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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.
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Fed up with Seattle? Data show where people are moving | FYI Guy
A resident recently wrote in The Seattle Times that he's leaving the city after 14 years, citing homelessness, property crime and the high cost of...
Uber, Lyft used by 3.5 times more people than taxis in Seattle, new data show | FYI Guy
Despite the high number of Uber and Lyft riders in the Seattle area — nearly a quarter of a million people — more than 80...
Washingtonians are less religious than ever, Gallup poll finds | FYI Guy
Since Gallup began tracking religiosity at the state level, Washington has been among the least religious in the union. Forty-seven percent of adults in the...
Proposal could ban Mariners, opponents from chewing tobacco at Safeco Field
The King County Board of Health is set to vote Thursday on a proposal to ban smokeless tobacco at pro-sports venues countywide — Safeco Field,...
Seattle taxes ranked most unfair in Washington — a state among the harshest on the poor nationwide | FYI Guy
A household earning $25,000 in Seattle pays about $4,200, or 17 percent of its income, in state and local taxes, according to a report from...
Housing cars or housing people? Debate rages as number of cars in Seattle hits new high | FYI Guy
The total number of personal vehicles in Seattle hit a new high of nearly 444,000 in 2016. And about 265,000 Seattle households have at least...
Instagram effect? Number of Seattle-area hikers has doubled in less than 10 years, data show | FYI Guy
It's not just because people are moving here in record numbers. The hikers in our area have increased seven times faster than the population overall....
Seattle among 5 big metros last year that more people moved to than left, census data show | FYI Guy
Seattle is the only metro area outside of the Sunbelt that had more people move in from other parts of the country than move away....
Seattle area ranks third in nation for same-sex marriages, IRS data show | FYI Guy
Statewide, 11,200 gay married couples filed joint tax returns for 2015 — and 83 percent of those couples were living in the Seattle area.