April & May 2022

STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)

Today is Earth Day, first celebrated in 1970. Tomorrow is World Book and Copyright Day and the end of Volunteer Week. Sunday begins Administrative Professionals Week. Monday is Telephone Day. April 29 is Arbor Day. April is Community College Month. 

Earth Day: April 22

The 2019 County Business Patterns found 1,567 establishments in hydro-solar-wind-geothermal-biomass-other electric power generation with 18,794 paid employees.

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National Volunteer Week: April 17-23 The 2019 Volunteering in America Report found 77.9 million adults (30 percent) volunteered 5.8 billion hours. Economic value was estimated at $147 billion. More Stats

World Book and Copyright Day: April 23 The 2019 County Business Patterns counted 6,928 establishments as book stores and news dealers, down from 7,996 in 2014, a period of five years. More Stats

Administrative Professionals Week and Day: April 24-30 & 27 The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 2,009,727 secretaries and administrative assistants including 219,808 executive, 51,042 legal, and 58,533 medical. Get Stats

National Telephone Day: April 25 The 2019 American Community Survey found that just 1.0% (1,263,227) occupied housing units out of 122,802,852 had no telephone service available. Stats Here

National Arbor Day 150th Anniversary: April 29 The 2019 County Business Patterns program counted 8,366 forestry and logging establishments, with 51,928 paid employees and $2.6B in annual payroll. More Stats

Community College Month: April In 2020, the Current Population Survey estimated the number of college students enrolled in two-year institutions was 3.7M, a 2.0M decrease from 5.7M in 2011. Get Stats

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