By the numbers Thanksgiving food

13.7: Pounds of turkey consumed, on average, per American in 2003

256 million: Estimated number of turkeys raised in the United States in 2005

649 million: Projected cranberry production, in pounds, in the United States in 2005

1.6 billion: Pounds of sweet potatoes produced in the United States in 2004

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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