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Here's an attempt to reformat the numbers better:

The ARS License Numbers:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total all classes - 674,792

As of February 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,896 (3.5%)
Technician - 293,508 (44.8%)
Technician Plus - 30,818 (4.7%)
General - 130,138 (19.9%)
Advanced - 69,050 (10.5%)
Extra - 108,270 (16.5%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 324,326 (49.5%)

Total all classes - 654,680


As of February 22, 2010:

Novice - 16,878 (2.5%)
Technician - 335,694 (49.0%)
Technician Plus - 115 (0.1%)
General - 151,663 (22.1%)
Advanced - 60,586 (8.8%)
Extra - 119,806 (17.5%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 335,809 (49.0%)

Total all classes - 684,742

Changes:

From May 14, 2000, to February 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,433
Technician - increase of 88,114
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,042
General - increase of 17,461
Advanced - decrease of 30,732
Extra - increase of 29,520

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,928

Total all classes - decrease of 20,112


From May 14, 2000, to February 22, 2010:

Novice - decrease of 32,451
Technician - increase of 130,300
Technician Plus - decrease of 128,745
General - increase of 38,986
Advanced - decrease of 39,196
Extra - increase of 41,056

Total Tech/TechPlus - increase of 1,555

Total all classes - increase of 9,950

From February 22, 2007, to February 22, 2010:

Novice - decrease of 6,018
Technician - increase of 42,186
Technician Plus - decrease of 30,703
General - increase of 21,525
Advanced - decrease of 8,464
Extra - increase of 11,536

Total Tech/TechPlus - increase of 11,483

Total all classes - increase of 30,062

73 de Jim, N2EY

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Is there a point to presenting the statistics?

It appears that the Technician (w/ or w/o HF) class remains approximately
half of all licenses actively maintained, and relatively unchanged over 10
years. There are also Novice and Advanced licenses that are being renewed
without upgrading (about 10% of all licenses [11.3%]). The average number
of Advanced and Extra classes is approximately constant, although there has
been a shift from one class to the other.

Is there anything you want to conclude from all of this?