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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
Way more than that
So how many vegetarians and vegans are there in the U.S.?
The Huffington Post article reported on information supplied by the Vegetarian Resource Group the following statistics:
Vegetarians — 16 million, 5% of the population
Vegans — 8 million (of the above group), 2.5 percent of the population
The vegan population in the U.S. has doubled since 2009.
The This means that 7.5 million people in the U.S. now eat diets that do not include any animal products. The study also revealed that 33% of Americans are eating vegan/vegetarian meals more often, though they are not vegan or vegetarian. That is over 100 million people, or one third of the country consciously choosing more plant-based foods! 
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As soon as I posted I figured I might be wrong so I did a search and came up with 3% of the U.S. population. I went back to make the change (edited my post) but apparently I wasn't fast enough.
