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Table 3: Wyoming Firms in Expansion and Contraction, and Number of Jobs Created and Destroyed by Age of Business

Business Started In:	Number of Matched Firms Open in 1998 & 1999	Percent of Total	Number of Firms Increasing Jobs	Percent of Total	Number of Firms Decreasing Jobs	Percent of Total	Firms with the Same Level of Jobs	Percent of Total	Net Change	Percent of Total
1960's	542	3.8%	242	3.7%	247	4.4%	53	2.6%	-5	-0.6%
Number of Jobs			861	5.1	1,016	9.0			-155	-2.8
1970's	1,953	13.7	876	13.4	730	12.9	347	16.8	146	17.1
Number of Jobs			2,680	15.9	1,443	12.8			1,237	22.1
1980's	2,781	19.5	1,220	18.7	1,137	20.1	424	20.5	83	9.7
Number of Jobs			3,289	19.5	1,994	17.7			1,295	23.1
1990 to 94	3,907	27.4	1,740	26.7	1,565	27.6	602	29.1	175	20.5
Number of Jobs			3,541	21.0	2,563	22.7			978	17.4
1995 to 99	5,076	35.6	2,381	36.5	1,943	34.3	752	36.4	438	51.4
Number of Jobs			5,106	30.3	2,939	26.1			2,167	38.7
Total	14,259	100.0	6,522	100.0	5,670	100.0	2,067	100.0	852	100.0
Number of Jobs			16,874	100.0	11,269	100.0			5,605	100.0

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