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Despite peaking in popularity in the early 2000s, low-carb diets remain a staple of the fitness and nutrition industry. However, these diets have not abated America’s love of carbohydrates.

The health of the country hurts because of it — obesity rates are still rising — but the data shows that the country’s most popular foods continue to be the most carbohydrate-laden.

From pizza to sandwiches and baked goods, we can’t get enough.

Using the most recent 2014 estimates from the American Community Survey and Dun and Bradstreet, the experts at FindTheHome discovered the most popular food in every state. The food type with the highest density per 100,000 people is considered the most popular. Pizza is the fan-favorite in most states, with baked goods and Mexican food taking the lead in many others. Previously, FindTheHome used the same data providers to find the pizza capital and bakery capital of every state.

Advocates maintain that government subsidies of crops like corn, wheat and feed grains enable the production of processed food. Add in the demand from the American public, and it’s unlikely that the food industry will slow the pizza production line. However, looking at current obesity rates and the ineffectiveness of national health policies such as Healthy People 2020, a federal initiative to eliminate preventable diseases, like obesity, it’s clear that what we’re doing isn’t working.

Mississippi

Louisiana

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants Population: 4,601,049

Utah

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Mexican Food Restaurants No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 2,858,111

Alabama

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 4,817,678

Oklahoma

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Mexican Food Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries Population: 3,818,851

Hawaii

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Chinese Food Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants Population: 1,392,704

Georgia

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 9,907,756

South Carolina

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries Population: 4,727,273

Washington

Arkansas

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Mexican Food Restaurants No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 2,947,036

Nebraska

Wyoming

Nevada

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Mexican Food Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 2,761,584

New Mexico

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Mexican Food Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 2,080,085

Arizona

North Carolina

Idaho

Tennessee

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 6,451,365

Alaska

Wisconsin

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Ice Cream Shops Population: 5,724,692

California

Virginia

North Dakota

South Dakota

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Steak and BBQ Restaurants No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries Population: 834,708

Missouri

Kansas

Oregon

Maryland

Minnesota

Colorado

Kentucky

Illinois

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Mexican Food Restaurants Population: 12,868,747

Montana

Maine

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Seafood No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 1,328,535

Texas

West Virginia

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Ice Cream Shops No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries Population: 1,853,881

Vermont

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Chinese Food Restaurants No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: American Food Population: 626,358

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Florida

Delaware

New York

New Jersey

Ohio

Connecticut

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bagel and Donut Shops No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Chinese Food Restaurants Population: 3,592,053

Rhode Island

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bagel and Donut Shops No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops Population: 1,053,252

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Pennsylvania

No. 1 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Pizza Restaurants
No. 2 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Bakeries
No. 3 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Sandwich Shops
No. 4 Most Popular Restaurant Type: Chinese Food Restaurants

Population: 12,758,729

Originally posted on April 4, 2016 by Sabrina Perry via Graphiq Newsdesk. Research The States on FindTheHome

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