U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 6: Movie Nights

USA Profile Username: jon@newsinnovations.com / edit profile U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 6: Movie Nights PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: MOVIE NIGHTS Profile America — Monday, June 6th. A major pop culture phenomenon, lasting several decades, began on this date in 1933. With the automobile increasingly reshaping Americans' habits, Richard Hollingshead opened the nation's first drive-in movie theater in Camden, New Jersey. Soon, drive-in movies became a fixture across the country and a popular place for teenage dating and family outings. Drive-ins reached their peak in the 1950s. There were some 20,000 movie theaters then, and almost 5,000 of them were drive-ins. Now, there are nearly 4,500 movie theaters around the country — many, if not most of them with multiple screens — while there are only about 350 drive-ins remaining in operation. You can find current data on the country's economy by downloading the 'America's Economy' mobile application at www.census.gov/mobile. Sources: First drive-in/accessed 4/4/2016: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa980121.htm  Movie theaters in the 50's: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, p. 855 Popularity/accessed 4/4/2016:  www.driveintheater.com/history/1950.htm  Movie theaters/NAICS 512131: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2013_00A1&prodType=table  Drive ins/accessed 4/4/2016: http://qz.com/235155/there-are-barely-any-drive-in-movie-theaters-left-unless-you-live-in-south-dakota/ Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).  Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO   SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau CONTACT: Rick Reed, 301-763-2812; or e-mail: richard.thomas.reed-at-census.gov Web Site: http://www.census.gov Follow Us To change the settings for your profile(s) or email delivery, go to https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com/profile/?action=editProfile and select the profile you would like to edit. You can select the industries, subjects, languages, geographical areas, companies, delivery options and delivery frequencies of your choice. In addition to current press releases, you can also find archived news, corporate information, photos, tradeshow news and much more on the PR Newswire for Journalists website: https://prnmedia.prnewswire.com To contact us, email: mediasite@prnewswire.com Please do not reply to this email; this is an automatically generated message. Copyright © PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved. A UBM plc company. Our mailing address is: 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300 New York, NY 10014-4504