📅 This Week: Valentine's Day! ❤️ 

This Saturday, February 14, is Valentine's Day. In the United States in 2023, there were about:

💍 20,000 jewelry stores
💐 12,000 flower shops
🍫 3,000 candy and nut stores

Explore more Valentine's Day fun facts courtesy of our Statistics in Schools program. 

💼 Coming Soon

On Thursday, February 12, the Census Bureau is scheduled to announce new education partners for our Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product. The PSEO provides earnings and employment outcomes for college and university graduates by degree level, degree major, post-secondary institution, and state of institution. 

These statistics are generated by matching university transcript data with a national database of jobs. PSEO data are available for post-secondary institutions whose transcript data have been made available to the Census Bureau through a data-sharing agreement.

📢 2026 LED Workshop: Call for Presentations

The Census Bureau invites you to submit a proposal to present virtually at the 2026 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Workshop May 12-13. The deadline to submit a proposal is February 18.

The hybrid workshop will provide insights into LED data products as well as professional development and networking opportunities. The LED Partnership is a collaboration between state data agencies and the Census Bureau to leverage existing data in the development of new sources of economic and demographic information. The theme of this year’s workshop is “Numbers to Narratives: Data for Better Decisions.”

Click the button below for detailed proposal guidance and questions about the workshop.

🎂 Statehood Anniversaries

• Arizona will celebrate its 114th anniversary on February 14.
• Oregon will celebrate its 167th anniversary on February 14.

Explore Census Bureau data on each state with our data.census.gov state profiles and sign up for email updates on your state!

📈 Economic Indicators

February 10: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
December 2025 (originally scheduled for January 15, 2026)

February 10: Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales
November 2025 (originally scheduled for January 15, 2026)

February 11: Business Formation Statistics

💻 Upcoming Webinars

• February 18: Unlocking NAICS 5- and 6-Digit Details in the Quarterly Workforce Indicator Data Set
• February 19: Getting Started with the Census API
• February 25: Introduction to the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

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📌 In Case You Missed It

What was your go-to snack or beverage for The Big Game? 🏈🥤

Get stats on your favorite gametime fuel with Census Bureau data. 

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