Data for King County
Communities
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Education indicators include data related to Early Education, 3rd/4th Grade Progress, 9th/10th Grade Progress, On-Time Graduation, Population Differences, and Youth Engagement.
Family & Community indicators include data related to child care affordability, emotional support for parenting, reading, singing and telling stories, child abuse and neglect, voter registration and voter turnout, supportive neighborhoods, and teen marijuana use.
Food indicators include data related to food insecurity/hardship, access to food, and food assistance.
Health indicators include data related to alcohol, disability, health insurance, infant mortality, obesity, physical activity, adolescent birth rate, tobacco, depression among teens, substance use among teens, frequent mental distress (adults), and current marijuana use.
Housing indicators include data related to affordability, owning and renting, foreclosures, and student homelessness.
Income indicators include data related to mean/median income, living wage, poverty and national wealth trends.
Population indicators include data related to population estimates, and demographics.
Safety indicators include data related to carrying weapons at school, homes with guns, and not feeling safe at school.
Transportation indicators include data related to commute mode of transportation and trends by mode of transportation.

Community Focus

Community Needs During The COVID-19 Outbreak: We had the opportunity to interview 16 community advocates about the challenges facing individuals and families during the COVID-19 pandemic and response. Learn more about emerging community needs and efforts to provide support to King County communities from their perspectives.

*new* Data Spotlight

 

King County Population Dashboard: The King County Population Dashboard is an interactive tool where users can explore demographic data such as age, race, language, and socioeconomic status, by different geographic groupings in King County.

Blog

New Survey Shows How COVID-19 Is Impacting Basic Needs, Mental Health, And Social Supports: The coronavirus pandemic has brought dramatic changes to our lives – beyond the illness and death directly caused by the virus. New data from the Washington State Department of Health show how widespread these impacts are.

 
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Build your Data Skills with Communities Count!

In partnership with Communities of Opportunity, Communities Count is offering free data and evaluation workshops for community based organizations in King County.

Learn more or sign up for a workshop on our trainings page!

 
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About communities count

Communities Count is a public-private partnership that provides data to support equity work and monitor the health and well-being of King County communities.

Communities Count emphasizes prevention and a long-term view of change while using data to understand how to build and sustain healthy communities and families.

Read about our latest work in our 2020 Annual Report.

 
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On Communities Count, find King County Data You can use

Click on our data topics section to see interactive data dashboards with key findings on health, education, food, housing and much more…

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