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.
We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...
The number of households streaming TV surged during the early days of the pandemic as the region was locked down to slow the spread of...
A national moving company found that Idaho had the nation's largest in-migration last year. People said they were attracted by the outdoor lifestyle and lower...
The number of Seattle homeowners hasn't changed much over the decades. That's not true for the city's renters, who have grown steadily for most of...
More than 1 million Washingtonians have downloaded WA Notify, an app that helps trace coronavirus exposures. But the state does not have reliable data on...
In a two-week snapshot of King County in the pandemic, positive-test rates soared in some spots and rose overall, a sign that transmission of the...
Population growth in the U.S. already was stagnant over the past several years due to immigration restrictions and a dip in fertility, but coronavirus-related deaths...
In the warmer months, we could easily socialize and exercise outdoors, where the risk of virus transmission is much lower. Those things aren't nearly so...
After federal IT software breach Washington state is looking at its "vulnerabilities'' to its system.
From Nov. 7 through 21, the most recent and accurate data available, more than 61,000 King County residents were tested for the virus, and 8,900...
