The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Total number of state houses
1938	400
1939	3100
1940	6500
1941	10400
1942	13600
1943	14600
1944	14600
1945	15400
1946	17300
1947	22500
1948	25300
1949	28900
1950	32200
1951	35100
1952	33600
1953	32700
1954	33600
1955	35000
1956	35700
1957	36900
1958	37400
1959	38400
1960	40200
1961	42200
1962	43800
1963	43800
1964	44900
1965	46200
1966	47200
1967	48200
1968	50500
1969	51100
1970	51800
1971	52400
1972	52300
1973	52500
1974	52200
1975	51600
1976	54200
1977	56000
1978	57300
1979	58400
1980	59300
1981	59600
1982	58700
1983	58100
1984	57800
1985	56700
1986	59100
1987	60600
1988	62000
1989	64500
1990	67700
1991	69900
1992	70100
1993	70200
1994	69500
1995	69000
1996	67000
1997	65800
1998	63900
1999	61000
2000	59500
2001	59900			
2002	61900			
2003	64399			
2004	65304			
2005	66354			
2006	67397			
2007	68128			
2008	68644			
2009	69173	

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