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.
There's a particular hour when stoned drivers crash most often in Washington state, according to a study of nearly 400 pot-related crashes. The analysis also...
How do Seattleites' perceptions of their own town stack up to other U.S. cities? Not great, according to a new survey of young people across...
Seattle had one of the biggest turnouts among big cities in the 2018 midterm elections, especially among older and more highly educated voters.
The growth of population in King County hit a low for this decade, after years of record-breaking increases.
The city's under-18 population peaked in 1960, when the U.S. Census showed that there were 167,000 kids here. Now the number of kids here is...
"Our furry family members are part of the fabric of what makes Seattle so great," said Kristin Sandberg, of Rover, which is based in Seattle...
A new survey says millennials who live in Washington state are better off than their counterparts elsewhere in the country, even with the Seattle area's...
Shopping under the influence can result in surprises when the purchases arrive, some of our readers tell us.