At the same time, the percentage of working-age Americans with jobs climbed to a record 61.8 percent, reflecting continued employment growth among adult women.

It found that the percentage of obese children climbs rapidly in the early years.

Most analysts assume that percentage has climbed to about 20 or 25 percent since then.

In the global population, the percentage will climb to 21.4 by 2050, from 10 in 2000.

With the widespread use of autoclaves, that percentage climbed to a significant 45% by the year 2000, when composting and energy recovery became more common.

By 1996, the percentage had climbed to 41.4 percent.

The percentage of New Yorkers working at home has climbed slowly but steadily since 1980.

The percentage who had completed four or more years of college climbed from 5 to 19 percent.

There, the percentage of students reading at or above grade level climbed to 51.4 percent from 38 percent.

Rice's percentage of the vote total had climbed for three consecutive years, and he appeared to be moving inexorably toward the necessary 75 percent.