February & March 2024

STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)

Saturday is Lunar New Year. Sunday is Inventors' Day and Super Bowl LVIII. Tuesday is Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). Wednesday is Oregon's 165th anniversary of statehood (coming soon) and Valentine's Day. February is American Heart Month.

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Lunar New Year: February 10

With celebrations also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, many people across the world will welcome the Year of the Dragon with reunions and hope.

National Inventors? Day: February 11

U.S. Census Bureau innovations led to the IBM Corporation, statistical sampling, the first commercial electronic computer, and geographic information systems, known as GIS.

Super Bowl LVIII (58): February 11

The big game involves two top-50 U.S. metro areas by estimated 2022 population: #13 San Francisco (4,579,599) vs. #31 Kansas City (2,209,494), playing in Las Vegas.

Mardi Gras: February 13

From Census Day (April 1) 2020 to July 1, 2022, the population of New Orleans (369,749) was down 3.7%. Louisiana was down 1.5% and the U.S. was up 0.5%. Mardi Gras - French for Fat Tuesday - is always the day before Ash Wednesday.

American Heart Month: February

The American Community Survey estimates there were 733,169 physicians, 128,908 physician assistants, 18,299 radiologists and 51,238 surgeons in the U.S. in 2022.?

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All Stats for Stories for February 2024:

• American Heart Month: February
• Groundhog Day: February 2
• National Women Physician Day: February 3
• Mail Carrier Day: February 4
• Grammy Awards: February 4
• National Weatherperson's Day: February 5
• Lunar New Year: February 10
• Inventors' Day: February 11
• Super Bowl LVIII: February 11
• Mardi Gras: February 13
• Oregon 165th Anniversary of Statehood (1859): February 14
• Valentine's Day: February 14
• Singles Awareness Day: February 15
• Presidents' Day: February 19

All?Stats for Stories for March 2024:

• Employee Appreciation Day: March 1
• Red Cross Month: March
• Frozen Food Month & Day: March & 6
• International Women's Day: March 8
• 95th Oscars?/Academy Awards: March 10
• Sunshine Week & FOI Day: March 10-16 & 16
• Equal Pay Day: March 12
• Pi Day: March 14
• Potato Chip Day: March 14
• National Agriculture Day & Week: March 17-23 & 19
• Certified Nurses Day: March 19
• National Poultry Day: March 19
• National Single Parent Day: March 21
• World Water Day: March 22
• MLB Opening Day: March 28
• National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29
• National Vietnam War Veterans Day: March 29
• National Doctors Day: March 30

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Stats for Stories (SFS) links you to U.S. Census Bureau statistics about current events, observances, holidays and anniversaries. These newsworthy and timely stats will help bring your stories to life.