Candy
1,148 — Number of U.S. manufacturing establishments that produced chocolate and cocoa products in 2011, employing 35,538 people.
440 — Number of U.S. establishments that manufactured nonchocolate confectionary products in 2011. These establishments employed 19,198 people.
$13.5 billion — The estimated value of shipments in 2011 for firms producing chocolate and cocoa products.
3,320 — Number of confectionery and nut stores in the United States in 2011.
Flowers
15,307 — The total number of florists’ establishments nationwide in 2011. These businesses employed 66,165 people.
$280,357,058 — The value of imports for cut flowers and buds for bouquets in 2013 through Oct. 1.
Jewelry
23,394 — The estimated number of jewelry stores in the United States in 2011. In February 2013, these stores sold an estimated $2.8 billion in merchandise.
Dating
393 — The number of dating service establishments nationwide as of 2007. These establishments employed 3,125 people and pulled in $928 million in revenue.
Love and marriage
29.0 and 26.6 years — Median age at first marriage in 2013 for men and women, respectively.
52.7 percent — The overall percentage of people 15 and older who reported being married.
68.6 percent — Percentage of people 15 and older in 2013 who had been married at some point in their lives .
2.1 million — The number of marriages that took place in the U.S. in 2011. That breaks down to nearly 5,800 a day.
Divorce
19.4 — Among people 15 and older who have been married, the percentage of men and women, who have been married twice as of 2012. Five percent have married three or more times. By comparison, 75.4 percent of people who have ever been married have made only one trip down the aisle.
8 — Median length, in years, of first marriages that ended in divorce.
3.8 and 3.7 — The median time in years between divorce and a second marriage for men and women, respectively.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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