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** 7 days of pie
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Celebrate Thanksgiving with a tantalizing buffet of government numbers. This is no side dish of data; this is a full-on fact feast. Right now at USAFacts.org you can check out seven new pie charts ([link removed]) on metrics from the pandemic to immigration to how people are faring nationwide. Here's just a taste of what's available:
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As of the 1st of November, 1 in 7 Americans has had a case of COVID-19. In mid-September, the nation had a seven-day average of 170,590 new cases. Cases dropped to 70,409 by the end of October. What do previous COVID-19 infections mean for immunity? Find out here ([link removed]) .
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While Thanksgiving is a day celebrating the fall harvest, 11% of households are experiencing food insecurity ([link removed]) .
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More young people lived at home ([link removed]) with parents or other family members in 2020 than compared to 30 years prior. Five million young men lived at home, compared to 3 million young women. This is partly pandemic-related, as many people moved home when universities suspended in-person instruction.

There's a pie for every day of the holiday week — see the rest right here ([link removed]) .

Data for those dinner table discussions

The annual USAFacts Thanksgiving Fact Feast ([link removed]) is back to give you facts at your fingertips during those topical holiday discussions. The Fact Feast has metrics ranging from climate change to COVID-19 to the federal deficit. Even if everyone around the table disagrees on what to do about an issue facing the country, the Fact Feast can help you base those conversations in data.
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How much will Thanksgiving dinner cost?

Overall food prices are up 5.3% from one year ago, including many Thanksgiving staples. USAFacts has the data on some key dinner foodstuffs ([link removed]) , such as:
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Turkey is up, as are canned vegetables (up 6.6%) and potatoes (up 1.7%) And if you want to wash it down with a boozy beverage, that will also cost extra — see how much more here ([link removed]) .

One last fact
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Inflation is in the news and USAFacts has this explainer on the topic ([link removed]) in case you need to refresher on how inflation is determined and measured. Learn the difference between headline CPI (which includes metrics on volatile categories like food and energy) and core CPI (which does not).

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