Find out what the numbers tell us about Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle Times' FYI Guy, Gene Balk, and other contributors comb data sets to look at the numbers behind news topics -- especially those that offer insight into the quality of life and cost of living in the Seattle area.
Mayor Ed Murray’s tax would exempt diet drinks, and data show it could place a heavier burden on the people the tax is supposed to...
Over the past seven days, the agricultural hub of the state has searched for immigration-related topics more than any other area of the country, according...
Data show that regions in the state with the highest percentage of people with insurance made possible through the Affordable Care Act — better known...
Among Seattle neighborhoods, median wages of residents are predictably rising fastest in South Lake Union. But the 10 neighborhoods showing the biggest income gains are...
A new report from the Pew Research Center estimates there are about 150,000 immigrants in the Seattle area — equaling nearly 4 percent of the...
The Seattle Police Department’s latest use-of-force data, which include officer-involved shootings, show a continuing decline since 2011, when the Department of Justice found that Seattle...
More than 21,000 Washington residents were born in one of the seven countries — Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen — affected by...
The U.S. Census estimates there may be slightly more men than women living in Washington for the first time in more than half a century...
A new analysis by the State Board of Education shows that achievement gaps exist in high-performing schools, low-performing ones and everything in-between.
