This document is intended to present, in tables and graphs, a diversity of information on Washington State, its people, economy, and government. The information was obtained from state and federal agencies and from private businesses. The data are organized into 11 major chapters which cover the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) population (population by age, sex, and racial categories and the federal census population from 1880 to the present; (2) economy (personal income, inflation indicators, and labor market indicators); (3) state government finance (state government organization and state employment); (4) human services (community social services, health care facilities, and veterans); (5) criminal justice (crimes and arrests and juvenile); (6) education (public and private K-12 schools, four-year universities, community and technical colleges, and vocational-technical institutes); (7) natural resources (forest products, state lands, and agriculture); (8) environment (state and federal parks, hunting, and fishing); (9) energy (energy consumption and fuel prices); (10) transportation (vehicles and drivers, airport traffic, and transit system); and (11) local government and special districts (county profiles, revenues and expenditures, and cities and towns). A listing of the agencies contributing data is also provided. (Contains an index.) (DB)