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What percentage of Americans sat down to eat or drink something on an average day?

96.8% of Americans sat down to eat or drink something on an average day — about 97 in every 100, or 10 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Time Use Survey for 2025.

Where this number comes from

Survey

American Time Use Survey

What it measured

Percent of the population engaged in “Eating and drinking” as a primary activity on an average day. The interval is derived here as the published estimate plus or minus 1.96 standard errors.

Population

Americans aged 15 and over

Year

2025

95% confidence interval

96.21% to 97.39% (derived from the published standard error)

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