This Halloween season, many Ohioans will be preparing for costumed children arriving at their doors in search of candy. Based on our analysis of Ohio census data and assumptions from a national survey on what ages people stop trick-or-treating, we estimate that 1,344,064 Ohioans between the ages of 3 and 18 will be partaking in the holiday tradition this year. The chart on this DataByte shows the age distribution of these likely trick-or-treaters. Data show that the practice peaks at about age 7, but as they grow beyond that age kids are less and less likely to participate.
Wherever you are trick-or-treating or handing out candy this year, we wish you a safe and spooky Halloween!
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Sources: 2018–2022 American Community Survey (ACS) Five-Year Estimates, Tables B09001, B25032, S0101; 2023 Population and Housing Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau; Geocorr Applications, University of Missouri Census Data Center; Walt Hickey, "Hereʼs when you should stop trick-or-treating," FiveThirtyEight (2015); Ayana Archie, "What to know about trunk-or-treating, a trick-or-treating alternative," NPR (2023)
