Fun Facts about Valentine's Day

• Valentine's Day is the second most popular card giving occasion, coming in at 141,000,000 cards per year!
• More than 50% of Valentine's Day cards are bought within 6 days prior to the holiday!
• There are 119 single men in their 20's for every 100 single women in their 20's.
• There are 34 single men 65 years + for every 100 single women 65 years+.
• There are 904 dating services in the nation. These dating services employ 4,300 people, and make $489 million in revenue!
• There are about 6,000 marriages a day!
• 112,185 marriages were performed in Nevada in 2008.
• The average age for a woman to get married in the United States is 25.9 and for men it is 27.6.
• The state with the oldest average age for first time marriages is Massachusetts. Women coming in at 27.4 and men at 29.1!
• The state with the youngest average age for first time marriages is Utah. Women at 21.9 and men at 23.9 years old!
• In 2005 every American consumed about 25.7 pounds of candy!
• In 2004 there were 109,915 people employed at the 21,667 florists in the nation.
• The manufacturing of jewelry was an $9 billion industry in 2004!

I found these cool facts at http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day-facts.