J. Agric. Food Chem.., Vol. 46: 3630, 1998

Per Capita Consumption of Vegetables in the United States^b

Spinach is at the bottom

Vegetable	Fresh wt. gm/day	Rank
Potato	175	1
Tomato	113	2
Lettuce (head)	28	3
Corn	26.1	4
Onion	21.5	5
Carrot	14.5	6
Cucumber	12.4	7
Cabbage	9.4	8
Bean (snap)	9.2	9
Celery	8.1	10
Pepper (bell)	7.7	11
Broccoli	6.3	12
Sweet Potato	5.8	13
Mushroom	4.9	14
Bean (pinto)	3.3	15
Squash (green)^d	3.0	16
Garlic	2.5	17
Cauliflower	2.2	18
Asparagus	1.2	19
Beet	1.1	20
Spinach	1.0	21

^bBased on total fresh and frozen vegetable consumption.
^dEstimated (Gary Lucier, USDA, personal communication).

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Per Capita Consumption of Vegetables in the United Statesb

Per Capita Consumption of Vegetables in the United States^b