82.5 million: Estimated number of moms in United States
56: Percentage of women ages 15 to 44 who are mothers
2: Average number of children women today can expect to have
23,870: Number of florists nationwide
35,000: Number of births each year that don’t occur in a hospital
55: Percentage of moms in the workforce with an infant
67,000+: Number of day-care centers
10 million: Number of single mothers
89: Percentage of people who celebrate Mother’s Day
32: Percentage of those who give gifts to their mothers-in-law
11: Percentage of dads who give a gift they didn’t pick out
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Fourth Annual Lenox Gift-Giving and Etiquette Survey
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