Downtown Seattle lost 15 percent of its private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2010 – more than seven times the loss seen throughout the Puget Sound region. That's one of the conclusions reported today in the Downtown Seattle Association's annual State of Downtown report. The report lays out a generally optimistic picture for downtown, citing a growing number of residents, ongoing transit improvements and an improving outlook for employment. But some of the job statistics for the area the association calls downtown — stretching from the Seattle Center and Lake Union south through the Sodo neighborhood — are less rosy…

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