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01/24/2025
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03/25/2024
DAILY DOSE OF DATA: Washington leads the nation in arts & cultural production as a share of GDP -- accounting for nearly 9.5% of Washington's GDP (almost $1 out of every $10 of total output). According to the latest figures from the BEA, Washington's arts & culture sector of the economy is nearly twice as big as the national average (4.8%). The biggest gains recently have been in performing arts and fine arts education.
Source:https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/acpsa0324.pdf
03/20/2024
DAILY DOSE OF DATA: Washington is a great state for women small business owners, considering 42% of its small businesses are owned by women. Of those businesses, 34% make a revenue of $1 million or more. Washington’s employment rate among women (59%) is also high compared to other states.
Source: https://www.lendio.com/blog/best-states-for-women-small-business-owners/
01/04/2024
Wanna see how economic growth in Skagit County compared to other counties around the region? Check out this cool blog by the BEA.
See how the economy of your metro area or county fared in 2022 by reading our latest GDP by county and metro area blog:
https://bea.gov/news/blog/2023-12-07/gross-domestic-product-county-and-metropolitan-area-2022
09/14/2023
Check out our recent Skagit County Trends Blog featuring recent data updates such as the share of employment in the top five sectors, quarterly residential building permits, net firms created and employment in the arts, recreation, restaurants & hotels.
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09/13/2023
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07/28/2023
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4% annualized rate in the second quarter of 2023 after increasing 2.0% in the first quarter.
07/12/2023
In honor of yesterday's World Population Day, here is data from the UN on the world's most populous countries along with forecasted growth.
01/12/2023
Check out the latest edition of the Skagit County Trends Blog featuring updates to data on population density, per capita personal income, kindergarten readiness, opioid prescriptions, youth suicides and more.
Skagit County Trends Blog Did you know there are over 170 different community indicators on Skagit County Trends - each updated throughout the year? But which ones, and when? This issue of the Skagit County Trends blog lists some of the most recently updated indicators on the Skagit County Trends website. This page will be u...
01/04/2023
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12/23/2022
With the somewhat surprising news that US GDP increased 3.2% over third quarter, it is interesting to see which industries might be driving this STRONG economic growth.
12/22/2022
Many economists are surprised with this very strong GDP growth in third quarter. State GDP will be released shortly, but this announcement bodes well for Washington's economic growth.
The U.S. economy grew at a 3.2% annualized rate in Q3, up from the 2.9% rate estimated a month ago.
Information; professional, scientific, and technical services; and mining were the leading contributors to the 3.2% increase in GDP at an annualized rate in the third quarter.
🔗 bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product