Impress everyone at the pub with these St. Pat's stats:
174% more beer and 153% more spirits are sold on March 17th than on an average day in America.
13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed worldwide today.
61% of Americans plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year.
80% of those celebrating will wear green.
Overall, Americans spend $6.85 billion celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
It takes 50 pounds of dye to turn the Chicago River green, and it lasts just five hours.
36% of men admit to binge drinking on St. Patrick's Day.
The average number of drinks consumed per person on St. Patrick’s Day is 4.2.
There’s an 8.8% increase in cabbage shipments the week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day.
32% of Americans plan to cook a special meal for St. Patrick’s Day.
31.5 million Americans claim at least some Irish heritage, second only to German and 6.4 times Ireland's population.
20% of residents in New Hampshire have Irish ancestry.
There are 10 cities in America named Dublin.