Americans are expected to spend about $9 billion on Halloween this year as they buy costumes, decorations, greeting cards and candy for the annual Oct. 31 event.
The National Retail Federation estimates that more than 175 million Americans are planning to participate in Halloween activities this year, spending about $3.2 billion on costumes, $2.7 billion on decorations, and $2.6 billion on candy.
Bulk candy dealer CandyStore.com looked through 11 years of data to come up with the favorite Halloween candy in each U.S. state.
Overall, Skittles, M&M's and Snickers top the list.
Americans who plan on buying candy for Halloween are expected to spend an average of $27 for the sweet treats. Trick-or-treaters in Oregon might be among the luckiest kids in America because giving out full-sized candy bars has become the norm in the northwest state.
The bulk candy dealer also came up with a list of the worst Halloween candy Candy corn, Tootsie Rolls and Smarties make the list.
The most popular costumes for kids include princess, superhero and Batman. Adults are partial to witch, vampire and zombie looks.
And even America's pets are getting into the action. Pet owners plan to dress their little animal friends as pumpkins, hotdogs and bumblebees, according to the National Retail Federation.
预计美国人将在今年万圣节前花费约90亿美元,为这个一年一度在10月31日的活动购买服装、装饰、贺卡和糖果。
全国零售联合会估计,今年有超过1.75亿美国人计划参加万圣节活动,用于服装的花费约32亿美元,装饰约27亿美元,糖果约26亿美元。
糖果批发商CandyStore.com根据11年的数据进行统计出美国各州最受欢迎的万圣节糖果。
总的来说,彩虹糖(Skittles),M&M和士力架(Snickers)排在首位。
计划在万圣节购买糖果的美国人预计平均花费27美元购买甜食。在俄勒冈州要糖的孩子们可能是美国最幸运的孩子之一,因为在这个西北部的州发放整块大的糖果已经成为常态。
这个糖果批发商还列出了最糟糕的万圣节糖果,糖玉米,巧克力棒(Tootsie Rolls)和Smarties巧克力也榜上有名。
最受欢迎的万圣节儿童服装包括公主服、超级英雄和蝙蝠侠服,成年人则偏爱装扮成女巫、吸血鬼和僵尸的样子。
美国的宠物甚至也开始装扮起来了。根据全国零售联合会的统计,宠物主人计划将他们的动物小朋友打扮成南瓜、热狗和大黄蜂。
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