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Are Americans moving on from dairy?
It’s no secret that milk is not the staple of American diets that it used to be. But even with the rise of plant-based milks, cheeses, and more, people aren’t walking away from dairy entirely. Here’s how [dairy is being used]([link removed]) in American kitchens these days.
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Milk production has increased 96% since 1975, reaching an all-time high of 26.4 billion gallons (or 226.6 billion pounds) in 2023. How much is that? It would take 10 hours for all of it to flow over Niagara Falls.
[Change in per person dairy consumption]([link removed])
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In 1975, the average American drank roughly 1 1/4 cups of milk daily. By 2022, it was around 2/3 of a cup — but it was still the nation’s most-consumed dairy product at 130 pounds per person per year.
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Milk production is up but people are drinking less of it. Increased production is due to the US using milk to produce cheese, yogurt, dry milk goods, and many other products. Cheese consumption is up 179% since 1975. Americans are eating 608% more yogurt since then and using 161% more dry whole milk.
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Per-person consumption of cottage cheese and sherbet has decreased the most of all dairy products, with rates down 58% and 56% respectively.
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Internationally adopted children and American families
American families adopted fewer children from abroad in fiscal year 2022 than at any other time in the 21st century, underscoring evolving geopolitical and legislative dynamics. USAFacts has data on which countries Americans used to adopt children from, and [which are the top countries now]([link removed]).
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International adoptions by American families fell 93% from their peak of nearly 23,000 in 2004 to 1,517 in 2022.
[US adoptions by origin country]([link removed])
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In 2022, nearly 40% of the children Americans adopted from foreign nations came from three countries: Colombia (235 adoptees), India (223), and South Korea (141).
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However, of the 282,921 foreign-born children adopted into US families between 1999 and 2022, 82,658 (or 29.2%) came from China. That’s more than the next two countries (Russia and Guatemala) combined.
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Geopolitical shifts affect international adoptions, often for reasons that have nothing to do with children. China suspended them early in the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn’t restarted them. Russia banned adoptions for US citizens in 2013 for unrelated political reasons. The Guatemalan government suspended its program after 2007 legislation to establish a new process and is yet to resume them.
International adoptions to the US have decreased more than tenfold from 2008 to 2022, falling from 17,437 to 1,517. [Read more about why in this article]([link removed]).
Data behind the news
Biden’s State of the Union address will be this Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern. Before then, get the [2024 State of the Union in Numbers]([link removed]), a data-driven snapshot covering major aspects of American life. We’ll also [go live on TikTok]([link removed]) with the USAFacts data analyst behind the report on the night of the big speech. If X/Twitter is more your style, we’ll be [sharing data there all evening as well]([link removed]).
Tomorrow is one of the biggest dates on the presidential primary calendar: Super Tuesday. [See what states are voting tomorrow]([link removed]). Be sure to keep this page handy for important election dates from now until November.
Treasury Department data shows that the national debt is increasing by about $1 trillion nearly every 100 days. For background on the debt and how it’s grown historically, [click here]([link removed]).
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One last fact
[How many students are harassed or bullied in America?]([link removed])
Over 29,000 public school students reported [harassment or bullying]([link removed]) based on their sex, race, or disability during the 2020–2021 school year. Female students made 63% of sex-based harassment or bullying reports; 78% of the students disciplined for this were male.
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