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Mexican family size is shrinking fast. Dairy cow numbers are at the highest inventory. Federal funds will stimulate $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending.

SEATTLE (AP) — The endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state are having pregnancy problems because they can't find enough to eat.
That's according to a new study by researchers who analyzed hormones in excrement collected at sea and found more than t…

SEATTLE (AP) — Rough tallies of Washington's homeless population showed an increase in the number of people living outdoors or in shelters and transitional housing, despite efforts to reduce homelessness.
The Seattle Times reports that surveys conducted in five of the six most populous cou…

SEATTLE (AP) — As more out-of-state residents flock to Seattle the locals are leaving.
The Seattle Times reports that according to U.S. Census Bureau data, last year was the first time in at least a decade when the number of native-born Washington residents in King County declined...

SEATTLE (AP) — Newly released statistics show Bellevue is becoming more racially diverse as the white population now makes up less than half the city's population.
The Seattle Times reports the 2015 data from the U.S. Census Bureau says Bellevue's white population has fallen below the…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has cracked the top 10 most densely populated big cities in the United States for the first time in its history.
The Seattle Times reports that according to census data, Seattle had almost 8,000 people per square mile in 2014, jumping past Baltimore in terms of density an…

SEATTLE (AP) -- The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that Washington's population grew by nearly 88,000 people from July 2013 to July 2014.
Estimates released earlier this week show Washington had just over 7 million residents as of July 1. That's up 1...

Analysts forecast that the world's population will grow to 9 billion people by 2050.