The nation's head-counter agency each year actually puts out facts-somewhat-worth-knowing for a number of special occasions, such as Unmarried and Single Americans Week (Sorry, you missed it -- Sept. 16-22).
Trick or Treat by the numbers
It isn't like the Census Bureau has run out of things to count, but pumpkins?
October 30, 2012 at 10:45PM
Now, about Halloween:
710,000
Potential Minnesota trick-or-treaters -- children ages 5 to 14 -- although other kids and their parents could be on the prowl.
2.1 million
Number of Minnesota housing units -- potential stops for trick-or-treaters. That includes those occupied by fuddy-duddies huddled in their basements with the lights turned off.
$113 million
Value of pumpkins harvested from the top six pumpkin-producing states: Illinois, California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Minnesota produces only about 2 percent of the national crop.
1,155
Companies that make chocolate and cocoa products, employing 35,074 people.
WHERE TO GO
There's Anoka, the Halloween Capitol of the World by virtue of a 1937 declaration by Congress. But you'll get more bragging rights by going to Transylvania County, N.C., or Skull Creek, Neb.
WARREN WOLFE
