St. Patrick’s Day By The Numbers

Ahhh, St. Patrick's Day week is here and for many people in the Southern Tier, it's a day of raising pints of Guinness and forkfuls of corned beef and cabbage to the land of the green.  But did you know you can spend a lot of green on March 17th as well?  Yes, St. Patrick's Day has the potential to be a very costly day in more ways than one.

It's no secret that St. Patrick's Day is THE biggest drinking day of the year.  I've known a few people from Ireland that always found it funny how Americans associate the day with drinking because it's more of a religious holiday on the Emerald Isle.  In any case, just be aware that DUI crews will be out in full force around the Southern Tier.  Go celebrate but take a long a designated driver or call a cab.

WalletHub recently released it's annual St. Patrick's Day By The Numbers, and here are some interesting numbers from this year's report.

• 51.2% of Americans will celebrate St. Patty's Day in 2016
• We will spend an astounding $4.4 billion this St. Patrick's Day
• $35.4: Average amount each St. Patrick’s partier will spend.
• 13M: Pints of Guinness will be consumed worldwide on St. Patrick’s Day.
• 70%: Increase in cabbage shipments during St. Patrick’s week.
• 266: Drunk-driving casualties on St. Patrick’s Day holiday period (2010 - 2014).
• 75% of fatal St. Patrick's Day car crashes, involve a driver who's consumer 2 X the legal limit.
• $62,141: Median income for Irish-American households (vs. $53,657 for all households).

For the fascinating full report of stats on St. Patrick's Day, click HERE.

[via WalletHub]