Table 4. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change by establishment age, as a percent of total establishments Total Private Rhode Island Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Born before March 1993 -8.3 32.3 28.5 3.9 37.4 25.2 12.2 Total 1.7 40.4 27.1 13.3 35.6 24.0 11.6 March 1995 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -25.8 32.7 27.3 5.4 48.1 16.8 31.2 Born before March 1993 -7.4 34.2 29.9 4.2 36.1 24.5 11.6 Total 0.1 41.3 28.4 12.9 35.5 22.8 12.8 March 1996 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -24.0 32.2 27.1 5.1 45.2 16.1 29.1 2 years -12.9 35.6 26.7 8.9 42.0 20.2 21.8 Born before March 1993 -6.4 31.3 27.8 3.5 37.7 27.7 9.9 Total 1.6 39.8 26.4 13.4 36.7 25.0 11.8 March 1997 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -24.0 31.2 26.3 4.9 45.7 16.7 28.9 2 years -11.9 36.5 28.7 7.8 36.8 17.2 19.7 3 years -11.1 34.6 28.5 6.1 36.9 19.6 17.2 Born before March 1993 -5.5 32.9 29.8 3.2 35.5 26.8 8.7 Total 1.8 40.9 28.0 13.0 34.9 23.6 11.2 March 1998 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -25.5 31.7 27.9 3.7 44.6 15.4 29.2 2 years -17.2 34.6 28.2 6.4 42.2 18.5 23.6 3 years -12.6 33.2 26.7 6.5 39.1 20.0 19.1 4 years -9.2 32.4 26.5 5.9 38.3 23.3 15.1 Born before March 1993 -6.1 32.2 29.7 2.6 35.6 26.9 8.7 Total 0.7 40.3 27.7 12.6 35.5 23.6 11.9 March 1999 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -25.6 32.5 27.8 4.6 45.6 15.4 30.2 2 years -17.5 31.7 25.7 6.0 42.1 18.6 23.5 3 years -12.6 32.0 25.4 6.6 38.7 19.5 19.2 4 years -12.8 33.1 27.5 5.7 39.9 21.4 18.5 5 years -7.9 32.0 26.8 5.2 37.2 24.1 13.1 Born before March 1993 -5.6 32.0 29.2 2.8 36.6 28.2 8.4 Total 0.7 39.9 27.1 12.8 36.3 24.2 12.1 March 2000 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -23.7 31.9 26.6 5.3 43.1 14.1 29.0 2 years -12.4 36.2 27.2 9.0 39.7 18.3 21.4 3 years -8.4 35.0 28.3 6.8 36.1 20.9 15.2 4 years -8.4 34.1 26.9 7.2 37.4 21.8 15.6 5 years -7.4 33.3 27.9 5.4 33.7 20.9 12.8 6 years -6.4 32.9 28.0 4.9 34.7 23.4 11.3 Born before March 1993 -4.4 33.6 30.8 2.8 34.9 27.7 7.2 Total 2.6 41.7 28.2 13.5 34.3 23.5 10.9 March 2001 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -25.3 31.7 26.6 5.1 45.8 15.4 30.4 2 years -13.8 32.3 25.1 7.2 41.7 20.7 21.0 3 years -11.8 32.8 26.7 6.0 38.6 20.8 17.8 4 years -11.4 35.6 30.9 4.6 36.9 20.9 16.0 5 years -9.5 32.1 27.3 4.8 37.8 23.5 14.3 