– Total number of turkeys that are consumed on Thanksgiving Day, 51,650,000.
– Total U.S. spending on Thanksgiving dinner food, $2,983,000,000.
– Average household spending on Thanksgiving dinner, $59.18.
– Average household spending on Thanksgiving weekend, $342.
– Number of families that will travel for Thanksgiving, 39,000,000.
– Number of places in the U.S. named Plymouth, 37.
– Average cost per pound of turkey, $1.20
– Average number of turkeys raised in the U.S. each year, 254,000,000.
– Annual consumption of turkey by the average American, 16 pounds.
– Annual tons of green beans produced, 659,340 tons.
– Pounds of sweet potatoes produced annually, 2.4 billion pounds.
– Value of all pumpkins produced annually, $118,000,000.
– Pounds of cherries produced annually, 266,000,000 pounds.
– Barrels of cranberry produced annually, 7,600,000 barrels.
– Total value of turkeys produced in the U.S. annually, $4,850,000,000.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Statisticsbrain.com
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
