The decrease was the second greatest decline among the 83 metropolitan areas included in the group's quarterly survey.

The most unionized sectors of the economy have had the greatest decline in union membership.

This is the greatest decline since at least 1947, the first year for which government data are available.

Families that depended on incomes of $100,000 or so from one spouse may suffer the greatest decline in living standards.

This was the greatest decline among Luzerne County school districts.

The greatest decline in cultural and financial status in the city's 2000-year history has been taking place since 1990.

White men had the greatest decline, 83 percent; black women declined 75 percent.

The greatest decline was in home furnishings and supplies, down 7.8 percent.

But the period after the war saw the greatest decline in its industrial base.

The European economy is suffering the effects of the global financial crisis, seeing the greatest and most serious decline in the last 60 years.