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Children age 5–14 per 10,000 homes.
This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.
Children age 5–14 per 10,000 housing units, from Census ACS 5-year estimates. It is a Halloween proxy for the number of likely trick-or-treaters relative to doors, not a count of participants or a safety measure.
Maine has the lowest published trick-or-treater density in this comparison, at 188.5 / 1k residents. The next states shown are District of Columbia (193.9 / 1k residents) and Vermont (195.2 / 1k residents).
The table orders 51 states by children age 5–14 per 10,000 homes. It describes one published measure, not an overall judgment about where to live.
Use the result as a starting point, then compare the underlying source, dates, and local county figures before making a decision. Children age 5–14 per 10,000 housing units, from Census ACS 5-year estimates. It is a Halloween proxy for the number of likely trick-or-treaters relative to doors, not a count of participants or a safety measure.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/trick-or-treater-density" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Children age 5–14 per 10,000 homes by state"></iframe>Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year. · How this is built