VRG Polls

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Year	Total Vegetarians	Lacto-ovo-vegetarians	Vegans	Number Polled	Vegan	Total Veg	US Population	Non-Instnlzd Adult U.S. Pop	Method	Notes	Question

2	1994	1,250,000	900,000	350,000	1,978			263,130,000	186,542,006	face to face	"negligible to 700,000 vegans", "up to half a million vegans"	Please call off the items on this list, if any, that you never eat. Meat. Poultry. Fish/Seafood. Dairy Products. Eggs. Honey. Eat Them All. Don't Know.
3	1997	2,000,000	1,167,000	833,000	1,960			273,650,000	194,000,000		"One-third to one-half of 2 million vegtarians may be vegan." (.333+.5)/2*2000000 "In future surveys, we could only be sure of a definite statistical movement if the percentages changed by three percentage points or more."	Please call off the items on this list, if any, that you never eat: Meat (beef, pork, veal, lamb, etc.). Poultry. Fish/Seafood. Dairy Products. Eggs. Honey. Eat Them All. Don't Know.
4	2000	4,825,000	3,088,000	1,737,000	968			282,160,000	193,000,000	telephone	People had to avoid honey to be considered vegan by VRG.	Please tell me which of the following foods, if any, you never eat? Meat, Poultry, Fish/Seafood, Dairy Products, Eggs, Honey.
5	2003	5,740,000	2,050,000	3,690,000	1,031			290,110,000	205,000,000	telephone		Please tell me which of the following foods, if any, you NEVER EAT: Meat, Poultry, Fish/Seafood, Dairy Products, Eggs, Honey.
6	2006	4,849,408	1,897,594	2,951,813	1,000			298,380,000	210,843,818	telephone	VRG removed honey from vegan stat	Please tell me which of the following foods, if any, you never eat? Meat, Poultry, Fish/Seafood, Dairy Products, Eggs, Honey.
7	2009	7,000,000	4,832,276	2,167,724	2,397			306,770,000	216,772,431	online	honey back in	Which of the following foods, if any, do you never eat? Please select all that apply. I never eat…: Meat, Poultry, Fish/Seafood, Dairy Products, Eggs, Honey. I sometimes eat all of these foods. Don't know.
8	2011	11,011,392	5,505,696	5,505,696	1,010			311,660,000	220,227,845	telephone	honey removed	I never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs.
9	2012	9,000,000	7,000,000	2,000,000	2,030			314,000,000	230,000,000	telephone		You never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs.
10	2015	8,160,000	7,160,000	1,000,000	2,017		3.4%	320,900,000	240,000,000	online	"Polls can’t really be compared,..."	I never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs.
11	2016	8,000,000	4,300,000	3,700,000	2,015		3.3%	323,130,000	245,000,000	online		I never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs.
12	2019	10,160,000	5,080,000	5,080,000	2,027	2.0%	4.0%	329,000,000	254,000,000	online	They did a second poll that also found 2% of vegans among 2,031 adults	I never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs.
13	2020	15,240,000	7,620,000	7,620,000	2,074	3.0%	6.0%		254,000,000	online		I never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs.
14	2022	15,480,000	7,730,000	7,750,000	2,889	3%	6%		258,000,000	online		I never eat meat, fish, seafood, poultry, dairy, or eggs
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