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According to Census Bureau data, wineries outnumbered breweries in 2017, but that changed at the same time the craft beer movement picked up steam. By 2020, there were 370 more breweries than wineries.

America’s Families and Living Arrangements

There were 10.9 million one-parent family groups with a child under the age of 18 in 2022, and 80% of one-parent family groups were maintained by a mother.

See more data highlights from the release of America’s Families and Living Arrangements. 

Last Day to Apply: StatVentures

Last call to join an elite cohort of tech and data innovators. Today is the last day to submit a concept to StatVentures, a program of the Census Open Innovation Labs at the Census Bureau. Your idea could be funded to prototype and become our next way to measure America’s supply chain.

America Counts: Number of Same-Sex Couple Households Exceeded 1 Million in 2021

There were about 1.2 million same-sex couple households in the U.S. in 2021, according to Census Bureau data.

Learn what key demographic and economic characteristics differed between same-sex and opposite-sex couples.

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Census History: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, which fell on November 24 this year, is a time for families and friends to gather and enjoy a meal together.

Learn about the history of Thanksgiving using Census Bureau data and records.

Census History: Samuel Clemens/ Mark Twain

On November 30, we celebrated the birthday of Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain.

Did you know his last interview before his April 1910 death was with a census enumerator?

Clemens was home when an enumerator arrived to collect Census Bureau data, including the author’s name, age, birthplace, occupation, and level of education.

Learn more about Twain, other authors, and well-known people from their publicly available census records.

November 25 was Native American Heritage Day.

Learn about the American Indian and Alaska Native population with data from the 2020 Census or our My Tribal Area data tool.

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Teachers, have your students play our Statistics in Schools Kahoot! game and discover which states have the highest number of tourism workers, the most common pet in the U.S., and more with charts, graphs, and maps. 📊

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