Valentine's Day – By the Numbers:
$17.6 billion: Total amount to be spent by Americans celebrating Valentine’s Day. $126.03: Amount the average American will spend celebrating the holiday. 8.5 percent: Amount of increased spending over 2012. $168.74: Average amount the American man is expected to spend on clothing, jewelry, cards and other gifts. $85.76: Average amount the American woman will spend. 18.9 percent: Of celebrants will buy jewelry. 50.5 percent: Will buy candy. 36 percent: Will buy flowers. $4.1 billion: Will be spent on jewelry. $1.5 billion: Will be spent on candy. $1.1 billion: Will be spent on cards. $4.52: Average amount to be spent on gifts for pets. 1,155: Manufacturers in the U.S. making chocolate and cocoa products in 2010. $13.5 billion: Total value of U.S. cocoa and chocolate shipments. 24.7 pounds: Annual per capita chocolate consumption by Americans in 2010. 16,182: Florists in the U.S. $880,893,904: Value of cut flowers and buds imported to the U.S. in 2011. $365,453,189: Value of roses imported. 23,739: Jewelry stores in the U.S. in 2010. 53 percent: Of adult Americans are married. 393: Dating services nationwide. 58 percent: Of Americans say there is less romance in the Digital Age.
Source: National Retail Federation, CouponCabin.com, U.S. Census Bureau
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