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The Number of Vegetarians and Vegans in the USA 1994-2022

Posted on November 10, 2022 by The VRG Blog Editor

The Vegetarian Resource Group has commissioned national polls since 1994 to find out how many Americans are vegetarian or vegan. In 1994 we stated, “We can be 95% sure that 0.3% to 1% of the population is vegetarian.” In 2006 2.3% of Americans were vegetarian and 1.4% were vegan. By 2012 we reported that 3% of the US population was vegetarian and another 1% was vegan. In 2019 4% of Americans were vegetarian and 2% were vegan. Finally, in a poll commissioned this year (2022), 3% of the US population is vegetarian and another 3% is vegan. Please keep in mind that when VRG commissions national polls we ask the following question:

Please tell us which of the following foods, if any, you never eat:

  • Meat
  • Poultry
  • Fish or Seafood
  • Dairy Products
  • Eggs
  • Honey

Poll results can be found here: https://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faq.htm#poll

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