Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Kentucky

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994       52,983     176,434     123,487       52,947        123,451     83,062       40,389
March 1995       48,093     186,179     131,733       54,446        138,086     93,475       44,611
March 1996       22,279     174,700     118,006       56,694        152,421    106,393       46,028
March 1997       36,676     186,346     127,700       58,646        149,670    100,844       48,826
March 1998       29,154     186,969     126,854       60,115        157,815    105,672       52,143
March 1999       32,305     201,554     132,833       68,721        169,249    113,118       56,131
March 2000       45,584     202,285     141,863       60,422        156,701    108,897       47,804
March 2001      -21,749     171,270     118,397       52,873        193,019    134,587       58,432
March 2002      -33,994     165,618     111,119       54,499        199,612    138,057       61,555
March 2003       -7,382     170,585     117,471       53,114        177,967    124,992       52,975
March 2004       10,364     164,021     115,261       48,760        153,657    103,370       50,287
March 2005       27,050     172,073     120,150       51,923        145,023    101,635       43,388
March 2006       32,204     172,706     120,152       52,554        140,502     98,644       41,858
March 2007       11,673     169,667     118,882       50,785        157,994    112,413       45,581
March 2008       -2,448     153,729     108,038       45,691        156,177    112,739       43,438
March 2009      -79,559     126,313      86,653       39,660        205,872    157,442       48,430
March 2010      -26,018     130,481      94,951       35,530        156,499    118,205       38,294
March 2011       18,626     143,986     105,978       38,008        125,360     90,023       35,337

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.