The proportion of such children without insurance climbed to 23.6 percent last year, from 20.1 percent in 1997, the bureau said.

The same proportion have never climbed a tree.

The proportion climbs to 17 percent, if the $35 billion is compared with the $200 billion in new investment only, leaving aside replacements of plants and equipment.

In some state courts the proportion of unpublished rulings has climbed to more than 90 percent.

The proportion of the population with jobs, today's report showed, climbed to a record of 62.1 percent.

If persons 60 and older are added in, the proportion climbs to almost a quarter of those who turn out on Election Day.

Meanwhile, the proportion of Hispanic residents working in the service sector climbed to about 50 percent.

The proportion of children living in poverty climbed from a little more than 3 in 10 to closer to 4 in 10.

When black women are added, the proportion climbs to 24.6 percent, which exceeds the Census Bureau's latest count of black representation in the city.

According to the 2011 census this proportion had climbed to 42.5%, and remained the highest in England.