July 4th 2024 By The Numbers
JULY 4TH 2024 BY THE NUMBERS: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
A great report and infographic brought to us by WalletHub with 50+ fascinating facts and figures about the 2024 July 4th holiday. For example, did you know that:
- There are some 14,000 fireworks displays around the nation at a cost of $2.7 billion?
- 42% of Americans will attend a fireworks show?
- 66% of Americans will attend July 4th picnic?
- July 4th is America’s top beer drinking holiday?
- $4 billion will be spent on alcohol, most of it on beer?
- 150 million hot dogs will be consumed on July 4th?
- Some $9.4 billion will be spent on food for the July 4th holiday?
- 31% of Americans will purchase patriotic themed merchandise for the July 4th holiday?
- Some 70.9 million Americans will travel 50+ miles from home to celebrate the July 4th holiday, setting a new record. (That’s almost 20 million more than one year ago.)
- 85% of Americans who travel for the July 4th holiday will do so by car?
- 57% of Americans own an American flag?
- 60% of Americans say that inflation is affecting their July 4th plans? (That’s 3% more than in 2023.)
- Over 3 million people watch the fireworks from New York City’s Hudson River? (I used to be one of them.)
Check out the WalletHub infographic below for more historical facts about July 4th, as well as current facts and figures. I’ll bet you find some of these truly eye-opening!
JULY 4TH FACTS & FIGURES: INFOGRAPHIC
WISHING ALL A SPARKLING JULY 4TH CELEBRATION!
