Utah's trick-or-treater density, mapped
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Utah has the nation's highest concentration of potential Halloween trick-or-treaters, per an Axios analysis of census data.
Why it matters: That goes a long way to explaining Utah's overall enthusiasm for the holiday.
By the numbers: 5-to-14-year-olds — prime trick-or-treating age — make up about 12.5% of the U.S. population.
- In Utah, the figure shoots up to 16.2%.
How it works: That's according to the 2022 five-year American Community Survey, a demographics-tracking effort from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Caveat: Plenty of kids younger than 5 and older than 14 go trick-or-treating, but this is the least imperfect way to slice the census data for our purposes.
The bottom line: Find your county in the map above to gauge how much candy you might need on hand this Halloween.