{"id":1838,"date":"2024-11-14T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallawallatrends.org\/newsletter\/?page_id=1838"},"modified":"2024-11-14T13:59:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T21:59:30","slug":"newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wallawallatrends.org\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Business<\/div>

Business Applications in Washington State<\/a><\/h3>
Leading the Country in Applications<\/h6>
The US has shown a marked increase in the number of business applications filed following the pandemic, but that trend has seemed to falter between 2024 and 2025. Numbers were stable after a spike in 2021, but they appear to have fallen into...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Life<\/div>

Life Expectancy Around the World<\/a><\/h3>

How Long are People Living?<\/h4>
In the past hundred years, life expectancy has undergone an incredible transformation. The average global life expectancy as recently as 1900 was barely over 30 years, and over the past century into the present it's gone up to 73 years (2023). While progress has been uneven, it has been universal; Every...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Upward<\/div>

Upward Mobility in Walla Walla County<\/a><\/h3>

Walla Walla Equity in Action<\/h4>
The Urban Institute's Upward Mobility Initiative is a national effort that gives local communities tools to boost long term economic well-being, racial equality, and opportunity through a foundation of clear, accurate data. Their work is done across the United States and can...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Trends In Action<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The share of small businesses in Walla Walla County is now the same as in the state.<\/a><\/h3>
Measured by the number of firms, most local economies are characterized by a large number that are very small. Trends indicator 1.2.6 shows this clearly for Walla Walla County. It tracks the number of very small businesses, those with 1-9 employees. Strictly speaking, the count refers to...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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