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AERIAL PHOTOS
Aerial photos (WSDOT)
Ortho Photos (WA Dept of Natural Resources)
Satellite images (Google Earth)

AIRPORTS
Sea-Tac statistics

AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT
ARRA website
Economic funding (Puget Sound region)
Transportation funding (Puget Sound region)

BIKING
Journey to work data (2000 Census)
Journey to work data (American Community Survey)
Web directory (Puget Sound region)

BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits (Puget Sound region)
Building permits (U.S.)

BUSINESS

BUSINESS > ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS & ORGANIZATIONS
King Co./Seattle
Kitsap Co.
Pierce Co./Tacoma
Snohomish Co.
Prosperity Partnership

BUSINESS > RESEARCH
Industry data by state & Zip Code (County Business Patterns)
Industry data for states, counties & cities (U.S. Economic Census)
Web directory (Seattle Public Library)

BUSINESS > SALES & REVENUES
Retail sales per capita by city & county (Census)
WA Department of Revenue Quarterly Business Reviews

CLIMATE CHANGE
Basic information (EPA)
Basic information (WA Department of Ecology)
Energy issues
Transportation (WSDOT)
Transportation in the Puget Sound region (PSRC)
Weather records (NOAA)

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue current
Seattle historic (All-urban - CPI-U)
Seattle historic (Urban wage & clerical workers - CPI-W)
U.S. CPI

COST OF LIVING
Cost of living comparisons by city
Cost of living comparisons by city (C2ER-formerly ACCRA) (FEE CHARGED)

ECONOMY

ECONOMY > PUGET SOUND REGION
Comparisons between Puget Sound & peer regions
County profiles
Economic analysis
Industry clusters
Regional economic strategy
Trends

ECONOMY > STATE
Comparisons between states (in business start-ups, unemployment, etc.)
WA Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development
WA State Economic & Revenue Forecast Council
WA State Office of Financial Management

ECONOMY > NATIONAL
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Department Of Commerce

EDUCATION

EDUCATION > DEGREES
Educational attainment
Educational attainment (Puget Sound region)


EDUCATION > ENROLLMENT
College & university enrollment
College & university enrollment, degrees conferred, etc.
Community & technical colleges enrollment
School district enrollment & graduation rates in WA
Workforce Education programs enrollment

EMPLOYMENT
Census tracts & cities in the Puget Sound region (PSRC)
By city and county (BLS)
By county and MSA (BEA)
By county, state & MSA (ESD)
Military
Military (2007 WA state ESD report)

EMPLOYMENT > EMPLOYERS
Largest employers - King County
Largest employers - Kitsap County
Largest employers - Pierce County
Largest employers - Snohomish County
Puget Sound Business Journal Book of Lists (FEE CHARGED)

EMPLOYMENT > FORECASTS
Forecasts for five sectors in King, Kitsap, Pierce, & Snohomish counties
Forecasts for occupations in WA counties


EMPLOYMENT > UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment rates for cities over 25,000, counties & states

ENVIRONMENT
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Geological Survey
WA Dept. of Ecology
WA Dept. of Natural Resources

FERRIES
Ridership (Puget Sound region)
Ridership forecasts
Traffic, revenue & expenditures
Traffic statistics by route

FORECASTS
See EMPLOYMENT > FORECASTS
See POPULATION > FORECASTS

GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT > LOCAL
City & county websites (Puget Sound region)
City & county websites (all 50 states)
WA State Association of Counties

GOVERNMENT > REGIONAL
ABAG list (Regional councils & MPOs in the U.S.)
AMPO (Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations)
NARC (National Association of Regional Councils)
WSDOT MPO/RTPO site

GOVERNMENT > WA STATE
Find-It Washington
WA State Government home


GOVERNMENT > FEDERAL
FedStats
FirstGov (government web directory)
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
White House

GOVERNMENT > FEDERAL > DOCUMENTS
Library of Congress
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
U.S. Government Printing Office

GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Growth Management Act and related laws
Growth Management Hearings Boards


GROWTH MANAGEMENT > PLANNING COUNCILS
King Co.
Kitsap Co.
Pierce Co.
Snohomish Co.



HOUSEHOLDS
Number of households (Puget Sound region)
Projections (Puget Sound region)


HOUSING  See also REAL ESTATE
Building permits (Puget Sound region)
Prices (WA Center for Real Estate Resarch
Prices (NW MLS)
Prices (PSRC)
Prices (Puget Sound region) (FEE CHARGED)
Rents (Puget Sound region) (FEE CHARGED)
Statistics (Census)
Statistics (Kitsap Co. only)


HOV LANES
HOV statistics


INCOME
Family (by county & Census tract)
IRS statistics
Personal (by county & MSA)
Personal & household (by city & county)


LAND

LAND > LAND AREA
Puget Sound region

LAND > LAND USE
Buildable lands (residential, commercial, industrial)


LAWS

LAWS > LOCAL
County & City Codes


LAWS > WA STATE
Bills
Laws (RCW, WAC)

LAWS > FEDERAL
Bills
Laws (Federal Register, U.S. Code, etc.)


