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Father's Day

Hurricane Season

D-Day

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Issue: #480

June 19, 2017

The Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma, a program of the Community Service Council, provides access to data generated from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Father's Day: June 18, 2017
The idea of Father's Day was conceived more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father's Day celebration. More >

2017 Hurricane Season Begins

The North Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and lasts through Nov. 30. The U.S. Census Bureau produces timely local statistics that are critical to emergency planning, preparedness and recovery efforts. The growth in population of coastal areas illustrates the importance of emergency planning and preparedness for areas that are more susceptible to inclement weather conditions. The Census Bureau's rich local economic and demographic statistics from the American Community Survey gives communities a detailed look at neighborhood-level statistics for real-time emergency planning for the nation's growing coastal population.

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73rd Anniversary of D-Day
D-Day National Remembrance Day was June 6. Based on the 2015 American Community Survey, there were 930,477 U.S. World War II veterans compared to 1.6 million in 2012. More >

Until Next Week,

Melanie Poulter

Census Information Center

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