Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Arkansas 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 5,132 5,132 0 5,132 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -3,606 17,111 16,078 1,033 17,241 12,602 4,639 Total 1,526 22,243 16,078 6,165 17,241 12,602 4,639 March 1995 Less than one year 5,671 5,671 0 5,671 0 0 0 1 year -1,200 1,569 1,435 134 2,146 812 1,334 Born before March 1993 -3,429 15,713 14,853 860 16,428 12,139 4,289 Total 1,042 22,953 16,288 6,665 18,574 12,951 5,623 March 1996 Less than one year 5,551 5,551 0 5,551 0 0 0 1 year -1,243 1,685 1,519 166 2,356 947 1,409 2 years -515 1,232 1,068 164 1,491 812 679 Born before March 1993 -2,379 14,316 13,473 843 15,466 12,244 3,222 Total 1,414 22,784 16,060 6,724 19,313 14,003 5,310 March 1997 Less than one year 5,371 5,371 0 5,371 0 0 0 1 year -1,270 1,708 1,529 179 2,388 939 1,449 2 years -643 1,361 1,169 192 1,817 982 835 3 years -395 1,054 933 121 1,330 814 516 Born before March 1993 -2,351 12,976 12,322 654 15,225 12,220 3,005 Total 712 22,470 15,953 6,517 20,760 14,955 5,805 March 1998 Less than one year 5,074 5,074 0 5,074 0 0 0 1 year -1,198 1,633 1,481 152 2,272 922 1,350 2 years -653 1,350 1,186 164 1,701 884 817 3 years -432 1,180 1,027 153 1,451 866 585 4 years -318 931 840 91 1,140 731 409 Born before March 1993 -2,250 12,290 11,668 622 14,396 11,524 2,872 Total 223 22,458 16,202 6,256 20,960 14,927 6,033 March 1999 Less than one year 5,436 5,436 0 5,436 0 0 0 1 year -1,053 1,568 1,392 176 2,130 901 1,229 2 years -617 1,319 1,156 163 1,609 829 780 3 years -440 1,176 1,030 146 1,410 824 586 4 years -339 1,040 938 102 1,221 780 441 5 years -200 920 824 96 966 670 296 Born before March 1993 -1,945 11,888 11,320 568 13,488 10,975 2,513 Total 842 23,347 16,660 6,687 20,824 14,979 5,845 March 2000 Less than one year 5,519 5,519 0 5,519 0 0 0 1 year -1,161 1,623 1,461 162 2,218 895 1,323 2 years -612 1,291 1,141 150 1,550 788 762 3 years -415 1,150 1,034 116 1,296 765 531 4 years -320 1,041 930 111 1,187 756 431 5 years -322 957 880 77 1,101 702 399 6 years -215 809 754 55 883 613 270 Born before March 1993 -1,898 11,494 11,007 487 12,935 10,550 2,385 Total 576 23,884 17,207 6,677 21,170 15,069 6,101 March 2001 Less than one year 5,528 5,528 0 5,528 0 0 0 1 year -1,259 1,538 1,376 162 2,455 1,034 1,421 2 years -642 1,244 1,090 154 1,730 934 796 3 years -378 1,079 892 187 1,336 771 565 4 years -369 901 826 75 1,278 834 444 5 years -289 888 809 79 1,121 753 368 6 years -234 767 691 76 1,089 779 310 7 years -161 684 629 55 871 655 216 Born before March 1993 -1,791 10,168 9,777 391 12,822 10,640 2,182 Total 405 22,797 16,090 6,707 22,702 16,400 6,302 March 2002 Less than one year 5,367 5,367 0 5,367 0 0 0 1 year -1,289 1,421 1,267 154 2,436 993 1,443 2 years -708 1,204 1,038 166 1,796 922 874 3 years -502 1,030 897 133 1,488 853 635 4 years -345 793 692 101 1,237 791 446 5 years -297 773 689 84 1,098 717 381 6 years -226 743 665 78 1,045 741 304 7 years -224 670 623 47 935 664 271 8 years -195 587 538 49 877 633 244 Born before March 1993 -1,699 9,262 8,897 365 12,550 10,486 2,064 Total -118 21,850 15,306 6,544 23,462 16,800 6,662 March 2003 Less than one year 5,313 5,313 0 5,313 0 0 0 1 year -1,097 1,473 1,288 185 2,237 955 1,282 2 years -618 1,232 1,038 194 1,669 857 812 3 years -412 996 843 153 1,423 858 565 4 years -307 895 790 105 1,177 765 412 5 years -251 773 697 76 983 656 327 6 years -208 733 654 79 953 666 287 7 years -198 718 666 52 865 615 250 8 years -175 653 590 63 863 625 238 9 years -108 600 559 41 706 557 149 Born before March 1993 -1,507 8,811 8,439 372 11,719 9,840 1,879 Total 432 22,197 15,564 6,633 22,595 16,394 6,201 March 2004 Less than one year 5,589 5,589 0 5,589 0 0 0 1 year -1,129 1,562 1,383 179 2,148 840 1,308 2 years -575 1,295 1,086 209 1,578 794 784 3 years -422 1,065 914 151 1,327 754 573 4 years -225 996 838 158 1,074 691 383 5 years -234 872 783 89 967 644 323 6 years -163 777 691 86 842 593 249 7 years -164 720 657 63 785 558 227 8 years -150 694 633 61 792 581 211 9 years -134 678 615 63 704 507 197 10 years -116 576 544 32 666 518 148 Born before March 1993 -1,352 9,118 8,744 374 10,454 8,728 1,726 Total 925 23,942 16,888 7,054 21,337 15,208 6,129 March 2005 Less than one year 5,817 5,817 0 5,817 0 0 0 1 year -1,231 1,592 1,408 184 2,275 860 1,415 2 years -566 1,245 1,050 195 1,558 797 761 3 years -442 1,033 897 136 1,388 810 578 4 years -282 951 822 129 1,132 721 411 5 years -250 830 737 93 1,025 682 343 6 years -209 772 689 83 901 609 292 7 years -153 714 651 63 797 581 216 8 years -134 663 604 59 764 571 193 9 years -125 653 600 53 733 555 178 10 years -145 602 569 33 667 489 178 11 years -108 553 519 34 638 496 142 Born before March 1993 -1,221 8,674 8,341 333 9,992 8,438 1,554 Total 951 24,099 16,887 7,212 21,870 15,609 6,261 March 2006 Less than one year 7,116 7,116 0 7,116 0 0 0 1 year -1,201 1,621 1,402 219 2,266 846 1,420 2 years -557 1,305 1,072 233 1,561 771 790 3 years -388 1,066 899 167 1,274 719 555 4 years -268 951 823 128 1,112 716 396 5 years -305 816 728 88 1,055 662 393 6 years N N 717 N 924 627 297 7 years -175 717 650 67 791 549 242 8 years -153 637 582 55 750 542 208 9 years -123 623 568 55 679 501 178 10 years -112 585 531 54 680 514 166 11 years -88 531 494 37 635 510 125 12 years N N 496 N 578 444 134 Born before March 1993 -1,156 8,375 8,037 338 9,576 8,082 1,494 Total 2,285 25,682 16,999 8,683 21,881 15,483 6,398 March 2007 Less than one year 6,502 6,502 0 6,502 0 0 0 1 year -1,502 1,587 1,401 186 2,707 1,019 1,688 2 years -605 1,244 1,000 244 1,741 892 849 3 years -431 1,072 909 163 1,385 791 594 4 years -313 924 799 125 1,147 709 438 5 years -253 882 783 99 1,016 664 352 6 years -202 787 684 103 937 632 305 7 years -190 726 641 85 867 592 275 8 years -128 615 551 64 792 600 192 9 years -105 556 502 54 724 565 159 10 years -111 557 510 47 679 521 158 11 years -100 519 485 34 622 488 134 12 years -105 538 506 32 627 490 137 13 years -89 468 437 31 590 470 120 Born before March 1993 -1,093 7,816 7,493 323 9,476 8,060 1,416 Total 1,275 24,793 16,701 8,092 23,310 16,493 6,817 March 2008 Less than