LIBRARIES

LIBRARIES > ACADEMIC & SPECIAL
Puget Sound Regional Council
University of Washington
Washington State Library
Washington State University
WSDOT
LIBRARIES > PUBLIC
King Co.
Kitsap Co.
Pierce Co.
Seattle
Snohomish Co.
Tacoma
WorldCat (Searches across thousands of library catalogs at once)

MAPS
Google Earth
MapQuest
Puget Sound region
Rand McNally
WA Dept of Natural Resources


MAPS > GIS
King Co.
Kitsap Co.
Pierce Co.
Snohomish Co.


MAPS > LIDAR
Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium



MAPS > ZIP CODE
Google
MapQuest
Rand McNally & Thomas Guide (FEE CHARGED)

MEDIA
Daily Herald (Everett)
KING 5 TV
KIRO 7 TV
Kitsap Sun
KOMO 4 TV
KUOW (NPR) Radio
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Seattle P-I
The Seattle Times
Seattle Weekly
Tacoma News Tribune
TVW

PARK-AND-RIDE LOTS
List of lots (WSDOT)
Usage statistics (Puget Sound region)

PARKING
Parking inventory (Puget Sound region)


PHONE DIRECTORIES
Business & residential (Qwest)
WA State Government

PLANNING

PLANNING > COUNCILS & ORGANIZATIONS
American Planning Association
American Planning Association - WA Chapter
King Co.
Kitsap Co.
Pierce Co.
Snohomish Co.


PLANNING > RESEARCH
Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN)
Oregon Land Use Information Center
Sustainable Communities Network
Taub Urban Research Center
University of CA, Berkeley
University of Florida
Urban Institute
Urban Land Institute (ULI)

POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHICS
By census tract (Puget Sound region)
By census tract & county
By city & county
By city & county
By Zip Code in U.S.
By Zip Code in WA


POPULATION > FORECASTS
To 2030 - by county
To 2030 - by state
To 2040 - Puget Sound region

POPULATION > HISTORICAL
1790 to 1960 - by county & state
1890 to 2000 - by city
1900 to 2000 - by county
1990 & 2000 - by zip code, city, & county

PORTS
Port of Bremerton
Port of Edmonds
Port of Everett
Port of Seattle
Port of Tacoma


POVERTY
Census poverty information

REAL ESTATE See also HOUSING
Buildable lands (residential, commercial, industrial)
Commercial real estate
Home Values (NW MLS)
Home values (Zillow)
Industrial, office & retail markets (CB Richard Ellis)


REFERENCE TOOLS
Bartleby.com (Quotations)
The Free Dictionary
The Internet Public Library (IPL)
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Merriam-Webster Online
OneLook Dictionaries
Refdesk.com
Wikipedia


STIMULUS FUNDING
See American Recovery & Reinvestment Act


TAXES
States' tax comparisons (Tax Foundation)
Statistics (IRS)
Statistics (WA DOR)


TRAFFIC
Congestion map (WSDOT)
Databases (WSDOT)
Statistics (WSDOT annual)
Statistics (Texas Trans. Institute-Urban Mobility Reports )
Volumes (WSDOT Ramp & Roadway Reports)

TRAFFIC > TRAFFIC COUNTS
Auburn
Bellevue
Bothell
Federal Way
Fife
Kent
King County/Metro
Kirkland
Kitsap County
Lakewood
Lynnwood
Maple Valley
Mercer Island
Pierce County
Redmond
Renton
Seattle
Snohomish County
Woodinville


TRANSIT


TRANSIT > AGENCIES
Community Transit (Snohomish Co.)
Everett Transit
King Co. Metro
Kitsap Transit
Pierce Transit
Sound Transit

TRANSIT > RIDERSHIP
Journey to work data (American Community Survey)
National Transit Database
Puget Sound Trends
Sound Transit ridership reports
WSDOT Summary of Public Transportation


TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION > GOVERNMENT > WA STATE
Joint Transportation Committee (WA State Legislature)
Transportation Executive Information System (TEIS)
WSDOT

TRANSPORTATION > GOVERNMENT > FEDERAL
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
U.S. DOT


TRANSPORTATION > GOVERNMENT > FEDERAL > SAFETEA-LU
SAFETEA-LU (FHWA)
SAFETEA-LU (FTA)
SAFETEA-LU text

TRANSPORTATION > ORGANIZATIONS
AAA
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Transportation Choices Coalition
WA State Ridesharing Organization


TRANSPORTATION > RESEARCH & STATISTICS
Bureau of Trans. Statistics (BTS)
Innovative Trans. Technologies
Institute of Trans. Engineers (ITE)
Institute of Trans. Studies
Mineta Trans. Institute
National Trans. Library
Texas Trans. Institute (TTI)
Trans. Research Board (TRB)
Trans. Research Information Services (TRIS) Database
WA State Trans. Center (TRAC)
WSDOT library
WSDOT research reports

VANCOUVER, BC
Commute data
Demographics (Canadian census)
Economics & demographics (BC Stats)
Economics & demographics (Metro Vancouver)
Freight data
Transportation data

VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
WA state (WSDOT)
Puget Sound region (PSRC)

WALKING
Journey to work data (American Community Survey)
Web links (Puget Sound region)

ZIP CODES
Zip Code Lookup

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