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National Aviation History Month: November 2018

The 2015 Annual Survey of State and Local Finances found that 13 states account for 76% of the $22 billion in airport revenue dollars.

National Family Caregivers Month: November 2018

The Current Population Survey found in 2014 there were about 4.8 million grandchildren living in the home of their grandparents, up from 3.7 million in 1994

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: October 27, 2018

The U.S. total value of shipments of pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing grew from $67B in 1992 to $236B in 2017 and is estimated to exceed $250B in 2018.

National Nut Day: October 22, 2018

According to foreign trade stats, US exports of nuts were valued at $9.25B in, up from $3.90 in 2008. Imports were $3.33B in 2017, from $1.39B in 2008.

The Incandescent Light Bulb: October 22-23, 2018

On Oct. 22-23, 1879, Edison’s team made a light bulb with a carbonized filament of uncoated cotton thread that lasted 14.5 hours, long enough to light a home.

Minority Enterprise Development Week: October 14-20, 2018

The 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs found that 1.1M of 5.6M firms with paid employees are minority firms and employ 8.7M of the total 121.1M paid employees.

Fire Prevention Week: October 7-13, 2018

The 2017 American Community Survey estimates there were about 333,500 civilians employed full-time as firefighters, fire inspectors and supervisors in the U.S.

German-American Day: October 6, 2018

The 2017 American Community Survey estimated there were 43.1M people reporting German ancestry out of a total U.S. population of 325.7M, or roughly 13.2%.

National Diversity Day: October 5, 2018

Diversity is all of the ways in which we differ: race, gender, age, ethnicity, marital status, sexual orientation, parental status, educational background, etc.

National Manufacturing Day: October 5, 2018

On Aug. 24, the Census Bureau announced new orders for manufactured durable goods in July decreased $4.3B or 1.7% to $246.9B, following a 0.7% June increase.

Italian American Heritage and Culture Month: October 2018

The 2017 American Community Survey estimated 16.7 million people reported Italian ancestry, out of a total U.S. population of 325.7 million.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October 2018

The 2017 American Community Survey estimated that of the noninstitutionalized civilians with a disability in the U.S., 7.6M are employed and 1M are unemployed.

National Energy Action Month: October 2018

The 2016 County Business Patterns report on electric power generation counts 2,984 establishments with 135,196 paid employees and annual payroll of $15.3B.

Polish-American Heritage Month: October 2018

The 2017 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. population at 325.7M and about 9M people reported Polish ancestry, about 2.77%.

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15-Oct. 15, 2018

The 2016 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. population at 323,127,515, of which 57,398,719 - almost 17.8% — identified as Hispanic or Latino.

2018 Hurricane Season: June 1 – November 30

The Census Bureau’s OnTheMap for Emergency Management offers real-time access to data about the people living and working in areas being affected by hurricanes.

National Coffee Day: September 29, 2018

U.S. imports of green coffee were valued at $5.2B in 2017, up from $3.8B in 2008 according to foreign trade stats from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Ancestor Appreciation Day: September 27, 2018

The top reported ancestries in the US are German 43.1M, Irish 31.5M, English 23.1M, American 20.0M and Italian 16.7M reports the 2017 American Community Survey.

World Tourism Day: September 27, 2018

SelectUSA.gov reports that the U.S. travel and tourism industry generated over $1.5 trillion in economic output in 2016, supporting 7.6 million U.S. jobs.

National Staffing Employee Week: September 24-30, 2018

The 2016 County Business Patterns program counted 52,030 employment services establishments with a total of 6,438,966 paid employees and $264B annual payroll.