diff --git a/src/plugins/StatisticsChart.py b/src/plugins/StatisticsChart.py
index 2b1773bf6..d82f6b152 100644
--- a/src/plugins/StatisticsChart.py
+++ b/src/plugins/StatisticsChart.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class Extract:
 
     def get_handle_count(self, data):
         "return number of handles in given (person, handle_list) used for child count, family count"
-        return [str(len(data[1]))]
+        return ["%3d" % len(data[1])]
 
     # ------------------- utility methods -------------------------