Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety56#23/51
Economy86#8/51
Housing20#41/51
Health64#19/51
Healthcare60#21/51
Environment52#24/49
Education52#25/51
Infrastructure96#3/51
Community61#20/51
Leisure & amenities50#26/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Washington ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Broadband subscriptions · high93.6%
100/100United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Average weekly wage · high$1,917
94/100United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Food insecurity · low10.5%
93/100United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · low0.2%
92/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · low19.0%
91/100United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · high88 /100k
90/100United States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
6/100United States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Home price to income ratio · high5.8×
7/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · high17.9×
10/100United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high32.7 /100k
10/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Property crime rate · high1,975 /100k
10/100United States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mammography screening · low41.0%
12/100United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

High ozone daysImproving
6 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−85%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
9.9 /1k (2020) → 17.8 /1k (2025)
+80%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.7% (2020 & 2021) → 36.6% (2023 & 2024)
+9.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
35.5% (Dec 2021) → 43.5% (Aug 2026)
+8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$58,748 (2019) → $79,604 (2024)
+36%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Property crime rateImproving
3,036 /100k (2021) → 1,975 /100k (2025)
−35%4 yearsUS 1,782 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Washington improved on 12 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 7 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

New businesses+80%9.9 /1k → 17.8 /1k
Weekly wage+30%$1,477 → $1,917
Commute−1.4 min28.0 min → 26.6 min
Real income+36%$58,748 → $79,604
Bachelor's++3.6 points36.0% → 39.6%

Declined9

Transit use−3.2 points6.6% → 3.4%
Overdose deaths+58%20.7 /100k → 32.7 /100k
Inequality+0.0120.457 → 0.469
Price / income+1.2×4.6× → 5.8×
Traffic deaths+23%7.4 /100k → 9.0 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.1 /10k2020	4.4 /10k2025	+7.7%	Improved	17%
Average commute time	28.0 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Improved	95%
Average weekly wage	$1,4772020	$1,9172025	+30%	Improved	95%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	62%
Broadband subscriptions	88.3%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Improved	3%
Child poverty rate	12.0%2019	11.5%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Distance to an airport	29 mi2020	29 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	20.7 /100k2020	32.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+58%	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	56%
Firearm deaths	11.2 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.3%	Within the margin of error	21%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+8.9%	Improved	44%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Improved	17%
Home price to income ratio	4.6×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	5%
Homicide rate	4.2 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Improved	9%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,7482019	$79,6042024	+36%	Improved	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4692020-2024	+0.012	Declined	5%
Median household income	$78,6742019	$99,3092024	+26%	Improved	62%
New business applications	9.9 /1k2020	17.8 /1k2025	+80%	Improved	91%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−8%	Declined	44%
Poverty rate	9.8%2019	10.0%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−5%	Within the margin of error	25%
Public transit commuters	6.6%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Declined	13%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Declined	28%
Rent-burdened households	47.7%2015-2019	49.9%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Declined	21%
Restaurants and bars	9.6 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	+1.9%	Within the margin of error	52%
Students per teacher	18.4×2019	17.9×2024	−0.5×	Little change	36%
Suicide rate	15.7 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+8.3%	Declined	30%
Traffic deaths	7.4 /100k2015-2019	9.0 /100k2020-2024	+23%	Declined	3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2020	4.7%2025	−4 points	Improved	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2019	7.8%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Washington itself moved −2.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,816,116 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,064,820 households (±5,874)

Washington
United States share

Under $25k11%340,420
$25k–50k13%403,694
$50k–75k14%433,429

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,064,820 households (±5,874)

Washington
United States share

Own64%1,954,777
Rent36%1,110,043

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,787,614 workers (±10,627)

Washington
United States share

Drive alone63%2,401,413
Carpool8.5%320,462
Public transit3.4%130,508

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Washington employ 729,260 people. 10 pay a median above the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Washington by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Software Developers107,030 jobs	107,030	$166,540US $135,980	+22%	2.78×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides103,260 jobs	103,260	$47,730US $35,800	+33%	1.05×
Fast Food and Counter Workers94,710 jobs	94,710	$37,710US $31,200	+21%	1.08×
Retail Salespersons84,850 jobs	84,850	$39,560US $35,410	+12%	0.95×
Registered Nurses69,260 jobs	69,260	$124,200US $97,550	+27%	0.9×
Cashiers61,050 jobs	61,050	$38,720US $32,880	+18%	0.87×
Stockers and Order Fillers57,370 jobs	57,370	$44,620US $37,330	+20%	0.89×
Business Operations Specialists, All Other51,650 jobs	51,650	$100,360US $83,050	+21%	2.08×
General and Operations Managers50,630 jobs	50,630	$133,750US $105,770	+26%	0.63×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand49,450 jobs	49,450	$46,190US $40,240	+15%	0.73×

