FREE FACTS

THE NORTHWEST
IN NUMBERS






# of complaints filed against lawyers in Washington state in 1981:
1,000

# of complaints filed against lawyers in Washington state in 1992:
2,000

% that the average female model weighed less than the average female in the 1950s:
8

% that the average female model weighed less than the average female in the 1990s:
23

% increase from 1980-90 of Americans driving alone to work:
14

% decrease from 1980-90 of Americans taking public transit to work:
17

% decrease number of patients in U.S. hospitals from 1950-90:
30

% increase in the number of administrative personnel employed by U.S. hospitals from 1950-1990:
170

% rise of whole-bean coffee sold in the U.S. from 1969-89:
23,000

$ donated to Rep. Jennifer Dunn's campaign last year:
111,000

$ donated to Dunn's campaign that came from PACs:
77,000

Total acres of land in King County:
1,366,000

Total acres of King county land owned by Native American organizations:
3,805

Total acres of land in the city of Seattle:
55,995

Total acres of land in Seattle owned by Native American organizations:
5

Percentage of King County land Native American organizations would own if the Muckleshoot Tribe's 85-acre Sand Point request is accepted:
0.28%






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