Table 6. Private sector employment by establishment age Total Private Texas Age Class March 1994 March 1995 March 1996 March 1997 March 1998 March 1999 Less than one year 326,968 388,317 299,853 383,712 373,519 319,462 1 year _ 325,658 386,218 309,896 405,584 378,826 2 years _ _ 317,236 387,170 310,331 406,960 3 years _ _ _ 313,039 384,238 303,134 4 years _ _ _ _ 311,286 370,355 5 years _ _ _ _ _ 308,955 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 5,716,606 5,620,876 5,520,469 5,428,886 5,366,239 5,300,433 Total 6,043,574 6,334,851 6,523,776 6,822,703 7,151,197 7,388,125 Age Class March 2000 March 2001 March 2002 March 2003 March 2004 March 2005 Less than one year 333,347 298,352 326,717 308,351 290,497 270,730 1 year 335,215 337,961 285,007 311,668 302,550 293,332 2 years 375,696 329,647 316,015 271,511 305,678 302,142 3 years 403,656 372,969 300,704 295,096 262,155 301,133 4 years 298,958 398,142 342,180 280,859 288,681 260,410 5 years 357,123 290,111 365,723 320,440 273,621 282,847 6 years 299,406 348,353 262,220 341,496 313,205 268,680 7 years _ 289,700 322,414 245,689 332,479 313,017 8 years _ _ 269,190 308,495 233,976 331,649 9 years _ _ _ 249,794 303,664 234,115 10 years _ _ _ _ 241,612 297,056 11 years _ _ _ _ _ 237,175 12 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 years _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 years _ _ _ _ _ _ Born before March 1993 5,196,490 5,100,020 4,806,734 4,570,533 4,418,222 4,366,496 Total 7,599,891 7,765,255 7,596,904 7,503,932 7,566,340 7,758,782 Age Class March 2006 March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 Less than one year 283,483 294,834 272,038 233,874 211,394 219,444 1 year 284,119 294,347 298,962 258,667 223,857 216,064 2 years 302,410 288,815 293,377 282,801 249,028 230,862 3 years 306,884 305,491 286,844 270,868 265,242 251,123 4 years 301,963 311,734 302,075 269,371 258,006 266,470 5 years 265,971 300,420 305,352 284,151 255,243 258,813 6 years 285,485 263,236 298,863 289,869 270,785 260,088 7 years 270,534 284,494 264,216 280,172 275,254 272,597 8 years 314,615 270,638 282,593 243,194 266,450 277,065 9 years 335,166 316,477 266,517 266,701 228,400 264,623 10 years 240,922 332,767 313,519 251,545 253,314 230,844 11 years 297,884 236,874 332,684 298,767 240,122 255,684 12 years 235,517 294,050 234,780 312,291 286,385 240,153 13 years _ 239,112 290,647 219,608 296,882 289,140 14 years _ _ 236,877 272,245 208,626 296,680 15 years _ _ _ 220,535 262,945 205,002 16 years _ _ _ _ 211,447 262,643 17 years _ _ _ _ _ 209,220 Born before March 1993 4,375,293 4,358,740 4,344,459 4,142,349 3,953,668 3,948,591 Total 8,100,246 8,392,029 8,623,803 8,397,008 8,217,048 8,455,106 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.