January & February 2023

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Sunday is Lunar New Year 2023. Thursday is Spouses Day. January is Poverty Awareness Month and Hot Tea Month.

Lunar New Year: January 22

National Spouses Day: January 26

According to the Current Population Survey, 2022 ASEC Supplement, there are some 131.7 million married adults age 15+ in the U.S., not counting 4.6 million who are separated.

National Hot Tea Month: January

U.S. imports of tea, spices, etc., were valued above $2.84 billion in 2021, $1.08 billion more than the $1.75 billion value a decade earlier in 2011.

National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January

The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement reports the official poverty rate in 2021 was 11.6%, not statistically different from 2020.

All Stats for Stories for January 2023:

• New Year's Day 2023: January 1
• National Hot Tea Month: January
• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January
• Georgia 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 2
• Connecticut 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 9
• National Milk Day: January 11
• National Pharmacist Day: January 12
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 16
• Popcorn Day: January 19
• Lunar New Year: January 22
• Spouses Day: January 26 (updating soon)

All Stats for Stories for February 2023:

• American Heart Month: February (updating soon)
• Groundhog Day: February 2 (updating soon)
• National Women Physician Day: February 3
• Mail Carrier Day: February 4
• 64th Grammy Awards: February 5
• National Weatherperson's Day: February 5
• Massachusetts 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): February 6
• Inventors' Day: February 11
• Super Bowl LVII: February 12
• Valentine's Day: February 14
• Singles Awareness Day: February 15
• Presidents' Day: February 20

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