 We're getting older. I mean, really, like the number of kids in our state is on the decline. The number of residents under the age of 18 in Washington fell in 17 of the 21 population centers between 2020 and July of last year. The drop was the strongest in Oak Harbor, where the number of children declined by 7.5 percent. In Seattle, the juvenile population fell 3.6 percent. The Seattle Times reports there are only four areas that experienced an increase in the number of kids over that time. Ellensburg, Shelton, Pullman and Centralia.