For example, according to the Economic Innovation Group’s Distressed Communities Index, 12.3 percent of Pierce County’s population lives in distressed ZIP codes. It might be unfair to compare that against the 1.7 percent in King County. But it’s also worse than the state’s overall 8 percent.

By: Jon Talton, The Seattle Times

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Distressed Communities Index (DCI) 

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