Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Colorado Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 72,918 93,439 89,343 90,044 91,570 94,130 1 year _ 78,739 94,722 90,516 93,072 93,516 2 years _ _ 76,546 94,442 91,000 93,040 3 years _ _ _ 75,060 95,906 90,188 4 years _ _ _ _ 76,238 94,768 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 75,045 6 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,319,792 1,309,920 1,269,401 1,248,423 1,225,589 1,199,156 Total 1,392,710 1,482,098 1,530,012 1,598,485 1,673,375 1,739,843 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 87,612 83,632 72,847 67,122 69,569 71,247 1 year 97,260 93,825 75,372 68,602 65,938 68,592 2 years 97,804 93,699 83,403 68,852 66,089 65,854 3 years 92,062 98,258 85,554 77,432 65,777 63,416 4 years 89,284 89,018 87,747 80,302 73,994 65,667 5 years 93,929 88,515 79,536 79,811 77,893 73,569 6 years 74,132 90,899 78,309 73,849 76,350 76,899 7 years _ 71,338 81,886 71,522 74,079 75,812 8 years _ _ 63,834 76,651 67,605 68,952 9 years _ _ _ 60,557 71,264 65,391 10 years _ _ _ _ 58,920 70,648 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 59,227 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,189,643 1,163,603 1,086,061 1,025,249 993,540 983,902 Total 1,821,726 1,872,787 1,794,549 1,749,949 1,761,018 1,809,176 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 72,188 72,031 69,014 53,479 47,130 49,571 1 year 71,263 71,442 72,980 62,896 48,331 47,783 2 years 68,455 71,466 68,420 65,377 58,145 48,839 3 years 64,999 67,444 69,397 61,480 60,757 58,388 4 years 63,203 64,628 65,176 63,395 57,194 59,858 5 years 65,246 61,802 63,473 59,769 57,954 56,725 6 years 73,446 64,989 59,430 58,089 55,995 57,568 7 years 74,265 73,887 63,655 54,052 54,410 54,717 8 years 74,715 73,484 71,002 59,157 50,628 53,498 9 years 66,404 71,100 70,758 64,573 55,825 50,253 10 years 63,716 65,479 69,696 64,631 61,208 54,689 11 years 69,191 61,230 62,265 64,675 61,246 60,169 12 years 58,959 67,900 60,383 56,367 61,801 59,508 13 years _ 56,837 67,191 55,795 53,438 61,076 14 years _ _ 56,794 61,473 50,891 53,046 15 years _ _ _ 51,574 57,597 49,370 16 years _ _ _ _ 48,854 55,102 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 48,987 Born before March 1993 970,153 957,084 939,942 876,925 828,399 821,945 Total 1,856,203 1,900,803 1,929,576 1,833,707 1,769,803 1,801,092 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.