Two Questions Concerning a Research

Hello. I'm Satomi.
This text below is an excerpt from a research conducted by PEW. I had several questions while reading it, some of which had been already resolved. But these two remain unsolved; please help me.
(Originally I posted this here goo.gl/mJGoiz)

"The [newspaper] industry supports nearly 33,000 full-time newsroom employees. Indeed, newspapers employ <32% of daily reporters> stationed in Washington, D.C. to cover issues and events tied to Congress, as well as 38% of the reporters who cover statehouse legislatures. Still, smaller budgets have continued to lead to smaller newsrooms: The latest newspaper newsroom employment figures (from 2014) show 10% declines, greater than in any year since 2009, <leaving> a workforce that is 20,000 positions smaller than 20 years prior."

Q1. Does this 32% mean 32% of the reporters in Washington or 32% of the reporters across the US?
Q.2 Can this "leaving" be paraphrased as ", which has made"? (If you have a different idea to paraphrase the sentence, please tell me.)