Seattle passes a milestone: 800,000 people and counting For the first time, Seattle’s population topped 800,000, according to new estimates from the state's Office of Financial Management. KUOW Staff
Budgets in Washington state tighten as population growth slows It's budget season in Washington state, and lawmakers are looking at cuts. Scott Greenstone
Washington state population tops 8 million and it's not getting any younger The state of Washington has reached 8 million people, and it's growing twice as fast as the national average. Diana Opong
China's Birthrate Drops, As Census Data Warn Of Aging Population Leaders in Beijing will need to determine how to continue China's streak of economic growth while caring for a growing, nonworking part of the population. John Ruwitch
Hungary Says It Will Offer Free Fertility Treatments To Counter Population Decline Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is fiercely opposed to immigration and has said that boosting national fertility rates is his preferred way to counter the population downturn and risk of labor shortages. Merrit Kennedy
LIVE: Trump speaks on census and citizenship question President Trump is speaking from the White House about his administration's push to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. Watch his remarks live. NPR Staff
Seattle's frenetic growth may actually be slowing down The number of people arriving in Seattle has dropped by more than a third. A year ago, 74 people were arriving in the city of Seattle daily, now the... Carolyn Adolph
Washington state added the population of Everett last year Washington state’s population grew by 117,000 people this year from last, to 7.4 million people. That’s like gaining a city the size of Everett. Carolyn Adolph
Seattle region will grow by 1.8 million people by 2050 Our region’s population hit 4 million people just over a year ago. Now, there’s a prediction that it will reach nearly 6 million by 2050. It’s the... Carolyn Adolph
