Its population of young families dropped by about 20 percent in the 1990's.

The population here was set to drop by almost 40 percent one day in early August.

In three years, the number of names has dropped by 18 percent.

The number dropped by four percent from 1980 to 1988.

The company's stock dropped in price by 9.8 percent and lost more than $1.5 billion of its market value.

The work force soon dropped by 40 percent, to 730.

Since 1980, the Catholic school population has dropped by 20 percent, to 161,666 students.

The economy has dropped by almost 40 to 50 percent.

In Washington, it dropped by 22 percent, to 151 from 193.

The number of sales dropped by 24.6 percent to 263 from 484.