6 years -9.2 31.5 27.1 4.3 38.1 24.6 13.5 7 years -8.8 31.4 27.3 4.1 36.3 23.4 12.9 Born before March 1993 -5.5 31.5 29.4 2.1 36.8 29.3 7.6 Total 1.3 40.1 27.1 13.0 36.3 24.5 11.7 March 2002 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -28.6 26.8 24.1 2.7 46.8 15.5 31.3 2 years -15.8 32.1 26.5 5.7 40.8 19.2 21.5 3 years -14.1 31.5 25.9 5.6 41.5 21.8 19.7 4 years -11.9 29.4 24.0 5.4 41.0 23.7 17.3 5 years -7.9 31.4 26.2 5.3 38.6 25.4 13.2 6 years -10.2 27.2 22.9 4.3 41.4 26.9 14.5 7 years -8.1 31.3 28.2 3.2 36.0 24.7 11.3 8 years -6.3 33.3 28.6 4.7 36.4 25.4 11.0 Born before March 1993 -4.4 30.7 28.4 2.3 37.0 30.2 6.7 Total 0.4 38.1 25.9 12.1 37.0 25.3 11.7 March 2003 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -27.1 29.5 25.5 3.9 46.6 15.5 31.0 2 years -15.9 30.9 24.5 6.4 42.0 19.7 22.3 3 years -13.9 32.2 26.7 5.5 39.8 20.4 19.4 4 years -11.3 32.8 27.3 5.5 40.8 24.0 16.8 5 years -9.7 32.9 27.1 5.8 37.1 21.7 15.5 6 years -8.4 31.4 26.6 4.8 37.2 24.0 13.2 7 years -7.4 30.3 26.1 4.2 36.8 25.2 11.6 8 years -6.9 31.7 27.7 3.9 37.1 26.3 10.8 9 years -7.1 29.6 26.0 3.5 36.8 26.2 10.6 Born before March 1993 -5.7 30.6 28.9 1.6 37.2 29.9 7.3 Total -0.1 38.4 26.4 11.9 36.9 24.9 12.0 March 2004 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -27.9 31.5 26.8 4.7 45.0 12.4 32.6 2 years -15.3 32.7 26.3 6.4 39.7 18.0 21.7 3 years -12.1 31.4 24.8 6.6 40.1 21.4 18.7 4 years -10.1 33.4 28.6 4.7 37.3 22.6 14.8 5 years -7.1 33.5 27.4 6.1 35.9 22.7 13.2 6 years -9.3 30.0 25.6 4.4 37.1 23.5 13.7 7 years -8.1 31.7 27.6 4.1 36.9 24.7 12.2 8 years -10.0 30.2 27.2 3.0 36.2 23.3 13.0 9 years -6.0 33.1 28.6 4.5 36.7 26.2 10.5 10 years -5.6 31.3 27.4 3.9 36.5 26.9 9.5 Born before March 1993 -4.2 31.6 29.3 2.2 36.3 29.9 6.4 Total 0.6 39.0 26.9 12.1 35.9 24.4 11.5 March 2005 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -23.9 31.0 25.7 5.3 45.3 16.1 29.2 2 years -14.3 31.2 24.0 7.2 40.3 18.9 21.5 3 years -10.0 32.4 25.1 7.2 37.9 20.7 17.2 4 years -9.6 28.3 23.0 5.3 36.8 21.9 14.9 5 years -7.8 30.1 25.0 5.1 36.9 24.0 12.9 6 years -7.3 30.6 26.1 4.5 36.5 24.6 11.8 7 years -7.5 30.8 25.8 5.0 37.8 25.3 12.5 8 years -5.0 33.3 28.8 4.5 34.4 24.9 9.5 9 years -5.9 30.2 26.8 3.3 34.7 25.6 9.2 10 years -4.6 31.6 27.8 3.8 33.8 25.5 8.4 11 years -6.9 30.6 27.3 3.3 36.6 26.4 10.2 Born before March 1993 -3.7 30.2 28.0 2.2 37.0 31.1 5.9 Total 1.9 38.2 25.6 