Data visualization presents a Humbug Halloween

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http://www.yellowfinbi.com/YFCommunityNews-Data-visualization-presents-a-Humbug-Halloween-120610

Brief

Over 170 million people plan to celebrate Halloween this year. Seven in 10 Americans - some 71.5 percent - will join in the purposeless revelry, up from 68.6 percent last year.

Americans are (pitch)forking out bloodcurdling amounts of money this year, with total Halloween-related spending projected to reach $8 billion (or $79.83 per household). That’s an average of:

$26.52 on costumes
$21.05 on candy
$19.79 on decorations

It’s also estimated that over 93 percent of children in the US go trick-or-treating each year, with some 85.78 million households giving out sickly-sweet goodies.