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December 2023 & January 2024

STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)

Monday is New Year's Day 2024 [ [link removed] ] and the beginning of National Hot Tea Month [ [link removed] ] and National Poverty in America Awareness Month [ [link removed] ].

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*New Year's Day 2024: January 1*

The U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will be 335,893,238 on Jan. 1 ? 1,759,535 or 0.53% more than on New Year?s Day 2023. Can you name the top four most populous countries in the world today? In 2050? Read the America Counts story, Happy New Year 2024! [ [link removed] ], to learn more.

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*National Hot Tea Month: January
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U.S. tea imports, whether or not flavored, were valued at $508 million in 2022, up almost four times from $131 million 30 years ago. Did you know, the Boston Tea Party (1773) [ [link removed] ] was 250 years ago this month?

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*National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January
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The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement reports the official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5%, not statistically different from 2021.



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*All?**Stats for Stories [ [link removed] ]** for December 2023:*


* Illinois: 205 Years of Statehood (1818): December 3 [ [link removed] ]
* National Miners Day: December 6 [ [link removed] ]
* National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (1941): December 7 [ [link removed] ]
* Bill of Rights Day (1791): December 15 [ [link removed] ]
* 250 Years Ago: Boston Tea Party (1773): December 16 [ [link removed] ]
* Wright Brothers Day (1903): December 17 [ [link removed] ]
* National Homeless Persons? Memorial Day: December 21 [ [link removed] ]

*All?**Stats for Stories [ [link removed] ]** for January 2024:*


* New Year's Day: January 1 [ [link removed] ]
* National Hot Tea Month: January [ [link removed] ]
* National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January [ [link removed] ]
* Alaska 65th Anniversary of Statehood (1959): January 3
* National Milk Day: January 11
* National Pharmacist Day: January 12
* Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 15
* Popcorn Day: January 19
* Spouses Day: January 26

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