📅 The Week Ahead: Halloween 🎃

Are you pumped for Halloween?

Check out our Halloween Facts for Features and discover Census Bureau data on the population of sweet-sounding cities and towns, an estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters, and more.

🍫 There were 264 U.S. establishments that primarily produced products from cocoa beans in 2020 🍬

🍭 There were 3,320 U.S. confectionery and nut stores in 2020 🥜

🎩 There were 780 U.S. formal wear and costume rental establishments in 2020 🎭

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Coming up in November, we will celebrate American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and National Family Caregivers Month.

We will also mark National Diabetes Month and National Aviation History Month.

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new tables from the 2020 and 2021 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

These tables provide information on marital status, educational attainment, employment status, occupation, earnings and other social and economic statistics by:

Age and sex in 2020 and 2021.
Hispanic origin in 2020 and 2021.
Asian alone in 2020 and 2021.
Asian alone-or-in-combination in 2020 and 2021.
Black alone in 2020 and 2021.
Black alone-or-in-combination in 2020 and 2021.
Older populations in 2020 and 2021.
Foreign-born populations in 2020 and 2021.

On October 27, the U.S. Census Bureau released data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.

The BTOS increases the scope of the SBPS to include large single-location employer businesses (those with 500 or more employees). It provides insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely data for key economic measures every two weeks.

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data from phase 3.6 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in social and economic conditions are affecting people’s lives to inform federal and state response and recovery planning.

Phase 3.6 includes new and updated questions. Some previously asked questions have been removed.

🎂 Happy Birthday, Nevada!

Today, we celebrate Nevada's 158th anniversary of statehood.

Did You Know?

• Nevada joined the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th state.
• Nevada is the 7th largest state by area.
• Nevada's population increased by 404,063 from 2010-2020.

• 🌳 The state tree is the Single-Leaf Pinon.

• 🌄 The state nickname is the Silver State.

• 🎰 The largest city is Las Vegas.

🎂 Happy Birthday, North Dakota!

On Wednesday, November 2, we will celebrate North Dakota's 133rd anniversary of statehood.

• North Dakota joined the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th state.
• North Dakota is the 17th largest state by area.
• North Dakota's population increased by 106,503 from 2010-2020.

• 🌹 The state flower is the Wild Prairie Rose.

• 🌱 The state nickname is the Peace Garden State.

• 🌆 The largest city is Fargo.

🎂 Happy Birthday, South Dakota!

On Wednesday, November 2, we will celebrate South Dakota's 133rd anniversary of statehood.

• South Dakota joined the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 40th state.
• South Dakota is the 16th largest state by area.
• South Dakota's population increased by 72,487 from 2010-2020.

• 🐦 The state bird is the Ring-Necked Pheasant.

• 🌄 The state nickname is the Mount Rushmore State.

• 🌃 The largest city is Sioux Falls.

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💻 Upcoming Census Academy Webinars

• November 16: First Quarterly Workforce Indicators for Puerto Rico Provide Demographic Portrait of Island’s Employment Trends

• November 30: The Effects of the National War Labor Board on Labor Income Inequality (Co-authored with Chris Vickers)

📅 Releases This Week

Tuesday: Construction Spending (Construction Put in Place)

Wednesday: Housing Vacancies and Homeownership

Thursday: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services

Thursday: Full Report - Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders

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