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29 years

Years added to the average northwesterner’s lifespan since 1900 (from 50 to 79 years)

2

The number of years that British Columbians outlive other northwesterners, on average

90 percent, 3 percent

Share of stock-market assets that the wealthiest fifth and poorest three-fifths of Americans own, respectively

1 in 6

Children in Cascadia who live in poverty

38,000

Uninsured children in Washington State who will receive health insurance, thanks to 2007 legislation (of 73,000 total)

33 percent

Share of births in the Northwest states from unintended pregnancies

7.2 gallons

The average amount of gasoline each northwesterner burns weekly to fuel their vehicles

1967

The last year northwesterners used this little gasoline per person

Almost a tenth

The decrease in Cascadians’ gasoline use from 1999 to 2006—roughly the same as if every Northwest motorist took a one-month holiday from driving each year

13 percent

The increase in northwesterners’ diesel use, per person, from 1999 to 2006

7 percent

The increase in total electricity consumption in Cascadia’s home and businesses, 2003 to 2006

Between $50 and $70

The amount that each barrel of oil burned for highway fuels siphons out of the local economy

14,000

New housing units in metro Portland that Measure 37 claims could add, mostly on the urban fringe

Less than 3 percent

The share of the historical population of the Northwest’s wild salmon that returns to spawn

33 percent

The share of the historical population of Southern resident orcas still remaining