Over the same period the number of young unemployed people living with their parents doubled, from 218, 000 to 429, 000 (see chart).
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Changes in the number of houses for sale are widely seen as a good 'leading indicator' of price-changes: in a boom-period there are more buyers than sellers, so the number of properties for sale diminishes, and in a 'bust' period sellers exceed the number of those willing to buy at current prices, so prices tend to fall, as seems already to be happening in many areas.
Over the same period, the number of credit-card transactions fell to 21.6 billion from 21.7 billion.
Over the same period, the number of mobile users exploded from 7, 000 to 87, 000.
Over the same time period, the number employed by others fell, the data shows.
Over the same period, the number of higher-rate taxpayers has risen from 2.1m to 3.6m.
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Over the same period, the number of children adopted by Russian citizens was 7, 416.
During that same period, the number of searches for "heart shaped cake" surged 4, 900% and "healthy chocolate" 110%.
During the most recent reporting period, the number of RIMM shares sold short plunged by more than 19%.
During the same period, the number of brokers who sell its plans jumped from 252 to more than 1, 800.
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Drilling down to loans that are through their prepayment fee period, that number drops to a still muscular 38%.
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In the same period, the number of full-time Dorset Police traffic officers has fallen by 12 from 46 to 34.
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The company says that the expansion is expected during a period when a number of new mines have been put on hold.
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But over the five-year period, the number of people studying full-time at college rose by 19%, to stand at 81, 373 last year.
Over the same period, the number of convictions of suspected traffickers quadrupled.
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Meanwhile, over that same time period, the number of Americans who support same-sex marriage has gone up by almost exactly the same percentage.
The federal government has incurred budget deficits more than 80% of the time since 1930, a period when the number of governmental functions increased dramatically.
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During the period, the number of GMCR shares sold short spiked to 24.7 million shares on October 31 from 17.1 million on October 14, Reuters reports.
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But they have definitely coincided with a period when the number of public companies in America has dropped in both absolute terms and relative to other countries.
In the preceding three-month rolling period, that number was 10%.
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But over the same period, the number of fishermen (along with the population as a whole) has more than tripled, leading to a decline of 44% in the amount each one takes home.
Over the same period, the number of telephone operators plunged by 64 percent, word processors and typists by 63 percent, travel agents by 46 percent and bookkeepers by 26 percent, according to Labor Department statistics.
"Estimates show that during the busiest hour in the morning peak period, the number of passengers on the Great Eastern main line heading to Liverpool Street is set to increase by 49% by 2031, from 16, 500 to 24, 600, " a statement said.
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By 2008 that figure had shrunk to 21%, though since the absolute number of globally mobile students grew by 50% over that period, the absolute number in America has flattened, not fallen.
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The company said on average 11.5 million customers visited its stores during the period - a record number.
"During the early period of enforcement the number of contraventions gradually increased as more and more cameras were added to the enforcement network, " she said.
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Linsey White, of the Association of British Insurers, said proposals to help reduce insurance premiums included introducing a minimum one year learner driver period and reducing the number of young passengers new drivers can carry.
The report looked at the extra travel time for peak period travel during 2003 divided by the number of travelers who began a trip during the peak period (6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.).
We currently estimate that the number of NYT Online Subscribers will increase to approximately 1.3 million by the end of our forecast period, but if the total number of subscribers increases to approximately 1.6 million, we would see 5% upside to the Trefis price.
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