15.1% of all U.S. households participate in quilting = 15,560,550 quilting households
1.27 quilters per household = 19,761,898 million U.S. quilters over the age of 18
Total U.S. Quilting Industry Value
$118.02 average annual household expenditure, a 17.3% increase over 1997
$1,836,456,111 total annual U.S. quilting expenditure ($1.836 Billion dollars)
Value of U.S. quilting industry has increased 51.6% since 1997**
Dedicated* Quilter Market *Those quilting households spending over $500 year annually on quilting-related purchases
824,400 households
.8% of all U.S. households
5% of all U.S. quilting households
1.34 quilters per household
1,104,696 Dedicated Quilters
6% of all Quilters are considered "Dedicated Quilters"
Dedicated Quilter Market Value
$1556 spent on quilting purchases by average dedicated quilter
$1,718,906,976 ($1.72 billion) spent annually on quilting related purchases
Value of the Dedicated Quilter market has increased by 83.8% since 1997**
6% of all quilters-the dedicated quilters- account for 94% of quilt industry expenditures
**A 4.2% increase in the total number of U.S. households from 1997 to 2000 is contributing to the increase in these numbers: 98.927 million households in 1997 vs. 103.050 million households in 2000
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