U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 24: Fluid Situation

USA Profile Username: jon@newsinnovations.com / edit profile U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 24: Fluid Situation PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 24, 2016 WASHINGTON, June 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: FLUID SITUATION Profile America — Friday, June 24th. In the past, hot summer days meant that some enterprising youngsters in the neighborhood would set up a lemonade stand or the family would share a pitcher of iced tea on the front porch to cool off. In recent times, we usually resort to something in a bottle or can to slake our thirst year-round. The drink of choice is often a soft drink, usually carbonated. As a result, fizzy soft drink manufacturing is a $34 billion a year business. Bottled water has surged in popularity in recent decades, although there lately has been some pushback over the environmental threat posed by so many empty plastic bottles. The 309 water-bottling establishments in the nation ship more than $6.6 billion worth of product annually. You can find current data on the country's economy by downloading the 'America's Economy' mobile application at www.census.gov/mobile. Sources: Soft drink manufacturing /NAICS 312111: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ASM/2014/31VS101//prodsvc~312111  Bottled water downside/accessed 4/1/2016: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water4.htm  Bottled water establishments/NAIC 312112: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2013/00A1//naics~312112  Revenues/NAICS 312112: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ASM_2014_31VS101&prodType=table 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