12.6 36.0 25.3 10.7 March 2006 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -30.1 28.3 23.4 4.9 49.5 14.6 35.0 2 years -17.2 30.0 23.1 6.9 42.6 18.4 24.1 3 years -12.8 32.6 24.7 7.9 40.7 20.1 20.7 4 years -14.2 31.5 26.4 5.0 40.1 20.9 19.2 5 years -13.2 28.0 24.3 3.7 40.5 23.6 16.9 6 years -11.0 31.4 26.2 5.3 38.9 22.6 16.3 7 years -10.3 32.8 27.9 4.8 38.7 23.7 15.1 8 years -10.3 29.6 25.9 3.7 38.9 25.0 14.0 9 years -7.9 31.4 27.2 4.2 38.5 26.4 12.1 10 years -10.4 29.8 27.7 2.1 37.5 25.0 12.5 11 years -7.7 32.4 28.9 3.5 35.2 24.1 11.2 12 years -5.8 29.1 24.9 4.3 36.0 25.9 10.1 Born before March 1993 -6.2 30.6 28.7 1.9 38.4 30.3 8.1 Total -2.1 37.4 25.8 11.6 38.2 24.5 13.7 March 2007 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -22.5 29.8 22.5 7.3 43.8 14.0 29.8 2 years -11.7 31.1 22.2 8.8 41.4 20.9 20.5 3 years -9.8 32.5 23.7 8.8 37.8 19.2 18.6 4 years -7.6 32.3 25.3 6.9 36.8 22.3 14.5 5 years -6.1 30.1 22.0 8.0 38.3 24.2 14.1 6 years -7.9 29.9 24.0 5.9 38.6 24.8 13.8 7 years -4.4 32.7 25.8 6.9 34.6 23.3 11.3 8 years -4.5 28.7 21.8 6.8 39.6 28.4 11.3 9 years -4.8 29.4 24.3 5.1 35.3 25.4 9.9 10 years -3.6 32.6 26.8 5.8 35.3 25.9 9.4 11 years -2.7 29.9 24.9 5.0 39.1 31.4 7.7 12 years -1.0 30.3 24.8 5.5 33.9 27.5 6.5 13 years -5.3 27.7 23.6 4.1 38.7 29.3 9.4 Born before March 1993 -2.3 31.4 27.9 3.5 37.1 31.3 5.8 Total 3.1 38.4 24.5 13.9 36.3 25.5 10.8 March 2008 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -30.8 27.9 23.7 4.1 48.9 14.1 34.9 2 years -17.6 28.0 21.0 7.0 42.7 18.1 24.6 3 years -17.3 28.6 22.0 6.6 44.2 20.4 23.9 4 years -14.9 27.0 22.2 4.8 42.2 22.6 19.7 5 years -12.9 28.0 23.4 4.6 42.8 25.3 17.5 6 years -10.3 28.6 23.1 5.5 39.5 23.7 15.8 7 years -8.3 27.5 23.3 4.2 38.4 25.8 12.5 8 years -8.7 28.4 24.1 4.3 40.0 27.0 13.0 9 years -8.4 30.7 26.9 3.8 39.0 26.8 12.2 10 years -5.2 27.5 22.7 4.9 38.4 28.3 10.1 11 years -6.6 26.6 23.7 2.9 40.6 31.1 9.5 12 years -7.4 29.3 26.2 3.2 37.3 26.7 10.6 13 years -7.6 28.2 25.6 2.6 39.7 29.5 10.2 14 years -4.2 27.5 24.3 3.2 34.8 27.4 7.4 Born before March 1993 -3.9 27.8 25.8 1.9 40.1 34.3 5.8 Total -1.5 34.6 23.5 11.1 39.4 26.8 12.6 March 2009 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -32.6 23.2 19.3 3.9 52.1 15.5 36.5 2 years -20.5 22.6 17.2 5.4 48.9 23.0 25.9 3 years -19.6 26.2 20.1 6.1 45.2 19.6 25.7 4 years -15.1 25.3 18.9 6.4 45.4 24.0 21.5 5 years -12.9 23.4 