Vital Hot Dog Statistics

In 2006, consumers spent more than $3.9 billion on hot dogs and sausages in U.S. supermarkets – that equals more than 1.5 billion pounds of hot dogs and sausages bought at retail stores alone.
Americans will eat enough hot dogs at major league ballparks this year to stretch from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to AT&T Park in San Francisco.
New Yorkers consume more hot dogs than any other city – beating out Chicago and Los Angeles.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport consumes SIX times more hot dogs – 725,000 – than Los Angeles International Airport and LaGuardia Airport combined.
On Independence Day, Americans will enjoy 150 million hot dogs – enough to stretch from D.C. to L.A. over five times.
During Hot Dog Season – Memorial Day to Labor Day – Americans typically consume 7 billion hot dogs – or 818 hot dogs consumed every second during that period.
U.S. soldiers in military posts around the world – from Fort Meyers in Arlington, Va. to Okinawa, Japan to Aqaba, Jordon – consumed 2.4 million hot dogs last year.