WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5: HOG FESTIVAL

Profile America — Sunday, September 5th.  There's only one place to be these days if you like pork chop barbecue and that's the Hog Capital of the World Festival in Kewanee, Illinois.  The town's 57th annual celebration will wind up tomorrow with a total of 60,000 people expected to enjoy food, professional entertainment, a carnival, Model T races, and a grand parade.  It's a friendly gathering, with the motto "It's time to come home again."  Illinois is home to some 4.4 million hogs and pigs, worth more than $900 million.  Across the U.S., Americans eat an average of just over 47 pounds of pork annually.  You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.

Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2010, p. 443

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010, t. 841, 212

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).  

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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