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Washington has 202,177 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248), with 3,056,235 paid employees at an average annual pay of $82,397. The Census Bureau also counts 568,425 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 202,177; 568,425 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248
Paid employees: 3,056,235
Average annual pay: $82,397; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Washington by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	16,412	20.9	1.35×More than typical	149,030	$79,178	23,604
Ambulatory health care services	15,193	19.4	0.93×About typical	207,237	$72,975	28,396
Restaurants and other eating places	15,030	19.2	1.04×About typical	235,593	$30,179	2,141
Lessors of real estate	12,407	15.8	1.28×More than typical	51,678	$71,382	60,270
Construction of buildings	9,869	12.6	1.67×More than typical	56,891	$82,432	14,808
Full-service restaurants	6,724	8.6	1.12×About typical	110,404	$35,223	812
Services to buildings and dwellings	6,176	7.9	1.17×About typical	43,166	$45,808	24,019
Offices of other health practitioners	5,960	7.6	1.25×More than typical	30,796	$49,232	16,838
Real estate agents and brokers	5,670	7.2	1.49×More than typical	14,425	$82,477	17,394
Building finishing contractors	5,259	6.7	1.76×More than typical	32,896	$63,332	9,210
Management, scientific and technical consulting	5,239	6.7	1.00×About typical	43,078	$122,164	28,154
Limited-service restaurants	5,168	6.6	0.82×About typical	90,955	$25,717	843

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,838,655 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $18B on contracts performed in Washington: $2,247 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18B; +14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,247; US $1,994
Sole-source: 43%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$5.7B32%
Department of Energy$3.7B21%
Defense Contract Management Agency$3.5B19%
Department of the Navy$1.4B7.6%
Department of the Army$898.1M5.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs$373.1M2.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$343.5M1.9%
U.S. Coast Guard$339.6M1.9%

Top recipients

THE BOEING COMPANY$9B50%
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$1.4B7.8%
HANFORD TANK WASTE OPERATIONS & CLOSURE, LLC$979.8M5.5%
BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.$627M3.5%
CENTRAL PLATEAU CLEANUP COMPANY, LLC$551.2M3.1%

Spending by fiscal year

13BFY2017
14.3BFY2018
16BFY2019
12.8BFY2020
15.6BFY2021
12.1BFY2022
13BFY2023
15.4B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$9.2B51%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.5B8.5%
Waste treatment and disposal · 5622$974.9M5.4%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$766.2M4.3%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$736.9M4.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362

Largest awards

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE/PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORY OPERATING AND MANAGING CONTRACT$30.9B
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE· Benton County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 24, 2016 – Aug 26, 2026· DEAC0576RL01830
USN P-8A FRP II LONG LEAD MATERIAL$18.1B
THE BOEING COMPANY· King County, WA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 5, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· N0001914C0067
THIS MODIFICATION UPDATES SECTION J, LIST OF ATTACHMENTS, ATTACHMENT J-E, LIST OF APPLICABLE DIRECTIVES, TO ALIGN WITH PROJECT VELOCITY DIRECTION FROM DOE HQ.$17.3B
BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.· Benton County, WA· Construction & real property· Oct 21, 2016 – Aug 20, 2026· DEAC2701RV14136

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $78.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Washington: $9,761 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $78.1B; +5.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,761; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$30.1B39%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$20B26%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$4.8B6.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.7B3.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.1B2.7%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.8B2.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.2B1.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$1.1B1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES$22.8B29%
OLYMPIA, WA
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.3B1.7%
OLYMPIA, WA
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION$1.2B1.5%
OLYMPIA, WA
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$780.3M1.0%
SEATTLE, WA
US SFR OWNER LLC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$36.1B46%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$20.9B27%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$5.6B7.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2.6B3.3%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

