<P> In 1971 , 1 percent of U.S. citizens described themselves as vegetarians . In 2008 Harris Interactive found that 3.2 % are vegetarian and 0.5 % vegan , while a 2013 Public Policy Polling survey of 500 respondents found that 13 % of Americans are either vegetarian or vegan -- 6 % vegetarian and 7 % vegan . U.S. vegetarian food sales ( dairy replacements such as soy milk and meat replacements such as textured vegetable protein ) doubled between 1998 and 2003 , reaching $1.6 billion in 2003 . According to a report in 2017 , the number of consumers claiming to be vegan has risen to 6 % in the US In 2015 , a Harris Poll National Survey of 2,017 adults aged 18 and over found that eight million Americans , or 3.4 % , ate a solely vegetarian diet , and that one million , or 0.4 % , ate a strictly vegan diet . </P>
<P> In 1971 , 1 percent of U.S. citizens described themselves as vegetarians . In 2008 Harris Interactive found that 3.2 % are vegetarian and 0.5 % vegan , while a 2013 Public Policy Polling survey of 500 respondents found that 13 % of Americans are either vegetarian or vegan -- 6 % vegetarian and 7 % vegan . U.S. vegetarian food sales ( dairy replacements such as soy milk and meat replacements such as textured vegetable protein ) doubled between 1998 and 2003 , reaching $1.6 billion in 2003 . According to a report in 2017 , the number of consumers claiming to be vegan has risen to 6 % in the US In 2015 , a Harris Poll National Survey of 2,017 adults aged 18 and over found that eight million Americans , or 3.4 % , ate a solely vegetarian diet , and that one million , or 0.4 % , ate a strictly vegan diet . </P>
how much of the us population is vegetarian
how much of the us population is vegetarian
3.4 %
3.4 %