FREE FACTS

Decrease in the average federal government executive's salary since 1972
25%

% of teenagers that held jobs in 1980
60

% of teenagers that hold jobs now
70

Number of minors arrested every hour in Washington state, on average
5

% of people who read a daily newspaper in 1965
66

% of people who read a daily newspaper in 1993
33

% of Seattle's rental housing in violation of housing codes
78

# of low-income housing units that Seattle loses each year
600

# of workers Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts employs to administer health insurance for 3 million people
6,682

# of workers the province of British Columbia employs to administer health insurance for 3 million people
435

% growth of Washington state's prison population, 1990-1993
55

$ of Washington state's annual general fund that goes to criminal justice programs
330 million

% increase in money legally gambled in the US in the past 15 years
1,400

Millions of people working for Fortune 500 firms in 1990
16.2

Millions of people working for Fortune 500 firms in 1993
11.8

Pounds of garbage that the average American produces each year
1,560

% of Chrysler, Ford and GM car models that are actually imports from other countries
10

Number of babies born to school-age mothers every day in Washington, on average
6

Number of babies born every day without adequate prenatal care, on average
44

Number of child abuse and neglect cases reported to the state every hour, on average
7.5