📅 The Week Ahead: Holiday Festivities! ❄️🎁🎉

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• Statistics In Schools: Festive-Sounding Places Warm-Up Activity
• Statistics In Schools: Toy Makers by State Warm-Up Activity

📰 Stats for Stories and More

🛩️ Sunday was Wright Brothers Day.

Learn about upcoming observances and celebrations with Stats for Stories.

📊 Tuesday: Vintage 2023 Population Estimates for the Nation and States and Puerto Rico, and Components of Change

On Tuesday, the Census Bureau will release population estimates for the nation, states and Puerto Rico as well as corresponding annual estimates and components of change since the 2020 Census.

You May Be Interested In

• Random Samplings Blog: Recommendations Regarding the Use of the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Coverage Results in the Vintage 2023 Population Estimates

 📊 Tuesday: American Community Survey 5-year State-to-County Migration Flows

Also on Tuesday, the Census Bureau will release new 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year migration flows. Migration refers to the movement of people from one location to another. The state-to-county migration flows highlight the number of people moving into specific counties from U.S. states and state equivalents, U.S. Island Areas and foreign regions. 

📌 In Case You Missed It: America Counts

Additional Content from America Counts

• Looking Back 250 Years: The 1773 Boston Tea Party

🎂 Happy Birthday New Jersey!

Today, we celebrate New Jersey's 236th anniversary of statehood.

🔎 Did you know? New Jersey is the 46th largest state by area and was the third to join the Union. 

🏡🌻 The state nickname is The Garden State.

🐴 The state animal is the Horse.

🌃 The largest city is Newark.

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💻 Upcoming Census Academy Webinars

• January 17: Best Practices When Using American Community Survey Data
• January 23: data.census.gov News and Updates: January 2024
• January 31: A Thematic Session on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Evidence from the Microdata

📅 Economic Indicators 

Monday: Business Formation Statistics

Tuesday: New Residential Construction (Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions)

Friday: Advance Report on Durable Goods — Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

Friday: New Residential Sales

About the Census Bureau

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