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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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Major League Baseball Opening Day: March 30, 2023
The 2021 Population Estimates of the 25 metro areas with MLB teams found the largest is New York with 19,768,458 and the smallest is Milwaukee with 1,566,487.
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National Doctors Day: March 30, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 712,332 civilians 16 years and over were employed as “Other physicians.” Median earnings was $226,590.
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Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29, 2023
The 2019 Statistics of U.S. Businesses counted employment of 133.0M, of which 71.3M worked for enterprises with 500+ employees and 61.7M for those under 500.
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National Vietnam War Veterans Day: March 29, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 5.65 million living Americans are veterans of the Vietnam War. We also honor 58,318 dead and 1,584 unaccounted for.
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World Water Day: March 22, 2023
Total U.S. construction spending on water supply hit a high of $2.4B in August 2022. That same month had record spending on sewage and waste disposal of $3.1B.
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National Agriculture Day and Week: March 21 and 21-27, 2023
The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 468,808 farmers, ranchers, and other agriculture managers in the U.S. — 411,859 male and 56,949 female.
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National Single Parent Day: March 21, 2023
The 2022 Current Population Survey estimated 10.6M one-parent households (7.9M mother only and 2.7M father only) compared to 1.5M one-parent households in 1950.
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Certified Nurses Day: March 19, 2023
The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 2,523,490 registered nurses in the United States. Over 2.1 million were female and nearly 337,000 were male.
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National Poultry Day: March 19, 2023
The 2019 County Business Patterns program counted 524 poultry processing establishments in the U.S. with 243,310 employees earning $8.28B in annual payroll.
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Equal Pay Day: March 14, 2023
In 1973, full-time working women earned a median of 56.6 cents to every dollar men earned. In 2021 (48 years later), women earned 83.7, a gain of 27.1 cents.
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National Potato Chip Day: March 14, 2023
The value of shipments of potato chips and sticks, plain and flavored, totaled $9.1B in 2017 according to the Economic Census. Number of establishments was 212.
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Pi Day: March 14, 2023
The first 6 digits of pi (π) are 3.14159, which means a good time to celebrate on March 14 (3/14) at 1:59 (am/pm). Pi is infinitely long, a never-ending number.
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95th Academy Awards: March 12, 2023
The 2020 Annual Business Survey reported 24,666 employer firms in motion picture and sound recording industries, 306,697 employees, and a $17.6B annual payroll.
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Sunshine Week & Freedom of Information Day: March 12-18 & 16, 2023
President Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act on July 4, 1966. The American Society of News Editors launched Sunshine Week in 2005.
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International Women’s Day: March 8, 2023
From 2000 to 2021, the percentage of women who work as veterinarians, pharmacists, mathematicians, legislators, and chief executives have all increased.
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Employee Appreciation Day: March 3, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated about 109.6M full-time, year-round civilian workers aged 16 and over in the U.S. and median earnings were $53,888.
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Frozen Food Month: March 2023
The 2021 Annual Survey of Manufacturers reported that frozen food manufacturing in the U.S. had 82,991 employees with $4.3B in annual payroll.
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Ohio 220th Anniversary of Statehood (1803): March 1, 2023
Ohio ratified the U.S. Constitution on March 1, 1803 – (17th state). Nickname: The Buckeye State. Motto: With God, all things are possible.
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Red Cross Month: March 2023
The U.S. Census Bureau produces timely local data that are critical to Emergency Management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.
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Mardi Gras: February 21, 2023
Since the 2020 Census, the 2021 population of New Orleans (376.971) was down 1.8% as of July 1, 2021. Louisiana was down 0.7% and the U.S. was up 0.2%.
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Presidents’ Day: February 20, 2023
Observed the third Monday of February, the day honors all former U.S. presidents. President Washington was born Feb. 22, 1732. Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809.
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Singles Awareness Day: February 15, 2023
The 2022 Annual Social and Economic Supplement reports about 132.3M total unmarried (never married, divorced, and widowed) people in America aged 15 and older.
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Valentine’s Day: February 14, 2023
According to the 2021 American Community Survey, 49.7% of men and 46.5% of women 15 years and over are now married. Never married are 37.1% men and 31.3% women.
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Super Bowl LVII (57): February 12, 2023
The big game involves two top-50 U.S. metro areas by estimated population: #7 Philadelphia (6,228,601) vs. #31 Kansas City (2,199,490), playing in Glendale, AZ.
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National Inventors’ Day: February 11, 2023
U.S. Census Bureau innovations led to the IBM Corporation, statistical sampling, the first commercial electronic computer, and geographic information systems.
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Massachusetts 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): February 6, 2023
Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on Feb. 6, 1788 – (6th). Nickname: The Bay State. Motto: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.
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65th GRAMMY Awards: February 5, 2023
According to the 2021 American Community Survey, there were 19,770 music directors and composers and 35,698 musicians and singers in the United States.
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National Weatherperson’s Day: February 5, 2023
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs for atmospheric scientists, including meteorologists, will grow 4% to 9,400 from 2021 to 2031.
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Mail Carrier Day: February 4, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 709,282 civilian employees in the U.S. Postal Service (405,762 male and 303,520 female), down from 716,936 in 2010.
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National Women Physician Day: February 3, 2023
According to the 2021 American Community Survey, there were 272,196 women physicians. Full-time earnings were $185,183.
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Groundhog Day: February 2, 2023
According to NOAA, the 137th Groundhog Day originated from an ancient celebration midway between the winter solstice and spring equinox — the middle of winter.
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American Heart Month: February 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimates there were 712,332 physicians, 122,904 physician assistants, 17,891 radiologists, and 51,318 surgeons in the U.S.
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National Spouses Day: January 26, 2023
According to the Current Population Survey 2022 ASEC Supplement, there are some 131.7M married adults age 15+ in the U.S., not counting 4.6M who are separated.
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Lunar New Year: January 22, 2023
With celebrations also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, many people across the world will welcome the Year of the Rabbit with reunions and hope.
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National Popcorn Day: January 19, 2023
According to the Popcorn Board, Americans consume 14 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year, based on 2016-2020 sales. That about 43 quarts per person.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday and Day of Service: January 16
In 1983, Congress made the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. a federal holiday. In 1994, Congress added the national day of service. Learn more at MLKDay.gov.
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