1 in 10 residents of the USA are now vegetarian or vegan, according to new research

From 2013–2017, just 5% of Americans self-identified as vegetarian or vegan. Two unrelated surveys show that this number has now **doubled** to 10%.

The survey featured in the linked article has a 2% margin of error. That means that the true figure is somewhere between 8% and 12% of the U.S. population. But even if our numbers have only gone up to 8%, that’s an increase of almost 10 million people in recent years!

[https://theconversation.com/1-in-10-americans-say-they-dont-eat-meat-a-growing-share-of-the-population-176948](https://theconversation.com/1-in-10-americans-say-they-dont-eat-meat-a-growing-share-of-the-population-176948)

Edit: added the link