Now that the Holiday weekend is over, can you guess how much Americans spent in total from Friday until Tuesday? That number is a little more than $7 billion on cookouts and other celebrations of the Holiday weekend. But that's not all. Here is a breakdown of the top July 4 expenses across the country, according to personal finance website WalletHub.
Merchandise: Flags are a top seller this holiday with more than $5 million worth of U.S. flags imported into the country, mostly from China.
Travel: An estimated 44.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the holiday weekend, according to the AAA.
Food: Barbeques are all over the neighborhood. Americans spend about $388 million on hamburger patties, $389 million on barbecue chicken, $133 million on buns and $37 million just on ketchup.
Beer: The Fourth of July is the country's top beer-drinking holiday with more than $1 billion spent on cold brews last year alone and another $568 million was spent on wine.
Fireworks: No Fourth of July party is complete without fireworks. Altogether Americans spent more than $800 million on fireworks in 2016, with many municipalities shelling out $5,000 to $30,000 to host their own display.
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