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.

North Carolina 230th Anniversary (12th state): November 21, 2019

North Carolina joined the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state and 12th of the 13 British Colonies. Nicknames are Old North State and Tar Heel State.

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.

Montana 130th Anniversary (41st state): November 8, 2019

Montana joined the Union on November 8, 1889 (six days after North and South Dakota) as the 41st state. Nicknames are Big Sky Country and The Treasure State.

North Dakota 130th Anniversary (39th state): November 2, 2019

North Dakota joined the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state. Nicknames are Peace Garden State, Flickertail State, Roughrider State and Dakota.

Nevada 155th Anniversary (36th state): October 31, 2019

Nevada joined the Union on October 31, 1864 as the 36th state. Nicknames: The Silver State (official), Sagebrush State and Battle Born State.

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.

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.

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

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.

National Coffee Day: September 29, 2019

U.S. imports of green coffee were valued at $4.7B in 2018, up from $3.4B in 2009 according to foreign trade stats from the U.S. Census Bureau.

2017 E-Stats Report: Measuring the Electronic Economy

This report summarizes 2017 e-commerce statistics on shipments, sales and revenues from four sectors of the economy.

U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2017 Economic Census First Look Estimates

In 2017, the number of businesses with paid employees increased to nearly 7.6 million, surpassing the number of establishments in 2012 and 2007.

National Staffing Employee Week: September 16-22, 2019

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.

Minority Enterprise Development Week: September 8-14, 2019

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.