17.7 5.7 46.4 27.8 18.6 6 years -11.5 23.2 18.7 4.5 45.1 29.0 16.0 7 years -12.3 22.2 18.4 3.8 46.7 30.7 16.1 8 years -9.6 22.9 19.4 3.5 44.0 30.9 13.1 9 years -8.3 25.3 20.8 4.6 46.8 33.9 12.9 10 years -11.0 21.2 18.5 2.7 48.2 34.5 13.7 11 years -9.6 23.7 20.8 2.9 44.2 31.7 12.5 12 years -8.7 26.7 23.9 2.8 41.9 30.4 11.5 13 years -10.9 22.5 20.2 2.2 47.8 34.7 13.1 14 years -8.0 25.0 22.1 2.8 45.1 34.2 10.8 15 years -6.4 21.0 18.3 2.6 43.7 34.6 9.0 Born before March 1993 -5.6 22.6 21.1 1.6 45.9 38.7 7.2 Total -3.8 29.4 19.4 10.1 44.7 30.8 13.9 March 2010 Less than one year 199.9 199.9 0.0 199.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -27.4 25.6 19.7 5.9 48.7 15.4 33.3 2 years -20.5 27.9 21.2 6.7 42.4 15.2 27.2 3 years -12.6 27.6 20.7 7.0 38.3 18.7 19.6 4 years -13.2 26.8 20.6 6.2 39.7 20.3 19.4 5 years -11.3 27.4 21.4 6.0 39.3 22.0 17.3 6 years -10.5 30.0 24.7 5.3 36.6 20.8 15.8 7 years -9.2 29.5 23.4 6.1 39.2 23.9 15.3 8 years -4.3 28.6 22.8 5.8 33.5 23.3 10.1 9 years -9.3 25.9 22.5 3.4 38.5 25.9 12.7 10 years -8.5 27.4 23.8 3.7 42.1 29.9 12.2 11 years -7.2 27.8 23.5 4.3 38.3 26.8 11.5 12 years -7.9 24.1 20.8 3.3 40.1 28.9 11.2 13 years -5.4 24.2 20.7 3.5 40.9 32.0 8.9 14 years -4.5 29.0 24.0 4.9 39.5 30.1 9.4 15 years -6.9 26.2 22.3 3.9 39.8 28.9 10.8 16 years -9.8 25.9 22.2 3.6 42.4 29.0 13.4 Born before March 1993 -4.1 26.6 24.7 1.9 39.8 33.7 6.0 Total -1.7 32.9 22.2 10.7 38.7 26.3 12.4 March 2011 Less than one year 200.0 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 year -26.9 26.9 22.1 4.8 45.0 13.3 31.7 2 years -20.2 26.7 21.7 5.1 41.2 15.9 25.3 3 years -10.5 31.6 23.1 8.5 36.9 17.9 19.0 4 years -8.8 29.9 22.8 7.1 34.8 18.9 15.9 5 years -7.9 30.6 23.5 7.1 34.5 19.5 15.0 6 years -8.7 28.0 21.3 6.6 36.3 21.1 15.3 7 years -7.9 30.0 24.1 5.9 36.7 22.9 13.8 8 years -8.1 29.7 24.9 4.8 35.6 22.7 12.9 9 years -8.2 27.2 23.7 3.5 36.0 24.3 11.7 10 years -5.8 28.7 24.4 4.3 35.1 24.9 10.1 11 years -2.6 35.1 30.0 5.0 32.3 24.8 7.6 12 years -4.2 30.6 26.2 4.4 35.0 26.4 8.6 13 years -2.9 29.2 23.5 5.7 33.7 25.1 8.6 14 years -3.7 29.9 26.4 3.5 33.6 26.4 7.2 15 years -5.9 30.3 27.8 2.5 36.9 28.5 8.4 16 years -5.4 29.9 25.2 4.7 35.3 25.2 10.1 17 years -3.0 29.3 23.9 5.4 36.0 27.6 8.4 Born before March 1993 -3.2 29.6 27.2 2.3 35.3 29.8 5.5 Total 0.3 35.7 24.3 11.4 34.9 23.8 11.1 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.