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Stats for Stories
Profile America's Stats for Stories provides links to timely story ideas highlighting the Census Bureau's newsworthy statistics that relate to current events, observances, holidays, and anniversaries. The story ideas are intended to assist the media in story mining and producing content for their respective audiences. Dates with Presidential Proclamations are marked with (P).
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American Housing Month: June 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey counted 142.15M housing units, up 3.61M from 2018, and up 10.36M from 131.79M in 2010.
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Great Outdoors Month: June 2023
The 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation counted more than $157 billion in expenditures for wildlife-related recreation.
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LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated there were 1.2M same-sex couple households in the U.S., and of them, 59% (711,129) were married couples.
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National Caribbean-American Heritage Month: June 2023
According to the 2023 International Database, the three most populous Caribbean countries are Haiti (11.5M), Cuba (11.0M) and the Dominican Republic (10.8M).
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National Dairy Month: June 2023
From 1992, the total value of shipments of U.S. dairy product manufacturing peaked in June 2022 at $12.0B and was lowest in Dec 1993 at $4.1B.
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National Ocean Month: June 2023
There are 255 coastline counties in the U.S. located in three regions across 23 states: the Atlantic Ocean (129), Pacific Ocean (70), and Gulf of Mexico (56).
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Memorial Day: May 29, 2023
Memorial Day, established in 1868 as Decoration Day, honors the 1.2 million men and women who have died in military service since the Civil War began in 1861.
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Wisconsin 175th Anniversary of Statehood (1848): May 29, 2023
Wisconsin gained statehood on May 29, 1848 – (30th state). Nicknames: Badger State, America’s Dairyland. Motto: Forward.
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South Carolina 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): May 23, 2023
South Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788 – (8th state). Nickname: The Palmetto State. Motto: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope).
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National Maritime Day: May 22, 2023
The 2021 County Business Patterns counted 143,325 employees in ship and boat building, 95,754 in support activities, including 61,763 in marine cargo handling.
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National Waitstaff Day: May 21, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey counted 1,686,901 waiters/waitresses aged 16 and over employed in the U.S. About 29.1% were full-time and 70.9% were female.
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Armed Forces Day: May 20, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. had 257.1 million people 18 years and over, and of those, 16.5 million, or 6.4 percent, were veterans.
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Mother’s Day: May 14, 2023
The June 2020 Fertility Supplement to the Current Population Survey estimated out of 76M women ages 15 to 50, 41M were mothers who had 89M children ever born.
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National Police Week: 14-20, 2023
In March 2021, the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll counted 924,326 full-time police employees in the U.S. with a monthly payroll of $6.38 billion.
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Minnesota 165th Anniversary of Statehood (1858): May 11, 2023
Minnesota ratified the U.S. Constitution on May 11, 1858 – (32nd state). Nickname: Land of 10,000 Lakes. Motto: L'Étoile du Nord (The Star of the North).
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Europe Day: May 9, 2023
Millions in the U.S. report European ancestry: German 42.2, English 31.8, Irish 31.5, Italian 15.9, Polish 8.2, French 6.4, Scottish 5.2, Norwegian 3.9, etc.
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National Teacher Appreciation Week and Day: May 8-12 and May 9, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey counted about 5.95M teachers in the U.S. including preschool to postsecondary, special ed, tutors, assistants, and other.
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Public Service Recognition Week: May 7-13, 2023
The 2021 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll counted 14.9M full-time and 4.0M part-time employees working in state and local government in the U.S.
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National Nurses Day and Week: May 6 and May 6-12, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 2,535,581 registered nurses, 825,238 nursing assistants, and 423,489 licensed practical and vocational nurses.
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National Bike Month: May 2023
In 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 616,153 workers in the U.S. bicycled to work, down from 805,722 in 2019.
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Older Americans Month: May 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated there were 55,892,014 people aged 65 and over in the U.S. out of a total population of 331,893,745, or 16.8%.
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World Trade Month and Week: May and May 21-27, 2023
The 2020 County Business Patterns program counted 8,212 forestry and logging establishments, with 50,710 paid employees and $2.6B in annual payroll.
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Small Business Week: April 30-May 6, 2023
The 2020 County Business Patterns found that 4.4M of all 8.0M establishments in the U.S. had 1 to 4 employees. Just under 200,000 had 100 employees or more.
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Maryland 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): April 28, 2023
Maryland ratified the U.S. Constitution on April 28, 1788 – (7th state). Nickname: Old Line State. Motto: Strong Deeds, Gentle Words.
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National Arbor Day: April 28, 2023
The 2020 County Business Patterns program counted 8,212 forestry and logging establishments, with 50,710 paid employees and $2.6B in annual payroll.
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National Telephone Day: April 25, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey found that just 0.9% (1,152,803) occupied housing units out of 127,544,730 had no telephone service available.
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Administrative Professionals Week and Day: April 23-29 and 26, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 1,889,381 secretaries and administrative assistants including 233,339 executive, 46,669 legal, and 67,982 medical.
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National Library Week: April 23-29, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 141,808 full-time librarians and media collections specialists. There are a total of 123,627 libraries in the U.S.
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World Book and Copyright Day: April 23, 2023
The 2020 County Business Patterns counted 6,570 establishments as book stores and news dealers, down from 7,996 in 2014, a period of six years.
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Earth Day: April 22, 2023
The 2020 County Business Patterns found 1,673 establishments in hydro-solar-wind-geothermal-biomass-other electric power generation with 18,777 paid employees.
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: April 22, 2023
The U.S. seasonally adjusted total value of shipments of pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing grew from $67B in 1992 to $255B in 2021.
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National Kindergarten Day: April 21, 2023
The 2021 Current Population Survey found 4.1M children in kindergarten, an increase of 370,000 in one year.
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National Tax Day: April 18, 2023*
Q4 2022 combined state and local tax revenues for property, sales and gross receipts, and income taxes increased 2.4% to $502.7B from $490.9B in Q4 2021.
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2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs: April 17 to June TBD, 2023
The 2021 Population Estimates of the 22 U.S. metros with NHL teams found the largest was New York with 19,768,458 and the smallest was Buffalo with 1,162,336.
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National Volunteer Week: April 16-22, 2023
The 2021 Volunteering in America Report found 60.7M adults (23.2 percent) volunteered 4.1B hours. Economic value was estimated at $122.9B.
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National Pet Day: April 11, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated full-time, year-round civilian employed veterinarians at 71,009, assistants 36,286, and animal caretakers 144,411.
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