April & May 2021

STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)

Today is Teacher Appreciation Day. This week is Public Service Recognition Week, Small Business Week, and Teacher Appreciation Week. May is World Trade Month, National Bike Month, and Older Americans Month.

National Teacher Appreciation Day: May 4

National Teacher Appreciation Week: May 3-7

The 2019 American Community Survey counted about 5.74 million teachers in the U.S. including preschool to postsecondary, special ed, tutors, assistants and other.

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Small Business Week: May 2-8 The 2019 County Business Patterns found that the 4.3M of all 8.0M establishments in the U.S. had 1 to 4 employees. Just under 200,000 had 100 employees or more. More Stats

Public Service Recognition Week: May 2-8 The 2019 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll counted 14.8M full-time and 4.8M part-time employees working in state and local government in the U.S. Get Stats

World Trade Month and Week: May and May 16-22 On April 7, 2021, the monthly FT900 release reported that the goods and services deficit was $71.1 billion in February, up $3.3 billion from $67.8 billion in January, revised. Stats Here

National Bike Month: May In 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 805,722 workers in the U.S. bicycled to work, down from about 865,000 in 2012 and up from 665,000 in 2007. More Stats

Older Americans Month: May According to the 2018 Population Estimates, there are 52,431,193 people age 65 and over in the U.S. out of a total population of 327,167,434 or 16.0%. Get Stats

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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.