A flock of white turkeys in a shelter as part of an effort to prevent exposure to avian influenza on a farm in Townsend, Del., on Nov. 14, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Americans will eat 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, but numbers are at a nearly 40-year low amid waning demand and waves of bird flu.
A flock of white turkeys in a shelter as part of an effort to prevent exposure to avian influenza on a farm in Townsend, Del., on Nov. 14, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
In Charts: The Rise and Fall of the Thanksgiving Turkey
Americans will eat 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, but numbers are at a nearly 40-year low amid waning demand and waves of bird flu.
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Americans will eat nearly 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, the National Turkey Federation estimates.
That’s almost as many turkeys as there are people in Texas, the country’s second most populous state.
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