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.
The Boeing Boom elevated the Seattle area’s black homeowners. The tech boom? Just the opposite, as the region’s rate of homeownership ranks among the lowest...
If you’re one of the thousands of Seattle-area commuters enduring longer commute times, contact our FYI Guy.
For the first time, Seattle is adding more people on average each year than during the post-Gold-Rush boom years. We’ve never grown this fast, and...
New Census Bureau data show nearly 36 percent of the state’s registered voters who did not cast a ballot sat out because they didn’t like...
A wave in white, blue-collar voters never materialized in Washington in the 2016 presidential election. But the bump in college-educated whites could have helped Hillary...
For the first time since at least 1970, the percentage of Seattle households that own a car is declining. Census data show it’s all because...
If you live in King County, your life expectancy exceeds the national average — and it grew more than life expectancy in some Washington counties...
Only Washington, D.C., has a higher concentration of workers who sit for five or more hours a day. “It’s a lot of sitting,” a software...
The average property-tax bill across King County has jumped 35 percent in the last four years, due to quickly climbing property values and newly approved...
A new nationwide study showed male doctors, across all medical specialties, make on average $90,000 more than their female counterparts.
