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🇺🇸 Public Holidays in United States

The United States observes federal holidays recognized by the federal government, alongside state-level observances and cultural dates. Our United States holiday pages primarily reflect nationwide and subdivision-tagged records imported from holiday data providers.

  • ISOUS / USA
  • RegionNorthern America, Americas
  • TypeCountry
  • Data availability Available

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United States holiday summary · 2027

Counts come from stored rows only. Tentative and estimated dates are shown separately from confirmed public holidays.

  • Total holidays (2027) 17
  • Confirmed official public 13
  • National public (type) 10
  • Regional public (type) 3
  • Religious (type) 0
  • Tentative / estimated 0
  • This month (November 2026) 0
  • Next upcoming 2027-01-01 New Year's Day · Confirmed

About holidays in United States

How public holidays work

Federal holidays generally close federal offices and affect many banks and markets. States may add their own holidays or observe federal holidays differently. Provider records may include Public, Bank, or Observance types — check each entry’s category and confirmation label.

National holidays

Common nationwide observances in provider data include New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day, among other federal calendar entries for the selected year.

Religious & cultural observances

Some cultural or religious observances may appear as optional or observance types rather than federal public holidays. We do not upgrade an observance to “official public holiday” unless the source supports that classification.

Regional variations

Where provider data includes subdivision codes, holidays may apply only in certain states or territories. National vs regional scope is shown on each holiday row.

Data sources & updates

United States holiday rows are synchronized mainly from Nager.Date Community API data cached in MySQL, with attribution retained per record.

Upcoming in United States

Next dates from the database for this country.

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Date Weekday Holiday Category Status
Friday New Year's Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Friday Lincoln's Birthday Other Observance Pending Verification
Monday Presidents Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Friday Good Friday Optional Holiday Pending Verification
Saturday Truman Day School Holiday Pending Verification
Monday Memorial Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Saturday Juneteenth National Independence Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed

2027 holidays preview

All stored rows for United States in 2027.

Full 2027 page
Date Holiday Category Status
New Year's Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Lincoln's Birthday Other Observance Pending Verification
Presidents Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Good Friday Public Regional Public Holiday Confirmed
Good Friday Optional Holiday Pending Verification
Truman Day School Holiday Pending Verification
Memorial Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Juneteenth National Independence Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Independence Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Labour Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Columbus Day Public Regional Public Holiday Confirmed
Columbus Day Bank Holiday Pending Verification
Indigenous Peoples' Day Public Regional Public Holiday Confirmed
Veterans Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Thanksgiving Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed
Christmas Day Public National Public Holiday Confirmed

United States holiday FAQ

Are all listed US holidays federal holidays?

Not necessarily. Review the holiday category and whether the entry is marked as an official public holiday. Observances and optional days are labeled separately.

Why is the URL /holidays/united-states instead of /holidays/usa?

We use SEO-friendly catalog slugs. Short aliases such as usa redirect to the canonical united-states page.