Stats for Stories: June & July 2021

Official U.S. stats to help you tell stories about the Tokyo Olympics, Parents, Puerto Rico, Chef & Cooks, Summer, Ice Cream and more.

June & July 2021 STATS FOR STORIES (SFS) Today is the Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Sunday is Parents' Day, Puerto Rico Constitution Day, and Culinarians Day (thank chefs and cooks). Enjoy Summer 2021 and National Ice Cream Month. Be prepared during the 2021 Hurricane Season.   *Special Edition* Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games: July 23-August 8 The games are 339 events across 33 sports: new are karate, surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding (baseball/softball returns). Tokyo is the world's most populous metropolitan area with 37.4 million people. The USA has 2528 medals in current games (1896-2016). Score Stats National Parents' Day: July 25 Of the 63.1M parents living with their children <18, 78% lived with a spouse, 15% had no spouse or partner present. The rest lived with a cohabiting partner. Stats Here Puerto Rico Constitution Day: July 25 The 2020 Census counted 3,285,874 people living in Puerto Rico on April 1, 2020, a decline of 11.8% from the 2010 Census on April 1, 2010, a period of 10 years. More Stats Culinarians Day: July 25 The 2019 American Community Survey estimated 409,007 chefs and head cooks and 1,279,709 cooks ages 16 and over were employed in the U.S. Get Stats Summer 2021: June 20-September 22 In the U.S., summer 2021 began with the Summer Solstice on June 20 at 11:32 p.m. EDT and will end with the Autumnal Equinox on September 22 at 3:21 p.m. EDT. Stats Here National Ice Cream Month: July The 2018 County Business Patterns program reports that the ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing industry had 433 establishments and 21,464 paid employees. More Stats All Stats for Stories for June 2021: Tennessee 225th Anniversary of Statehood (1796): June 1 Atlantic Hurricane Season: June 1 - November 30 American Housing Month: June Caribbean-American Heritage Month: June Great Outdoors Month: June LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June National Dairy Month: June National Ocean Month: June National Cheese Day: June 4 National Doughnut Day: June 4 (SFS from June 5, 2020) Multiracial Heritage Week: June 7-14 Day of Portugal: June 10 Philippines Independence Day (1898): June 12 Arkansas 185th Anniversary of Statehood (1836): June 15 National Nursing Assistants Day & Week: June 17 & 17-23 Juneteenth (1865): June 19 Father's Day: June 20 Summer 2021: June 20-Sepember 22 All Stats for Stories for July 2021: Canada Day: July 1 National Ice Cream Month and Day: July and July 18 National Postal Worker Day & Postage Stamp Day: July 1 World Population Day: July 11 Bastille Day: July 14 2020 Summer Olympics: July 23-August 8 Culinarians Day: July 25 (new SFS) Parents' Day: July 25 Puerto Rico Constitution Day: July 25 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: July 27 (posting soon) About Stats for Stories 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.

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