The betting handle soared by 17 percent to $17 million.

But almost 131,000 of those new jobs were downstate, where the job count soared by 2.4 percent.

Its population soared in the past decade by 60 percent to 20,069, according to the 2000 census.

Complaints against doctors have soared by almost 40 percent in just three years, according to official figures.

To an American visitor, the cost of goods and services soared by almost 32 percent.

The total number of days film crews spent shooting on location soared by 35 percent last year from 2004, to 31,570.

Only pearls, which he buys from Japan, have soared in price, by 20 percent.

Federal spending has soared by more than 15 percent since you took office, after adjusting for inflation.

By 1988 that figure had soared by 90 percent to 5,270.

Revenues soared by 50.5 percent, to $1.07 billion, from $709.4 million.