FREE FACTS

% of salmon stocks in Washington whose numbers are "depressed"
28

% of salmon stocks in Washington that are at risk of extinction
3

The most frequently stolen car in 1991
1989 Mitsubishi Starion

% of Rainier Beach High students who feel "very" or "quite" unsafe in school
80

% of Rainier Beach High students who feel "quite" unsafe at school dances
27

$ it cost the federal government to rescue imperiled people inside national parks in 1991
3 million

% of major US companies that drug tested their employees and job applicants in 1992
74

% of major US companies that drug tested employees and job applicants in 1993
85

$ paid so far to settle sexual misconduct complaints against Catholic priests
300-400 million

# of Catholic priests who have faced sexual misconduct complaints
400

# of barrels of oil imported into the US per day in 1992
7 million

# of barrels of oil imported into the US per day in 1993
8.2 million

$ per month that President Clinton's proposed energy tax would cost Northwesterners
4.50

$ that Jack in the Box's will lose in the second quarter of 1993
20-30 million

# of gas stations in Washington in the early 1970s
10,000

# of gas stations in Washington right now
2,300

% of 1991 graduates from Seattle high schools who went to college
70

% of Southeast-Asian American graduates who went to college
73

% of African-American graduates who went to college
55

% of Native American graduates who went to college
43

% of Latino graduates who went to college
38

# of US states with school class sizes bigger than those in Washington
3

Average price of homes for sale in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties
$225,624

# of minimum-wage workers in the state of Washington
160,000