Skagit County Trends

08/04/2026

The BLS released the results of the 2025 Time Use Survey giving us important insights into how Americans spend their day. Interestingly at 2 pm, what many consider in the midst of a typical work-day, less than one-third of American adults are "working." At 8 pm, more than half of us are engaging in leisure. And notice the relatively smaller portion of time devoted to family-care.

https://www.bls.gov/tus/

08/04/2026

On Thursday, the BEA released June numbers for disposable personal income (DPI) and personal consumption expenditures. Across the US, people continue to spend more than they are bringing in, resulting in the decline in savings (black line). In June, DPI increased 0.2 percent but consumption spending increased 0.3 percent.

https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/personal-income-and-outlays-june-2026

07/30/2026

Our awesome student interns are vital to our success and we appreciate them today and every day. They work incredibly hard at managing and updating data, making / editing cool graphs, and writing analyses.

07/28/2026

Labor Force Implications: The oldest (65+) age group's share of the county population in has increased 10 percentage points from 15% to 25% over the past 25 years. In contrast, the youngest (17 and under) age group's share of the population has fallen slightly from 26% to 22.5%. Overall, these two groups comprise nearly half of the county population (47.2%) and are typically less likely to work full-time.

To see more, including how the county compares to the state average, head on over to Skagit County Trends: https://skagitcountytrends.org/

07/23/2026

After flattening for several years, average annual wages in the manufacturing sector have started rising again and match earnings in the government sector across the counties, according to recent data from QCEW for last year (2025).

Head over to Skagit County Trends to download the full dataset and see other economic indicators that have been updated.

https://skagitcountytrends.org/

07/21/2026

Great News -- We just released the latest edition of the Skagit County Trends Blog where we feature population growth, graduation rates and post-secondary enrollments, renters feeling housing-burdened, and more. Check out the interactive blog that allows you to drill down more into the data at our Skagit County Trends site.

https://skagitcountytrends.org/blog/

07/17/2026

Over the summer, our student interns, such as Moon, are able to put in more hours at the office and we are happy to have them! Head on over to Skagit County Trends to see which demographic, economic, health, education, housing or transportation indicators they might have recently updated.

https://skagitcountytrends.org/

07/15/2026

Did you know there are over 170 different community indicators on Skagit County Trends - each updated throughout the year? But which ones, and when?

The Skagit County Trends blog lists some of the most recently updated indicators on the Skagit County Trends website along with short summaries of implications for the local community.

https://skagitcountytrends.org/blog/

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07/13/2026

Washington OFM recently released their 2026 population estimates and components of population change. Since 2020, the county has seen a natural decrease in population (more deaths than births), but due to residual net migration, nearly 1,000 more people moved to the county than left it over the past year, the county an overall increase in population of 750, for 0.56% growth, slower than the state average.

01/24/2025

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