Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Louisiana Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 72,327 74,931 54,316 60,972 58,697 66,909 1 year _ 78,544 76,958 53,122 60,677 58,494 2 years _ _ 76,772 76,077 49,570 59,953 3 years _ _ _ 73,328 78,572 47,783 4 years _ _ _ _ 71,629 71,409 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 68,006 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 1,236,622 1,200,607 1,178,094 1,157,413 1,144,406 1,105,783 Total 1,308,949 1,354,082 1,386,140 1,420,912 1,463,551 1,478,337 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 67,658 62,327 61,928 55,501 53,492 52,865 1 year 68,758 68,943 58,187 60,770 55,386 51,889 2 years 58,444 64,413 65,345 53,233 58,115 53,952 3 years 56,956 55,576 58,192 60,582 52,907 54,876 4 years 44,786 52,644 50,740 53,349 59,314 51,832 5 years 68,087 41,965 46,911 49,000 52,828 57,555 6 years 64,425 61,775 38,306 45,805 45,672 50,804 7 years _ 59,400 56,598 36,114 43,768 44,873 8 years _ _ 54,683 55,810 34,851 42,422 9 years _ _ _ 52,917 54,883 33,361 10 years _ _ _ _ 51,291 52,304 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 49,976 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,070,278 1,042,289 988,092 955,327 931,208 904,823 Total 1,499,392 1,509,332 1,478,982 1,478,408 1,493,715 1,501,532 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 63,242 58,467 54,471 48,404 43,711 40,979 1 year 53,253 56,529 56,808 53,403 44,767 42,066 2 years 49,011 55,629 52,982 51,290 48,134 47,143 3 years 49,130 50,080 53,549 48,952 47,793 47,658 4 years 51,750 49,524 48,333 50,141 42,518 47,614 5 years 48,294 53,067 47,924 44,869 47,320 43,649 6 years 54,182 48,965 50,093 44,908 41,794 46,289 7 years 44,559 54,214 48,113 47,214 40,957 41,980 8 years 41,822 45,226 53,528 45,015 44,866 40,258 9 years 40,088 41,266 43,442 51,174 43,856 44,351 10 years 30,047 39,760 40,191 43,083 48,064 44,325 11 years 46,813 31,104 37,781 37,222 40,740 47,340 12 years 45,881 46,956 30,340 34,901 35,639 39,619 13 years _ 44,421 45,532 29,498 33,931 35,890 14 years _ _ 43,174 43,201 27,909 33,511 15 years _ _ _ 40,053 40,555 27,594 16 years _ _ _ _ 37,548 40,381 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 37,750 Born before March 1993 834,506 843,308 829,733 797,273 755,139 745,099 Total 1,452,578 1,518,516 1,535,994 1,510,601 1,465,241 1,493,496 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.