U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Oct. 5

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

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5: SUPREME COURT TERM OPENS

Profile America -- Monday, October 5th. As National Hispanic Heritage Month
continues, today marks the first day of the current Supreme Court session.
As the justices file in, their ranks will include Associate Justice Sonia
Sotomayor, confirmed by the Senate in August. Her official investiture
ceremony was held last month. She already has participated in one case left
over from the previous session. Sotomayor is the 111th justice to sit on the
nation's highest court. She is the first Hispanic and the third woman on the
Supreme Court. Across the U.S., there are just over 1 million lawyers,
nearly one-third of them women and just over 4 percent Hispanic. 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 2009, p. 495
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 596

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
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

Rick Reed of the U.S. Census Bureau, +1-301-763-2812, fax: +1-301-763-3762,
Richard.Thomas.Reed-at-census.gov