Personal finance website Simple. Thrifty. Living. recently looked at Google Trends to search interest data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. to discover what was the most popular food holiday in each state.
National Pizza Day was the most popular, with six states. National Ice Cream Day, National Pancake Day, National French Fry Day, and National Bacon Day each had multiple states as well. Based on the search data, tacos tended to be more popular in Western states, while pizza was a big deal in Midwestern states.
Here is the full list:
- Alabama: National Hamburger Day
- Alaska: National Pizza Day
- Arizona: National Burrito Day
- Arkansas: National Fried Chicken Day
- California: National Taco Day
- Colorado: National Pancake Day
- Connecticut: National Mac and Cheese Day
- Delaware: National Pancake Day
- District of Columbia: National Bacon Day
- Florida: National Pulled Pork Day
- Georgia: National Pulled Pork Day
- Hawaii: National Frozen Yogurt Day
- Idaho: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
- Illinois: National Pie Day
- Indiana: National Breadstick Day
- Iowa: National Pizza Day
- Kansas: National Pie Day
- Kentucky: National Bacon Day
- Louisiana: National Shrimp Day
- Maine: National French Fry Day
- Maryland: National Noodle Day
- Massachusetts: National Clam Chowder Day
- Michigan: National Ice Cream Day
- Minnesota: National Ice Cream Day
- Mississippi: National Pancake Day
- Missouri: National Noodle Day
- Montana: National Pizza Day
- Nebraska: National Ice Cream Day
- Nevada: National Burrito Day
- New Hampshire: National Waffle Day
- New Jersey: National Ice Cream Day
- New Mexico: National Waffle Day
- New York: National French Fry Day
- North Carolina: National Pancake Day
- North Dakota: National French Fry Day
- Ohio: National Donut Day
- Oklahoma: National Mac and Cheese Day
- Oregon: National Taco Day
- Pennsylvania: National Ice Cream Day
- Rhode Island: National Cookie Day
- South Carolina: National Bacon Day
- South Dakota: National Bacon Day
- Tennessee: National Pizza Day
- Texas: National Taco Day
- Utah: National Donut Day
- Vermont: National Maple Syrup Day
- Virginia: National Pizza Day
- Washington: National Donut Day
- West Virginia: National French Fry Day
- Wisconsin: National Cheese Day
- Wyoming: National Pizza Day