📅 The Week Ahead: Geography Awareness Week 🌎

Geography Awareness Week starts today!

Geography is everywhere, and it’s particularly central to our work. Explore Census Bureau data and learn more about this and other November observances by checking out our By the Numbers page.

Where is Gina the Geographer?

Teachers: Take your students on an online scavenger hunt this Geography Awareness Week. Students will follow a series of clues about her unknown location, including landmarks, weather, and population.

Discover Gina’s location with our Statistics in Schools activity.

Deadline Approaching!

⏳ Take action today to make sure that your voice is heard.

💬 We want your feedback to help inform 2030 Census planning.

📌 Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 15th is the last day to submit your ideas.

📌 More Observances

November 13-19 is American Education Week.

Tuesday, November 15 is America Recycles Day.

This month, we celebrate American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and National Family Caregivers Month.

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

New Data on Minority-Owned, Veteran-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses

On November 10, the Census Bureau released new estimates on the characteristics of employer businesses. According to the 2021 Annual Business Survey, which covers reference year 2020, approximately 1.15 million or 19.9% of employer businesses in 2020 were minority-owned; 320,864 (5.6%) were veteran-owned; and around 1.24 million (21.4%) were owned by women. Get more data highlights from the release. 

🎂 Happy Birthday, Oklahoma!

On Wednesday, November 16, we will celebrate Oklahoma's 115th anniversary of statehood.

• 🔎 Did you know? Oklahoma is the 19th largest state by area and was the 46th state to join the Union.

• 🌳 The state tree is the Redbud.

• 🐎 The state nickname is the Sooner State.

• 🏛 The largest city is Oklahoma City.

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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 17: Introducción a la Encuesta sobre la Comunidad Estadounidense

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

• December 1: 2017-2021 American Community Survey Pre-Release Webinar

📅 Releases This Week

Wednesday: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services

Wednesday: Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales

Thursday: New Residential Construction (Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions)

Friday: Advance Services Report

About the Census Bureau

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