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Seattle Weekly’s Tribute to Soldiers

10

Years since the start of the war in Afghanistan as of Oct. 7

1

The number of stories that appeared in the Sept. 21 edition of the Seattle Weekly, in which the entire issue was devoted to obituaries of soldiers with Washington state ties who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan

393

Number of soldiers with Washington state ties killed while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last 10 years

246

Number of children left behind when those soldiers died

173

Spouses left behind when those soldiers died

4.5

Percent drop in income for households in the bottom 20 percent of income in 2010

5.9 million

Number of adults age 25 – 34 who lived with their parents in 2010, up from 4.7 million in 2007

4.3

Months, the time it takes, on average, to go through the process of becoming a naturalized United States citizen, from the date of application

Sources: Seattle Weekly; United States Census Bureau; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services