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

Texas

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

March 1994         -179     144,652     104,181       40,471        127,945     87,295       40,650
March 1995       13,755     157,299     106,072       51,227        128,399     90,927       37,472
March 1996        3,334     152,300     109,159       43,141        137,053     97,246       39,807
March 1997       23,288     172,202     111,676       60,526        137,788    100,550       37,238
March 1998        5,805     171,964     121,723       50,241        146,656    102,220       44,436
March 1999        5,865     171,054     121,937       49,117        149,290    106,038       43,252
March 2000        5,790     172,188     120,883       51,305        155,066    109,551       45,515
March 2001        2,679     170,498     121,476       49,022        159,495    113,152       46,343
March 2002        2,134     165,222     113,361       51,861        169,562    119,835       49,727
March 2003          205     163,164     111,948       51,216        171,615    120,604       51,011
March 2004        4,480     169,100     116,559       52,541        164,081    116,020       48,061
March 2005        5,567     175,364     123,309       52,055        160,548    114,060       46,488
March 2006        8,000     185,125     131,159       53,966        157,638    111,672       45,966
March 2007        9,415     190,380     134,043       56,337        163,974    117,052       46,922
March 2008        4,719     191,251     135,957       55,294        169,863    119,288       50,575
March 2009          330     169,838     116,757       53,081        193,309    140,558       52,751
March 2010         -664     161,486     112,793       48,693        190,985    141,628       49,357
March 2011        3,298     183,192     132,021       51,171        169,075    121,202       47,873

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