Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private South Carolina Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 52,908 54,139 64,972 63,917 56,675 86,922 1 year _ 52,848 54,940 66,286 65,753 57,547 2 years _ _ 53,484 56,352 64,674 64,787 3 years _ _ _ 52,994 55,220 63,082 4 years _ _ _ _ 51,074 55,568 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 51,913 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 1,207,839 1,204,197 1,164,166 1,149,078 1,126,174 1,082,755 Total 1,260,747 1,311,184 1,337,562 1,388,627 1,419,570 1,462,574 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 58,420 57,539 53,889 63,054 46,951 49,691 1 year 85,208 57,696 54,300 54,091 63,172 46,964 2 years 57,796 79,834 56,598 53,767 52,718 62,419 3 years 66,094 53,311 77,432 54,523 52,421 53,452 4 years 61,828 59,682 47,562 72,961 53,173 52,772 5 years 53,434 57,404 55,150 44,112 70,483 54,344 6 years 51,819 47,966 54,507 50,949 43,346 67,976 7 years _ 48,519 43,984 54,758 49,965 42,844 8 years _ _ 45,029 43,419 53,903 49,237 9 years _ _ _ 43,699 42,058 52,085 10 years _ _ _ _ 42,718 40,533 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 38,702 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 1,061,643 1,015,462 943,121 904,570 876,527 860,421 Total 1,496,242 1,477,413 1,431,572 1,439,903 1,447,435 1,471,440 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 45,005 60,405 44,337 37,668 33,754 35,880 1 year 49,650 45,326 57,074 38,180 36,499 34,367 2 years 44,567 50,660 43,637 49,128 35,393 37,533 3 years 63,969 44,713 48,165 37,713 45,976 34,676 4 years 52,619 65,744 42,715 43,014 35,339 45,103 5 years 51,179 54,109 63,377 37,981 41,423 33,505 6 years 55,318 51,776 51,085 55,449 35,545 40,321 7 years 66,784 56,476 50,339 45,218 51,786 35,019 8 years 42,613 67,069 54,150 45,538 42,343 52,491 9 years 47,332 41,779 65,369 47,068 41,750 41,743 10 years 52,456 47,021 38,377 58,054 47,306 41,316 11 years 39,823 52,734 45,261 34,194 55,801 49,253 12 years 38,361 39,452 52,482 39,840 31,966 57,931 13 years _ 38,467 38,775 46,916 36,894 32,689 14 years _ _ 36,894 35,431 46,055 37,184 15 years _ _ _ 33,478 34,890 43,460 16 years _ _ _ _ 32,295 34,413 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 32,200 Born before March 1993 850,139 834,323 812,205 744,040 708,601 706,535 Total 1,499,815 1,550,054 1,544,242 1,428,910 1,393,616 1,425,619 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.