Year | Licenses surrendered | States | Comment |
1992 | 1 | AR |
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1993 | 2 | FL, MS |
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1994 | 1 | GA |
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1995 | 0 |
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1996 | 41 | SC, VA, GA, KY, LA, FL, NC, TX, CA, OK, AR, MT, KS, AL, PA, TN, MS, IL, MN, FL, MI, UT, ME, IA | FCC 96-218 rulemaking
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1997 | 33 | SC, NY, CT, AR, GA, LA, NJ, AL, VA, FL, ME, AZ, MS, MD, CO, WV, MI, CA, NC, SC, TX, VT | FCC 96-218 rulemaking
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1998 | 9 | PA, NC, MO, CA, WV, TX, CT, AL |
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1999 | 11 | CA, PA, LA, IN, NM, VA, NY, MD, TX, WI |
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2000 | 6 | FL, CA, VA, WV, PA | Dot-Com crash |
2001 | 12 | IA, NC, SC, IA, AR, ND, CA, VA, RI, OK, OH |
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2002 | 14 | MI, GA, TX, PA, IA, MI, AR, AK, KY, MS, MP (Northern Mariana Islands) |
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2003 | 15 | CA, AK, MI, PA, MS, ME, CO, GA, KY, AL, CO, VA |
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2004 | 34 | NC, GA, CO, MS, SC, PR (Puerto Rico), LA, MI, OH, TX, FL, AR, CA, UT |
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2005 | 11 | TX, GA, CA, AR, IA, PA, MI, OR |
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2006 | 16 | TX, PA, AR, MI, OR, MS, IL, MN, OK, WA |
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2007 | 9 | GA, AR, TN, OR, VA, TX, MA, MO |
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2008 | 4 | FL, MI, PA, AL |
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2009 | 7 | MI, IL, OK, OR, LA, ID | Sub-prime mortgage crash |
2010 | 7 | NY, VA, TX, PA, AL, WV |
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2011 | 32 | MS, AL, GA, VI (Virgin Islands), MD, MI, AS, TX, AR, IN, FL, TN, SC, NM, IA, NY, PA, LA, VT, NC |
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2012 | 25 | MS, FL, LA, TX, DE, KY, TN, IN, AL, GA, OH, PA, IL, MS, NC, MI, UT, SC. FL |
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2013 | 20 | MS, PA, OR, AL, MT, OK, TX, SC, NV, NM, NH, GA, TN |
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2014 | 22 | SC, CO, AK, AS (American Samoa), IL, AR, PA, RI, GA. IN, MA, MI, TX, NY, MS, WY, AL, MT, VA, LA, MO |
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2015 | 21 | AR, GA, WI, AL, NE, NV, HI, SC, NY, UT, MO, TN, KY, MA, IL, AR, AL, AK |
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2016 | 22 | DE, SC, HI, WI, MS, AL, OH, NV, MT, GA, NY, MO |
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2017 | 19 | NC, KY, CT, MO, GA, IL, TN, WY, NY, CA, OH, NH, PA |
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2018 | 18 | MD, KY, GA, NC, IL, GA, MS, UT, VA, LA, NY, MT, AR |
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2019 | 33 | AL, SC, OR, AR, TN, NC, WY, IN, KS, HI, WA, AL, IL, KY, HI, VI, VA, GA, LA, CA |
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2020 | 60 | MO, NE, FL, GA, LA, ID, TX, MP, AR, AK, KY, IL, AL, NJ, TN, MI, SD, MS, VA, CO, OH, SC, NM, WI, ND, AZ, OR, MD, PA, NV | Covid-19 crash |
2021 | 46 | MI, FL, AL, NV, GA, NM, PA, AZ, IN, OH, TX, IA, OR, CA, VA, IL, TX, TN, CA, NC, LA, OR, AZ, MS, SC, WV, WA, PA |
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2022 | 21 | FL, MS, AR, VA, MT, NY, KY, TN, SC, ME, NC, NM, MO, TX, GA, VT, PA |
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2023 | 188 | TX, SC, MI, CA, ID, IL, OR, MD, MA, NM, AR, FL, KY, OH, TN, NC, LA, AR, CO, ME, MS, GA, WA, MI, OH, PA, VA, NJ, WI, NY, HI, NH, UT, IN, MT, SC, WV, IN, GU (Guam) | The Great Cancellation of May 4, 2023 |
2024 | 35 | VA, AL, ME, LA, NC, MO, NY, SC, AZ, IL, NM, NV, WA, FL, TX, IN, WY, WA, KS, CA, MA, OH, NJ, AR, GA, CO, PA, VT | As of August 2024 |