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Top Cities for Fruit Consumption Part 1 (Cities 1-4)
Overview
As per request, the top four United States cities in terms of fruit consumption volume have been identified and the relevant information filled out in this spreadsheet.
Methodology
I) San Francisco, California
II) New York, New York
III) Honolulu, Hawaii
IV) Portland, Oregon
These four cities had the highest "Food Rank" and thus it was assumed that they would have the highest level of fruit consumption as well. It should also be noted that WalletHub identified Sa Francisco as one of the few cities that has the lowest percentage of adults not eating enough fruits and vegetables per day.
Research using www.researchandmarkets.com and www.marketresearchstore.com, old and new reports, press releases, articles, global and US statistical databases and media reports did not yield fruit consumption volume for these cities or was hidden behind a paywall.
Thus, triangulation was used to arrive at the fruit consumption volume figures for these cities. Per capita consumption of fruit was multiplied by the city population to arrive at the fruit consumption volume. The resulting figure was then converted into tons from pounds by multiplying it with 0.0005. Then the figure was converted to 100,000 tons/year as displayed in the spreadsheet.
It should be noted that state-wise data of fruit consumption for adults and adolescence as well as per capita fruit availability was also found and might present future avenues of research.
Calculations
Per capita consumption of fresh fruit in the United States in 2016= 116.1 pounds per capita consumption
I) San Francisco, California
116.1*870,887=101,109,980.7 pounds/year
0.0005*101,109,980.7=50,554.99035 tons/year
50,554.99035/100,000=0.5055499035
II) New York, New York
116.1*8,537,673=991,223,835.3 pounds/year
991,223,835.3*0.0005=495,611.91765 tons/year
495,611.91765/100,000=4.9561191765
III) Honolulu, Hawaii
116.1*351,792=40,843,051.2 pounds/year
0.0005*40,843,051.2=20,421.5256 tons/year
20,421.5256/100,000=0.204215256
IV) Portland, Oregon
116.1*639,863=74,288,094.3 pounds/year
0.0005*74,288,094.3=37,144.04715 tons/year
37,144.04715/100,000=0.3714404715
Conclusion
San Francisco, New York, Honolulu, and Portland were identified as the top four United States cities in terms of fruit consumption volume and their relevant information filled out in this spreadsheet.