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As rent has increased exponentially over the past eight years, income has plateaued, leaving low-income households to pay a larger share of their income on housing.
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Rents across the central Puget Sound region moved skyward over the last decade, driven by demand from a robust economy, particularly in the technology sector, as well as limited housing supply.
A new Puget Sound Trend looks at how rising rents have affected people of color,…
People with First Nations heritage in our region are very diverse, with over 50 Tribal groups represented.
About 7,700 of the region’s residents identify as Puget Sound Salish—a name the American Community Survey uses to group Tribes who have original homelands in the four-…
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Here in the central Puget Sound region, people with disabilities make up 11% of the population and they’re an important part of our region and workforce.
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It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month. Nearly half a million people in the region identify as Hispanic or Latinx (474,660). That’s about one out of 10 residents.
This year we’re exploring data about workers with this ancestry.
Since education has a big impact on career choice…
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One in six residents don’t identify as straight or heterosexual
PSRC is celebrating Pride Month by exploring data on this diverse community.
New data shows that about 17% of the population in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties does not identify as straight or heterosexual.…
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Digging into the numbers shows challenges and importance of equity data
The central Puget Sound region has about 600,000 people who identify as Asian Alone and more than 35,000 people who identify as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone, as we discovered last year…
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A look at women’s earnings in the region.
In the last decade, women in the U.S. have increased their earnings, education and fields of occupation, and they continue to have longer average life spans than men.
But when it comes to salaries, many women still lag behind.
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Reasons go deeper than disparities in income.
Black homeownership is declining in the region, a trend that’s also happening at the national level.
But the decline is steeper here, going from 36% of households that owned their homes in 2000 to 30% today. Nationwide, the rate…
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PSRC explores data on Tribal identification, homeownership and income.
This month, PSRC delves into data on the region’s American Indian and Alaska Native population.
People with First Nations heritage in our region are very diverse, with over 50 Tribal groups represented.…