Stop for just a second and guess how much people in America spend every year collectively on Halloween. Would you guess $5 billion dollars? If so, you're way under.
Stop for just a second and guess how much people in America spend collectively every year on Halloween.
Would you guess $5 billion dollars? If so, you're way under. Try $9 billion. A third of that is on costumes, with $2.7 billion spent on decorations and $2.6 billion on candy.
These numbers are from the National Retail Federation.
| County | Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 31391 | 491 |
| Mobile | 19562 | 361 |
| Tuscaloosa | 12813 | 154 |
| Madison | 12741 | 146 |
| Montgomery | 12198 | 235 |
| Shelby | 10005 | 77 |
| Baldwin | 8473 | 98 |
| Lee | 7644 | 66 |
| Morgan | 6343 | 48 |
| Calhoun | 6112 | 115 |
| Marshall | 6079 | 54 |
| Etowah | 6065 | 65 |
| Houston | 5170 | 38 |
| DeKalb | 4747 | 36 |
| Cullman | 4280 | 38 |
| Limestone | 4137 | 44 |
| St. Clair | 4090 | 55 |
| Elmore | 4007 | 62 |
| Lauderdale | 3936 | 53 |
| Walker | 3588 | 108 |
| Talladega | 3434 | 53 |
| Jackson | 3076 | 24 |
| Colbert | 3019 | 41 |
| Blount | 2855 | 39 |
| Autauga | 2686 | 41 |
| Franklin | 2478 | 33 |
| Coffee | 2397 | 15 |
| Dale | 2303 | 54 |
| Dallas | 2245 | 31 |
| Russell | 2205 | 3 |
| Chilton | 2196 | 38 |
| Covington | 2168 | 33 |
| Escambia | 1974 | 31 |
| Chambers | 1737 | 49 |
| Tallapoosa | 1733 | 91 |
| Pike | 1575 | 14 |
| Clarke | 1563 | 19 |
| Marion | 1365 | 35 |
| Winston | 1299 | 23 |
| Lawrence | 1248 | 36 |
| Geneva | 1202 | 8 |
| Pickens | 1194 | 18 |
| Marengo | 1191 | 24 |
| Barbour | 1170 | 10 |
| Bibb | 1162 | 17 |
| Butler | 1144 | 41 |
| Randolph | 1009 | 21 |
| Cherokee | 1008 | 24 |
| Hale | 945 | 31 |
| Clay | 902 | 23 |
| Washington | 902 | 19 |
| Fayette | 873 | 16 |
| Henry | 849 | 6 |
| Lowndes | 791 | 29 |
| Monroe | 781 | 11 |
| Cleburne | 757 | 14 |
| Macon | 723 | 21 |
| Crenshaw | 707 | 30 |
| Bullock | 691 | 19 |
| Conecuh | 683 | 14 |
| Perry | 675 | 6 |
| Lamar | 650 | 8 |
| Wilcox | 631 | 18 |
| Sumter | 571 | 22 |
| Choctaw | 419 | 13 |
| Greene | 414 | 18 |
| Coosa | 337 | 4 |
| Out of AL | 0 | 0 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
| County | Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 46176 | 651 |
| Davidson | 40984 | 412 |
| Knox | 17878 | 142 |
| Rutherford | 17025 | 154 |
| Hamilton | 16137 | 149 |
| Williamson | 10779 | 79 |
| Sumner | 9248 | 135 |
| Wilson | 7084 | 77 |
| Out of TN | 6802 | 51 |
| Montgomery | 6271 | 83 |
| Sullivan | 6188 | 96 |
| Putnam | 5752 | 82 |
| Washington | 5667 | 102 |
| Maury | 5602 | 66 |
| Blount | 5258 | 59 |
| Madison | 5164 | 108 |
| Bradley | 4932 | 35 |
| Sevier | 4712 | 31 |
| Unassigned | 4337 | 22 |
| Robertson | 3604 | 51 |
| Tipton | 3537 | 38 |
| Hamblen | 3360 | 59 |
| Dyer | 3123 | 50 |
| Gibson | 3083 | 65 |
| Greene | 2903 | 71 |
| Anderson | 2765 | 28 |
| Dickson | 2763 | 33 |
| Coffee | 2681 | 41 |
| Bedford | 2595 | 30 |
| Carter | 2593 | 55 |
| Obion | 2554 | 49 |
| Lawrence | 2535 | 33 |
| Cumberland | 2453 | 35 |
| McMinn | 2358 | 55 |
| Warren | 2278 | 18 |
| Roane | 2238 | 28 |
| Hardeman | 2218 | 37 |
| Loudon | 2207 | 18 |
| Jefferson | 2190 | 32 |
| Fayette | 2160 | 38 |
| Weakley | 2096 | 36 |
| Monroe | 2039 | 44 |
| Lauderdale | 2007 | 22 |
| Franklin | 1961 | 33 |
| Trousdale | 1900 | 12 |
| Hawkins | 1847 | 34 |
| Wayne | 1816 | 10 |
| Henderson | 1794 | 33 |
| Macon | 1777 | 28 |
| Hardin | 1734 | 25 |
| White | 1686 | 18 |
| Marshall | 1667 | 20 |
| Carroll | 1655 | 34 |
| Haywood | 1600 | 30 |
| Rhea | 1583 | 30 |
| Cocke | 1561 | 30 |
| Overton | 1512 | 35 |
| Cheatham | 1508 | 16 |
| Campbell | 1500 | 23 |
| Lincoln | 1494 | 14 |
| Henry | 1463 | 17 |
| Johnson | 1396 | 21 |
| Smith | 1394 | 19 |
| Giles | 1385 | 46 |
| McNairy | 1381 | 33 |
| Fentress | 1181 | 20 |
| Lake | 1154 | 5 |
| Bledsoe | 1144 | 5 |
| Hickman | 1130 | 18 |
| Crockett | 1122 | 26 |
| DeKalb | 1099 | 22 |
| Marion | 1054 | 19 |
| Chester | 1000 | 20 |
| Scott | 996 | 7 |
| Grainger | 939 | 15 |
| Decatur | 924 | 13 |
| Unicoi | 810 | 26 |
| Claiborne | 777 | 9 |
| Benton | 772 | 15 |
| Grundy | 749 | 14 |
| Lewis | 727 | 14 |
| Cannon | 718 | 3 |
| Union | 700 | 5 |
| Morgan | 688 | 6 |
| Jackson | 669 | 10 |
| Humphreys | 668 | 7 |
| Polk | 641 | 15 |
| Houston | 579 | 20 |
| Stewart | 572 | 14 |
| Clay | 533 | 18 |
| Sequatchie | 502 | 5 |
| Perry | 465 | 21 |
| Meigs | 460 | 12 |
| Moore | 377 | 3 |
| Pickett | 376 | 13 |
| Van Buren | 346 | 2 |
| Hancock | 150 | 3 |
