What are the worst states to trick or treat in?
Is Alabama really one of the worst states to trick or treat in? According to the shopping app ibotta, Alabama is the 4th worst state to be a kid looking for treats.
Ohio is the worst state to trick-or-treat in because the average household only spends $11.22 on Halloween candy. That's $5 below the national average of $16.45. Michigan and Georgia are the other cheapest states. Oregonians spend the most money on Halloween candy ($40.29.)
The top states and amounts spent per person on candy:
- Oregon ($40.29)
- Washington ($28.65)
- New Jersey ($24.36)
- Utah ($23.73)
- California ($19.72)
- New York ($19.08)
- Pennsylvania ($18.78)
- Illinois ($18.19)
- Virginia ($17.76)
- Wisconsin ($16.74).
States with the lowest candy purchases per person included:
- Ohio ($11.22)
- Georgia ($11.76)
- Michigan ($11.91)
- Alabama ($11.98)
- Colorado ($12.37)
- Kansas ($12.39)
- Arkansas ($12.50)
- Oklahoma ($12.50)
- Indiana ($12.53)
- Kentucky ($12.85)