In the publication there is presented information on demographic situation, labour market, wages and salaries, social security benefits, prices as well as the state of the economy of Podlaskie Voivodship in 2016. In order to better illustrate changes taking place in the region, a lot of data is presented in relation to the previous year and to 2010, and some of them – in an eight-year  retrospective. The most important information concerning last two years was also shown by months. Moreover, voivodship data were displayed against the background of the country, and some of them – against the background of other voivodships. Certain topics are also presented by subregions and powiats as well as by the voivodship city. Data in the publications are presented in the form of analytical commentary, tabular presentations as well as graphs and maps.