Official U.S. stats to help you tell stories about Hispanic Heritage and more.
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October & November 2023
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Today is Manufacturing Day [ [link removed] ] and German-American Day [ [link removed] ]. Sunday begins Earth Science Week [ [link removed] ] and Fire Prevention Week [ [link removed] ]. Monday is Leif Erikson Day [ [link removed] ]. September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month [ [link removed] ]. In October we observe Energy Awareness Month [ [link removed] ], Disability Employment Awareness Month [ [link removed] ], Diversity Awareness Month [ [link removed] ], Italian American Heritage Month [ [link removed] ], Polish-American Heritage Month [ [link removed] ], and Seafood Month [ [link removed] ].
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*National Manufacturing Day: October 6
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*National Manufacturing Week: October 6-13**?*
The U.S. Census Bureau joins a group of public and private organizations in celebrating the importance of the manufacturing sector of the nation?s economy.
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*German-American Day: October 6*
The American Community Survey estimates about 41.1M (roughly 12.3%) of the nation?s 333.3M people in 2022 reported German ancestry.
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*Earth Science Week: October 8-14*
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The 2022 American Community Survey estimated about 11.8M civilians aged 16 and over were employed in computer, engineering, and science occupations.
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*Fire Prevention Week: October 8-14*
The 2022 American Community Survey estimates there were about 404,000 civilians employed full-time as firefighters, fire inspectors, and supervisors in the U.S.
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*Leif Erikson Day (Nordic-American heritage): October 9**?*
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The 2022 American Community Survey estimated 10M people in the U.S. reported Nordic ancestry (Danish, Finnish, Icelander, Norwegian, Scandinavian Swedish).
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**Global Diversity Awareness Month: October
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Diversity is all the ways in which we differ: race, ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, parental status, educational background, etc.
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*Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: October
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The ?American Community Survey estimated 16 million people or 4.8% of the total 333.3 million U.S. population in 2022 reported Italian ancestry.
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**National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October
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The? American Community Survey estimated that 9.8M noninstitutionalized civilians with a disability in the U.S. were employed and 1.0M were unemployed in 2022.
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*National Energy Awareness Month: October
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There were 3,856 U.S. electric power generation stations with 124,532 paid employees and an annual payroll of $15.9B in 2021, according to the County Business Patterns report.
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*National Seafood Month: October
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The County Business Patterns counted 10,894 establishments, $4.94B annual payroll, and 94,456 employees in U.S. fishing, seafood and marina industries in 2021.
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*Polish-American Heritage Month: October
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The 2022 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. population at 331.9M. About 8.2M (roughly 2.5%) reported Polish ancestry.
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*All?**Stats for Stories [ [link removed] ]** for October 2023:*
* Global Diversity Awareness Month: October [ [link removed] ]
* Italian American Heritage and Culture Month: October [ [link removed] ]
* National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October [ [link removed] ]
* National Energy Awareness Month: October [ [link removed] ]
* National Seafood Month: October [ [link removed] ]
* Polish-American Heritage Month: October [ [link removed] ]
* German-American Day: October 6 [ [link removed] ]
* Manufacturing Day & Week: October 6 & 6-13 [ [link removed] ]
* Earth Science Week: October 8-14 [ [link removed] ]
* Fire Prevention Week: October 8-14 [ [link removed] ]
* Leif Erikson Day (Nordic-American Heritage): October 9 [ [link removed] ]
* National Nut Day: October 22
* The Incandescent Light Bulb: October 22-23, 2023
* Minority Enterprise Development Week: October 22-25
* National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day: October 28
*All?**Stats for Stories [ [link removed] ]** for November 2023:*
* National Aviation History Month: November
* National Diabetes Month: November
* National Family Caregivers Month: November
* National STEM Day: November 8,
* Geography Awareness Week & GIS Day: November 12-18 & 15
* American Education Week: November 13-17
* America Recycles Day: November 15
* National Family Week: November 19-25
* World Children's Day & National Child's Day: November 20
* Native American Heritage Day: November 24
* Black Friday: November 24
* Small Business Saturday: November 25
* Cyber Monday: November 27
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