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United States Health Indicator Map

Interactive map illustrates three important health indicators

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a research organization based at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, provides a US Health Map consisting of important health indicators, including life expectancy, mortality rates, and risk factors...

COVID-19 and American Life

How the pandemic impacted critical elements of American life

USAFacts, a data initiative that provides data on the American population and government, recently published an article entitled “Eight Ways the Pandemic Affected American Life in Data”. This article compiles several data points demonstrating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Shares of Renewable Energy

Production of renewable energy across the globe

The data visualization and infographic site Information is Beautiful has published an enlightening visualization on the use of renewable energy across the globe. Renewable energy is defined as any energy collected from naturally replenished resources. However, renewable does not...

Median Household Income

Local household income increases during the pandemic

After flirting with a par value with the U.S. for several years, median household income (MHI) in the two counties has recently dipped below par. Estimates released last month by the U.S. Census, put the 2021 result at $65,000. This is viewable at Trends indicator (2.1.2)...

Increasing wages combating inflation

In today’s inflationary environment, it is especially important to consider whether wages are keeping pace with inflation. If wages fail to increase at the same rate or faster than the rate of inflation, workers could see an erosion of purchasing power, making it difficult to...

Decreasing affordability causes concern

Already overheated, the local housing market took an affordability body blow during the first half of the year. As Trend indicator 6.3.2 portrays, the plunge of the Housing Affordability Index (HAI) descended to a value of 58 in the quarter ending...

Dylan Costinett

Hometown: Bothell, WA

Major: Data Science

Expected Graduation Date: Spring, 2023

Post-graduation plans:

Graduate with a BS in Data Science and head to work for an insurance or consulting firm.

After a few months of working on the Trends project, my favorite thing so far:

Seeing the impact that covid has had across the state and how we are already beginning to bounce back is truly fascinating to take a look at.

Chelan Douglas Trends Newsletter-October 2022