Valentine's Day By the Numbers

VALENTINE'S DAY NUMBERS AVERAGE AMOUNT SPENT ON VALENTINE'S DAY PER PERSON %2116 TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT $13 BILLION 180 MILLION VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS BOUGHT 85% OF THEM BY WOMEN 196 MILLION ROSES GROWN 73% ARE BOUGHT BY MEN 14% 53% OF WOMEN ADMIT OF WOMEN WOULD BUYING DUMP THEIR BOYFRIEND THEMSELVES FLOWERS v IF THEY RECEIVED NOTHING 600 YEARS THE AGE OF THE FIRST KNOWN VALENTINE WRITTEN BY CHARLES, DUKE OF ORLEANS, AROUND 1415 8 BILLION ВЕ MINE TRUE LOVE HUG ME KISS МЕ SURE LOVE YOU ROCK TRUE LOVE YOU NUMBER OF CANDY HEARTS PRODUCED EACH YEAR 11,000 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CHILDREN CONCEIVED DUE TO THE HOLIDAY PIONEER P SERVICES SOURCES: www.statisticbrain.com & www.history.com Division MidCountry Bank A