Stats for Stories: September & October 2021

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September & October 2021

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A milestone in lighting our homes with electricity happened 142 years ago this weekend. All October we celebrate Disability Employment Awareness, Energy Awareness, Global Diversity Awareness, Italian-American Heritage, and Polish-American Heritage.

 

Light

The Incandescent Light Bulb (1879): October 22-23

On Oct. 22-23, 1879, Edison’s team made a light bulb with a carbonized filament of uncoated cotton thread that lasted 14.5 hours, long enough to light a home.

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Nuts

National Nut Day: October 22

According to foreign trade stats, US exports of nuts were valued at $9.28B in 2020, up from $4.90B in 2010. Imports were $2.86B in 2020, up from $1.48B in 2010.

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Disability

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October

The 2019 American Community Survey estimated that among noninstitutionalized civilians with a disability, 7.9M are employed and 0.9M are unemployed.

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Diversity

Global Diversity Awareness Month: October

Diversity is all the ways in which we differ: race, ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, parental status, educational background, etc.

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Energy

National Energy Awareness Month: October

The 2019 County Business Patterns report on electric power generation counted 3,491 establishments with 130,597 paid employees and an annual payroll of $15.9B.

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Italian

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: October

The 2019 American Community Survey estimated out of a total U.S. population of 328.2 million, 16.1 million people reported Italian ancestry, or about 4.9%.

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polish

Polish-American Heritage Month: October

The 2019 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. population at 328.2 million. About 9.0 million (roughly 2.7%) reported Polish ancestry.

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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.