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Labor Day By the Numbers

You know that Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, but did you know the reason we celebrate?

What is believed to have started in New York City as a parade of Union workers in 1882, is now the full-fledged, government sanctioned, end-of-summer tradition we know as Labor Day.

Two years after that first parade Congress passed a bill establishing a federal work holiday and President Grover Cleveland designated the first Monday in September as Labor Day.

So before you rush out to a barbecue or pool party in honor of the holiday, here are a few things you might not know about our American workforce, courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau:

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