77.9BFY2021
67.1BFY2022
72.3BFY2023
69.9BFY2024
73.7BFY2025
78.1BFY2026

County aggregates

54%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Washington, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Washington
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2017	$1,757	$1,436
FY2018	$1,904	$1,552
FY2019	$2,096	$1,654
FY2020	$1,651	$1,880
FY2021	$2,015	$1,810
FY2022	$1,550	$1,917
FY2023	$1,656	$2,079
FY2024	$1,937	$2,047
FY2025	$1,977	$2,165
FY2026	$2,247 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2017	$294	$93.28
FY2018	$305	$105
FY2019	$299	$128
FY2020	$325	$145
FY2021	$294	$117
FY2022	$271

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2021	$5,700	$5,748
FY2022	$4,828	$5,221
FY2023	$5,358	$5,364
FY2024	$4,971	$5,501
FY2025	$5,056	$5,732
FY2026	$6,083

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2021	$413	$298
FY2022	$363	$357
FY2023	$318	$301
FY2024	$250	$319
FY2025	$331	$360
FY2026	$251

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2021	$214	$239
FY2022	$194	$185
FY2023	$235	$229
FY2024	$239	$229
FY2025	$238	$249
FY2026	$215 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2021	$2,252	$2,304
FY2022	$2,219	$2,197
FY2023	$2,656	$2,274
FY2024	$1,870	$2,267
FY2025	$2,045	$2,397
FY2026	$2,956

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington	United States
FY2021	$1,082	$1,186
FY2022	$397	$465
FY2023	$70.35	$76.52
FY2024	$134	$120
FY2025	$151	$148
FY2026	$123 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Washington
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	2.8%	2.0%
2015	2.6%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Washington whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Kittitas County, WAFederal contracts · FY2024$1,694 (3.3×)
Pend Oreille County, WAContracts and grants · FY2024$1,597 (2.6×)
Whitman County, WAHHS grants · FY2024$1,074 (2.3×)
Grays Harbor County, WATransportation grants · FY2024$484 (3.9×)
Pend Oreille County, WASBA lending volume · FY2024$428 (3.9×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/53

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Washington

All 39 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Washington

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Washington, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Washington

By population.

All 639 cities and towns in Washington

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	−6.8%	−4.2%
2015	−4.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.1%	+3.3%
2018	+12.1%	+6.8%
2019	+17.9%	+10.5%
2020	+30.1%	+19.4%
2021	+39.7%	+26.1%
2022	+42.4%	+30.6%
2023	+50.0%	+35.0%
2024	+61.0%	+41.0%
2025	+68.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	−7.4%	−5.5%
2015	−3.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+4.1%
2018	+10.2%	+8.9%
2019	+16.8%	+13.5%
2020	+24.6%	+20.8%
2021	+36.2%	+32.1%
2022	+40.1%	+35.4%
2023	+49.3%	+42.9%
2024	+56.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	4.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	6.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	6.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	7.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	−8.5%	−6.9%
2015	−4.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.7%
2018	+10.4%	+7.5%
2019	+17.3%	+14.0%
2020	+19.8%	+16.9%
2021	+25.5%	+21.0%
2022	+36.1%	+29.7%
2023	+41.0%	+34.9%
2024	+48.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	−18.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+11.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+20.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+26.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+43.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+68.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+78.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+80.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+86.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	5.9%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	5.2%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	4.4%	3.9%
2019	4.2%	3.7%
2020	8.7%	8.1%
2021	5.2%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	4.2%	3.6%
2024	4.5%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	13.2%	15.5%
2015	12.2%	14.7%
2016	11.3%	14.0%
2017	11.0%	13.4%
2018	10.3%	13.1%
2019	9.8%	12.3%
2020	9.5%	11.9%
2021	9.9%	12.8%
2022	10.0%	12.6%
2023	10.3%	12.5%
2024	10.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	10.6%	13.5%
2015	7.6%	10.9%
2016	6.9%	10.0%
2017	7.1%	10.2%
2018	7.5%	10.4%
2019	7.7%	10.8%
2020	7.4%	10.4%
2021	7.6%	10.2%
2022	7.2%	9.5%
2023	7.4%	9.5%
2024	7.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Washington	United States
2014	7.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.8/1k	16.6/1k

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