one year 6,638 6,638 0 6,638 0 0 0 1 year -1,418 1,549 1,372 177 2,578 983 1,595 2 years -800 1,254 1,023 231 2,021 990 1,031 3 years -510 1,067 895 172 1,488 806 682 4 years -380 867 737 130 1,262 752 510 5 years -279 741 648 93 1,054 682 372 6 years -241 763 689 74 998 683 315 7 years -220 618 558 60 909 629 280 8 years -137 660 587 73 801 591 210 9 years -147 542 484 58 791 586 205 10 years -132 487 447 40 727 555 172 11 years -138 500 461 39 658 481 177 12 years -120 488 458 30 637 487 150 13 years -76 481 442 39 585 470 115 14 years -76 432 388 44 581 461 120 Born before March 1993 -1,045 7,226 6,920 306 9,361 8,010 1,351 Total 919 24,313 16,109 8,204 24,451 17,166 7,285 March 2009 Less than one year 6,187 6,187 0 6,187 0 0 0 1 year -1,655 1,341 1,180 161 2,743 927 1,816 2 years -895 1,171 978 193 2,034 946 1,088 3 years -709 1,014 819 195 1,788 884 904 4 years -448 785 665 120 1,369 801 568 5 years -346 718 609 109 1,219 764 455 6 years -259 662 577 85 1,065 721 344 7 years -242 603 543 60 970 668 302 8 years -190 559 487 72 878 616 262 9 years -189 517 471 46 859 624 235 10 years -140 516 455 61 729 528 201 11 years -123 434 383 51 716 542 174 12 years -82 422 377 45 660 533 127 13 years -115 380 351 29 665 521 144 14 years -128 355 340 15 672 529 143 15 years -78 342 313 29 574 467 107 Born before March 1993 -1,129 6,361 6,055 306 9,905 8,470 1,435 Total -541 22,367 14,603 7,764 26,846 18,541 8,305 March 2010 Less than one year 5,128 5,128 0 5,128 0 0 0 1 year -1,683 1,219 1,054 165 2,650 802 1,848 2 years -819 1,094 877 217 1,787 751 1,036 3 years -584 1,013 828 185 1,572 803 769 4 years -569 838 690 148 1,459 742 717 5 years -298 746 620 126 1,100 676 424 6 years -269 749 640 109 997 619 378 7 years -191 622 534 88 867 588 279 8 years -163 584 509 75 824 586 238 9 years -137 503 427 76 795 582 213 10 years -169 488 436 52 745 524 221 11 years -100 472 412 60 643 483 160 12 years -99 437 396 41 592 452 140 13 years -80 414 370 44 598 474 124 14 years -92 363 327 36 585 457 128 15 years -79 374 337 37 549 433 116 16 years -57 333 302 31 510 422 88 Born before March 1993 -955 5,971 5,631 340 9,170 7,875 1,295 Total -1,216 21,348 14,390 6,958 25,443 17,269 8,174 March 2011 Less than one year 5,800 5,800 0 5,800 0 0 0 1 year -1,295 1,177 1,005 172 2,186 719 1,467 2 years -727 1,182 919 263 1,656 666 990 3 years -546 1,019 795 224 1,450 680 770 4 years -394 959 792 167 1,248 687 561 5 years -421 832 702 130 1,202 651 551 6 years -301 735 631 104 970 565 405 7 years -241 660 574 86 852 525 327 8 years -187 591 522 69 774 518 256 9 years -165 608 542 66 715 484 231 10 years -133 543 477 66 650 451 199 11 years -156 482 427 55 682 471 211 12 years -131 497 447 50 613 432 181 13 years -125 409 378 31 544 388 156 14 years -109 420 395 25 532 398 134 15 years -96 419 384 35 525 394 131 16 years -120 376 339 37 514 357 157 17 years -89 373 347 26 452 337 115 Born before March 1993 -1,234 6,560 6,248 312 8,006 6,460 1,546 Total -670 23,642 15,924 7,718 23,571 15,183 8,388 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.