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What Your State is Googling on Halloween

Last Updated on December 5, 2018 by hilary bird

With Halloween just around the (haunted) corner, the team at CenturyLinkQuote wondered what Americans are up to during this spooky season. And what better way than to take a peek at the nation’s search habits? Using Google Trends to look at top search queries near All Hallow’s Eve last year, the CLQ team found some answers. Discover what your state searched for on our map below and get ready to eat, drink and be scary!

Interesting Findings

  • Illinois may be Googling “razor blade in candy” due to a previous incident in 2012 where a local did find a razor blade in his daughter’s Halloween candy (Yikes indeed!).
  • Five states—Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Vermont—seem to be unclear about the holiday, as they are searching “What is Halloween?” most.
  • Three states are searching whether or not Halloween is satanic—Georgia, Ohio, and Virginia.
  • It may be no wonder that Wisconsin is one of the states searching most for “pumpkin carving ideas.” The Badger State has quite a few pumpkin patches and even had a unique underwater pumpkin carving competition last year.

Each State’s Most Googled Query

Alabama

Halloween Makeup

Alaska

Sexy Halloween Costume

Arizona

Halloween Makeup

Arkansas

What is Halloween?

California

Best Halloween Pranks

Colorado

Best Halloween Candy

Connecticut

Halloween Party

Delaware

Couples Costume Ideas

District of Columbia

Halloween Pick Up Lines

Florida

Halloween Party

Georgia

Is Halloween Satanic?

Hawaii

Cat Makeup

Idaho

Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Illinois

Razor Blade in Candy

Indiana

Witching Hour

Iowa

What is Halloween?

Kansas

Halloween Party

Kentucky

Baby Costume Ideas

Louisiana

Halloween Party

Maine

Couples Costume Ideas

Maryland

Halloween Party

Massachusetts

Best Halloween Candy

Michigan

What Time Does Trick or Treat Start?

Minnesota

Sugar Free Candy

Mississippi

Halloween Makeup

Missouri

What is Halloween?

Montana

Ouija Board

Nebraska

Cat Makeup

Nevada

Sugar Free Candy

New Hampshire

Devil Makeup

New Jersey

Curfew

New Mexico

Halloween Makeup

New York

Halloween Party

North Carolina

What Time Does Trick or Treat Start?

North Dakota

Couples Costume Ideas

Ohio

Is Halloween Satanic?

Oklahoma

Sugar Free Candy

Oregon

Sugar Free Candy

Pennsylvania

Razor Blade in Candy

Rhode Island

Halloween Makeup

South Carolina

Halloween Pick Up Lines

South Dakota

Halloween Memes

Tennessee

What is Halloween?

Texas

Halloween Party

Utah

Halloween Makeup

Vermont

What is Halloween?

Virginia

Is Halloween Satanic?

Washington

Pumpkin Carving Ideas

West Virginia

How to TP

Wisconsin

Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Wyoming

Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Methodology

The CenturyLinkQuote data team curated a list of common Halloween topics, including some of the top Halloween-related search queries in 2017. They input those queries into Google Trends to get a state-by-state breakdown of search volume around each topic. The data was restricted to searches that occurred between October 30 and 31, 2017, so that the results would be indicative of what each state is Googling specifically on Halloween.

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