The per capita consumption of butter in the United States has increased by almost 45 percent since 2000. As of 2023, butter consumption amounted to over six pounds per person, about a pound and a half more than in 2000.
Per capita consumption of butter in the United States from 2000 to 2023 (in pounds)*
Characteristic
Per capita consumption in pounds
2023
6.5
2022
6.1
2021
6.4
2020
6.3
2019
6.2
2018
6
2017
5.7
2016
5.7
2015
5.6
2014
5.5
2013
5.5
2012
5.5
2011
5.4
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Retail weight. Consumption represents the residual after exports, nonfood use and ending stocks are subtracted from the sum of beginning stocks, domestic production, and imports. Based on Census Bureau estimated resident population plus Armed Forces overseas.
* Product weight.
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US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service. (November 26, 2024). Per capita consumption of butter in the United States from 2000 to 2023 (in pounds)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184011/per-capita-consumption-of-butter-in-the-us-since-2000/
US Department of Agriculture, und Economic Research Service. "Per capita consumption of butter in the United States from 2000 to 2023 (in pounds)*." Chart. November 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184011/per-capita-consumption-of-butter-in-the-us-since-2000/
US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. (2024). Per capita consumption of butter in the United States from 2000 to 2023 (in pounds)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184011/per-capita-consumption-of-butter-in-the-us-since-2000/
US Department of Agriculture, and Economic Research Service. "Per Capita Consumption of Butter in The United States from 2000 to 2023 (in Pounds)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Nov 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184011/per-capita-consumption-of-butter-in-the-us-since-2000/
US Department of Agriculture & Economic Research Service, Per capita consumption of butter in the United States from 2000 to 2023 (in pounds)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184011/per-capita-consumption-of-butter-in-the-us-since-2000/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Per capita consumption of butter in the United States from 2000 to 2023 (in pounds)* [Graph], US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service, November 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184011/per-capita-consumption-of-butter-in-the-us-since-2000/
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