The publication contains a wide set of information characterizing the living standard of population and the condition of the region economy. There is also included the table presenting the voivodship against the background of the country. Data in the territorial division are published in a separate publication entitled ”Podlaskie Voivodship 2017 – Subregions, Powiats, Gminas”. The Yearbook is a statistical representation of Podlasie in 2016, however, taking into account the usefulness of the information for the dynamic comparisons, some data were presented in relation to the years 2000, 2005, 2010 as well as 2012 –2015. Compared with the previous edition of the Yearbook, its contents have been enriched with the information on the family support, including benefits from ”Family 500+” programme.