28.0        22.5          5.5         27.1         21.5          5.6
        June              -0.5        26.9        21.9          5.0         27.6         22.1          5.5
        September          0.7        28.3        22.1          6.2         27.1         21.6          5.5
        December           0.9        28.3        22.0          6.3         26.8         21.4          5.4
  
2005    March              0.1        28.2        22.5          5.7         27.1         21.5          5.6
        June              -0.5        27.6        22.3          5.3         27.8         22.0          5.8
        September          0.9        28.4        22.2          6.2         27.5         22.2          5.3
        December           0.6        27.9        22.4          5.5         26.7         21.8          4.9
  
2006    March              0.4        25.8        20.4          5.4         25.5         20.5          5.0
        June              -0.3        28.1        22.7          5.4         28.4         22.7          5.7
        September          0.0        28.4        22.5          5.9         28.4         22.5          5.9
        December           0.2        28.4        22.5          5.9         27.3         21.6          5.7
  
2007    March              0.5        29.1        22.9          6.2         26.7         21.0          5.7
        June              -0.5        27.7        22.4          5.3         27.6         21.8          5.8
        September         -0.7        27.9        22.4          5.5         28.7         22.5          6.2
        December          -0.4        28.7        23.0          5.7         26.9         20.8          6.1
  

(1) The rates measure establishments gaining or losing jobs as a percentage of the average
    of the previous and current quarter total number of establishments.
(2) See footnote 1, table 5.