Note:   PROC FREQ can also be used to count the frequency of values in each BY-Group. A sort is not necessary when using PROC FREQ.

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/* Create sample data */

data old;
  input state $ accttot;
datalines;
ca     7000
ca     6500
ca     5800
nc     4800
nc     3640
sc     3520
va     4490
va     8700
va     2850
va     1111
;

proc sort data=old;
  by state;
run;

/* To get the number of observations in each group of states, start */
/* a counter on the first observation of each BY-Group. The last    */
/* observation in the BY-Group contains the total number of  	    */ 
/* observations and is output to the data set.                      */

data new;
  set old (drop= accttot);
  by state;
  if first.state then count=0;
  count+1;
  if last.state then output;
run;

proc print; 
run;

/* Alternative approach using PROC FREQ to generate the same output */

proc freq;                                                                                                                              
 tables state / out=new(drop=percent);                                                                                                  
run;

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Obs    state    COUNT

 1      ca        3
 2      nc        2
 3      sc        1
 4      va        4

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