Thanksgiving Pie Report: By the Numbers

Delta Dental Survey Breaks Down America's Favorites this Year, Pie by Pie

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Nov 23, 2016, 06:00 ET

OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Let's cut to the chase, pumpkin pie once again reigns supreme as American's favorite Thanksgiving dessert, beating out other traditional pies by a long shot. According to a Delta Dental survey, out today, favorability of pumpkin pie hovers around thirty-six percent with American adults, more than double that of American's next favorite Thanksgiving pie, pecan (15 percent).

Scraping the bottom of the barrel in Delta Dental's 2^nd Annual Pie Ranking: lemon meringue (4 percent), blueberry (4 percent) and strawberry (2 percent).

Some other key findings from the Pie Ranking:

Pumpkin pie is most popular in the West (46 percent) and least popular in the South (30 percent). Additionally, 39 percent of Midwesterners prefer it, and 33 percent of Northeasterners.
America's second (pecan) and third (apple) favorites, find the highest favorability with Gen-Xers (pecan: 19 percent and apple: 16 percent).
Pumpkin pie is most popular with Boomers (42 percent) and Seniors (47 percent) vs. their Millennial (32 percent) and Gen-Xer (30 percent) counterparts.

About the Survey: The Delta Dental Plans Association Fall 2016 Survey was conducted between October 18 and October 25, 2016 among a nationally representative sample of 1,009 Americans 18+. The margin of error is +/- 3.1 percent. For a copy of the survey, please email: [email protected]

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About Delta Dental Plans Association
The nonprofit Delta Dental Plans Association, based in Oak Brook, Ill., is the national association of Delta Dental member companies, which collectively make up the nation's leading dental benefits provider, with enrollment of more than 73 million Americans. For more information, visit our website at deltadental.com.

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