March & April 2021

STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)

Tomorrow is National Siblings Day. This week is National Library Week. Sunday is National Pet Day. April is Community College Month.

National Siblings Day: April 10

In 2020, most of America’s children under 18 lived with siblings: 28.7M with one, 18.1M with two, 7.3M with three, 2.7M with four, and 1.4M with five or more. Siblings can be biological, step, half, and adopted.

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National Library Week: April 4-10 The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 139,287 full-time librarians and media collections specialists. There are a total of 116,867 libraries in the United States. More Stats

National Pet Day: April 11 The 2019 American Community Survey estimated full-time, year-round, civilian employed veterinarians at 71,009, assistants 36,286, and animal trainers 34,038. Stats Here

Community College Month: April In 2019, the Current Population Survey estimated the number of college students enrolled in two-year institutions was 4.3 million, a 25% decrease from 5.7 million in 2011. Get Stats

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