📆 The Week Ahead: The 2021 Holiday Season and More 🎁

Here's a quick update on what's coming up to keep you in the loop as you start your week.

📆 The Week Ahead 🎁 Today is Monday, December 20, 2021 and we are shining a spotlight on America's retail workforce and the 2021 Holiday Season. We're sending you a quick update on what's coming up to keep you in the loop as you start your week. The 2021 Holiday Season This holiday season is a time to celebrate, reflect, exchange gifts, and give thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its vast collection of statistics. Check out recent statistics on retail sales, electronics, imported goods, toy and game producers, and more. Learn More America Counts Stories You May Be Interested In: Don't Turn the Page on Bookstores Census Bureau Serves a Hearty Spread of Holiday Food Industry Statistics Retail Trade Is the Top Sector in the Five U.S. Territories Read More Stories About Business and Economy Statehood Anniversaries Earlier this month, we celebrated the statehood anniversaries of Pennsylvania, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, and more. We've got more state anniversaries coming up this month: Week of December 26: Iowa and Texas Help us spread the word about Census Bureau data.  Share this on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This New Game from Statistics in Schools Our new game is an interactive way to introduce students to holiday-related Census Bureau data. Test your knowledge of the number of hobby, toy, and game stores in the U.S. and more.  Play the Game Releases This Week December 20: News Release: Census Bureau Statement on 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Data December 21: News Release: Total Population Estimates for the Nation, States and Puerto Rico December 22: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.3 Monthly Data Release December 23: Data Release: (10 a.m.) Preliminary U.S. Exports to China of Selected Schedule B Commodities for Monitoring the U.S.-China Economic Trade Agreement December 23: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 7 Weekly Data Release December 23: Advance Report on Durable Goods --Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders December 23: New Residential Sales See Economic Indicators About the Census Bureau We serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. The Census Bureau is the federal government's largest statistical agency. We are a statistical organization focused on data. Policy-makers, businesses, and the public use our information to make far-reaching decisions.

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