Even those figures understate the impact of the industry on the local economy, however.

But prison officials say those figures understate the role of drugs in crimes by women.

The bill would cut taxes over the next decade by $792 billion, but even that figure considerably understates the cost.

But even some people inside the firms admit that those figures understate the losses.

And officials in both counties say those figures understate the trend.

But his figure does not include projects under construction, and thus understates the surge of recent years.

If anything, he added, these figures understate the true extent of capital flight from China in the early 1990's.

The $36 million figure actually understates the cost of the package.

Labor Department officials cautioned that the figures might understate the number of people holding more than one job.

Members of each community estimate that these figures significantly understated their respective numbers.