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Community College Month: April 2019

The 2017 Current Population Survey counted 18.4M college students with almost 4.3M enrolled in two-year undergraduate college.

National Arbor Day: April 26, 2019

The 2016 County Business Patterns program counted 8,739 forestry and logging establishments, with 55,726 paid employees and $2.5B in annual payroll.

World Book and Copyright Day: April 23, 2019

The 2016 County Business Patterns counted 7,548 book stores and news dealers, down from 12,558 in 2006, a period of 10 years.

Administrative Professionals Week and Day: April 22-26 & 24, 2019

The 2017 American Community Survey found 2,189,662 secretaries and administrative assistants and 439,950 office and administrative support workers.

Earth Day: April 22, 2019

The 2016 County Business Patterns found 1,341 establishments in hydro-solar-wind-geothermal-biomass-other electric power generation with 13,392 paid employees.

National Kindergarten Day: April 21, 2019

In 2017, the Current Population Survey found 4.0M children in kindergarten and the American Community Survey found 356,867 preschool and kindergarten teachers.

National Tax Day: April 15, 2019

The 2017 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections reports that state income taxes totaled $398B out of total taxes of $951B.

National Pet Day: April 11, 2019

The 2017 American Community Survey counted 62,715 veterinarians with a median income of $92,083. The 2016 County Business Patterns counted 9,751 pet stores.

National Library Week: April 7-13, 2019

The 2017 American Community Survey counted 51,733 librarians and the American Library Association says there are 120,000 libraries of all types across the U.S.

National Volunteer Week: April 7-13, 2019

The 2018 Volunteering in America report found that 77.3M adults volunteered 6.9B hours, worth an estimated $167 billion in economic value.

National Beer Day: April 7, 2019

According to the 2016 County Business Patterns, there were 2,802 breweries, up 634% from 382 establishments in 2006, a period of 10 years.

NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Final Four: April 5-8, 2019

To observe March Madness in 2019, we offer stats about the home towns of the Final Four men’s and women’s teams, plus the two host cities.

Equal Pay Day: April 2, 2019

The Current Population Survey reports the female-to-male earnings ratio: 0.805 in 2017, 0.778 in ‘07, 0.742 in ‘97, 0.652 in ‘87, 0.589 in ‘77 and 0.578 in ‘67.

Census Day, One Year and Counting: April 1, 2019

Census Bureau population estimates as of January 1, 2019, found the U.S. population to be 328,231,337, which is up 6.31% since the 2010 Census on April 1, 2010.

National Doctors Day: March 30, 2019

According to the American Community Survey, there are 762,927 civilians 16 years and over employed as physicians and surgeons.Median earnings are $202,908.

Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29, 2019

According to 2016 Statistics of U.S. Businesses, of the 5.95M firms in the U.S., 3,665,182 have fewer than 5 employees. Their total employment is 5,923,452.

Major League Baseball Opening Day 2019: March 28, 2019

The 2017 Population Estimates of the 25 Metro Areas with MLB teams found the largest is New York with 20,320,876 and the smallest is Milwaukee with 1,576,236.

National Single Parent Day: March 21, 2019

According to the Current Population Survey, from 1968 to 2018, the percentage of children living with one parent (mother or father only) rose from 11.8 to 26.6.

Certified Nurses Day: March 19, 2019

The 2016 American Community Survey counted 2,092,489 female and 303,978 male full-time, year-round civilian-employed registered nurses in the U.S.

National Poultry Day: March 19, 2019

Per the 2016 County Business Patterns, the top 5 poultry processing states by paid employees were: Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, North Carolina and Mississippi.