What do Census Bureau workers do for fun on Halloween? 

They count things, of course. So thanks to them, here are your essential Halloween census statistics:

• 41 million: The estimated number of potential U.S. trick-or-treaters (children ages 5-14)
• 115 million: The number of potential stops (occupied housing units) for said trick-or-treaters.
• $113 million: The value of pumpkins from the top six U.S. pumpkin-producing states. (Sorry Iowa, you’re not on the list)
• 1,115: The number of manufacturing plants producing chocolate and cocoa products in 2010.
• 1,634: The number of places to rent a costume in the United States in 2010.

And finally, the Census Bureau’s top five list of places to spend Halloween: 

• Transylvania County, North Carolina
• Tombstone, Arizona
• Pumpkin Center, North Carolina
• Cape Fear, (there are actually two of them in North Carolina)
• Skull Creek, Nebraska