National Miners Day: December 6, 2019

The Q3 2019 Quarterly Financial Report found mining corporations had unadjusted sales of $76.2B, down $7.3B from Q3 2018, and down $1B from Q2 sales of $77.2B.

National Pawnbrokers Day: December 6, 2019

The 2012 Economic Census found 8,721 pawnshops in the US, up from 6,146 in 2002. The most are in Texas 1,836, Ga. 797, Fla. 754, Ala. 414 and Calif. 397.

National Family Caregivers Month: November 2019

The 2018 American Community Survey counted 535,622 childcare workers; 748,466 personal care aides; and 81,700 personal care and service workers, all other.

National Aviation History Month: November 2019

The 2016 Annual Survey of State and Local Finances found that 13 states account for 76.6% of the $22.6 billion in airport revenue dollars.

Small Business Saturday: November 30, 2019

The 2017 County Business Patterns series counted 7,860,674 establishments in the U.S. Most (6,712,629) had fewer than 20 employees and averaged about 4.5.

Black Friday: November 29, 2019

According to USA.gov, “Black Friday marks the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season.” Check out these shopping related stats and other links.

2017 County Business Patterns Now Available

This annual series of statistics provides subnational economic data by industry.

National Child's Day: November 20, 2019

The majority of America’s 73.8M children under 18 live in households with two parents (69%). The second most common are children living with mother only (23%).

American Education Week: November 18-22, 2019

In the U.S., per student spending was $12,201 in FY2017, a 3.7% increase from 2016. Elementary-secondary enrollment is 48.6 million.

National Fast Food Day: November 16, 2019

The 2016 County Business Patterns series counted 237,922 limited-service (fast food) restaurants with 4,227,402 paid employees and $61B annual payroll.

America Recycles Day: November 15, 2019

In 2018, the EPA reported the recycling rate increased from less than 7% in 1960 to 35%. DYK 10,000 tons recycled supports nearly 16 jobs and $760,000 in wages?

Geography Awareness Week: November 10-16, 2019

The 2016 County Business Patterns program counted 7,645 surveying and mapping establishments in the U.S. with 47,171 employees and $2.7B annual payroll.

The 2019 Holiday Season

The Census Bureau presents holiday-related facts and figures from its collection of statistics.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: October 26, 2019

The U.S. total value of shipments of pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing grew from $67B in 1992 to $256B in 2018 and may exceed $270B in 2019.

The Incandescent Light Bulb (1879): October 22–23, 2019

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.

National Nut Day: October 22, 2019

According to foreign trade stats, US exports of nuts were valued at $9.27B in 2018, up from $4.18B in 2009. Imports were $3.53B in 2018, up from $1.31B in 2009.

Fire Prevention Week: October 6-12, 2019

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.

National Manufacturing Day: October 4, 2019

On Aug. 24, the U.S. 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 increas

Manufacturing Day: October 4, 2019

The U.S. Census Bureau celebrates the importance of the manufacturing sector to the nation’s economy during the eighth annual observance of Manufacturing Day.

National Energy Awareness Month: October 2019

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.