Table 3.  Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, annual March to March

Nevada

                                   Establishments gaining jobs             Establishments losing jobs
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994        1,864      16,014      10,284        5,730         11,201      7,335        3,866
March 1995        1,608      16,647      10,889        5,758         12,023      7,873        4,150
March 1996        1,672      17,431      11,014        6,417         13,355      8,610        4,745
March 1997        2,050      18,527      11,715        6,812         13,863      9,101        4,762
March 1998        1,862      18,501      11,648        6,853         15,536     10,545        4,991
March 1999        1,451      19,144      12,249        6,895         15,970     10,526        5,444
March 2000        1,130      19,621      12,615        7,006         16,992     11,116        5,876
March 2001        1,274      20,456      12,964        7,492         17,591     11,373        6,218
March 2002          323      19,135      12,178        6,957         19,309     12,675        6,634
March 2003          996      20,656      13,383        7,273         18,318     12,041        6,277
March 2004        2,945      23,207      14,591        8,616         17,686     12,015        5,671
March 2005        2,473      24,905      16,240        8,665         18,562     12,370        6,192
March 2006        2,662      26,164      17,181        8,983         19,793     13,472        6,321
March 2007        1,914      25,299      16,565        8,734         22,489     15,669        6,820
March 2008          241      23,580      15,182        8,398         25,969     17,812        8,157
March 2009       -2,435      18,822      11,684        7,138         30,396     20,823        9,573
March 2010       -1,641      19,636      12,900        6,736         26,069     17,692        8,377
March 2011          304      22,083      14,877        7,206         22,000     15,098        6,902

(1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments
    and the number of closing establishments.