Casper, Wyoming, made the U.S. Census Bureau’s list of Halloween destinations in Facts for Features. Other suggested locales include Tombstone, Arizona; Sleepy Hollow, New York; and Transylvania County, North Carolina. The Bureau has compiled a few numbers on the holiday, including these:
- 41.1 million: The estimated number of potential trick-or-treaters in 2015 — children ages 5 to 14 — across the United States. Of course, many other children — older than age 15 and younger than age 5 — also go trick-or-treating
- 39,815: The number of people employed by U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and cocoa products in 2015. This industry’s value of shipments totaled $17.2 billion, up from $16.0 billion in 2014.
- $12.4 million: The value of U.S. imports of pumpkins in 2016. Pumpkin carving and decorating is a popular Halloween tradition.
- 302: The number of broom, brush, and mop, and casket manufacturing establishments (for the more authentic witches and vampires). Combined, these two industries employed 12,627 people and had a total value of shipments of $3.6 billion in 2012.
See more on the Census Bureau website.