Mother’s Day in the USA: 2013
1908: In West Virginia, the year Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day.
$168.94: Average that will be spent on each mother in 2013, up 11 percent from 2012.
$20.7 billion: Total amount spent for the holiday.
$769 million: Will be spent on greeting cards.
$3.5 billion: Will be spent on brunch or dinner.
$2.3 billion: Will be spent on flowers.
14.2: Percent of the population who do not celebrate the holiday.
4.1 million: Women between the ages of 15 and 50 who gave birth in the …
