The decline continued to slow in 2008 with only half the population loss compared to 2007.
Whether the decline in water use will continue is unclear.
If the decline continued at the same rate, the city's white population could have decreased by more than 200,000 in the last four years alone.
The decline in the death rate has continued throughout the 1990's.
Should the decline continue, however, a different case could be made using history.
While this decline continued over the following decades, the language did not die out.
His decline continued in 1953, as he was then 28 years of age.
This decline continued through the first decade of the 21st century.
From 1985 to 1989 there were more than 20,000 cases beyond what experts would expect if the decline had continued.
That decline has continued to the point where little of it remains standing today.