May & June 2021

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Today is Tennessee's 225th anniversary of statehood and the first day of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. June is American Housing Month, Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Dairy Month, Great Outdoors Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, and Ocean Month.

Tennessee 225th Anniversary of Statehood (1796): June 1

Tennessee joined the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state. Nickname: The Volunteer State. Motto: Agriculture and Commerce.

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2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season: June 1-November 30 The U.S. Census Bureau’s OnTheMap for Emergency Management offers real-time access to data about the people living and working in areas affected by hurricanes. More Stats

American Housing Month: June The 2019 American Community Survey counted 139.69 million housing units, up 1.15 million from 2018, and up 7.90 million from 131.79 million in 2010. Stats Here

National Caribbean-American Heritage Month: June According to the 2020 International Data Base, the three most populous Caribbean countries were: Haiti (11.1M), Cuba (11.1M), and the Dominican Republic (10.5M). Get Stats

National Dairy Month: June Since 1992, the total value of shipments of U.S. dairy product manufacturing peaked in April 2014 at $10.8B and by March 2020 stood at $10.7B. More Stats

Great Outdoors Month: June The 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation counted more than $157 billion in expenditures for wildlife-related recreation. Stats Here

LGBTQ Pride Month: June The 2019 American Community Survey estimated there were 980,276 same-sex couple households in the U.S., and of them, 58% (568,110) were married couples. Get Stats

National Ocean Month: June There are 255 coastline counties in the U.S. located in three regions across 23 states: the Atlantic Ocean (129), Gulf of Mexico (56), and Pacific Ocean (70). More Stats

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