Here's What MD Residents Like To Buy At Grocery Store

What do Maryland residents like to buy at the grocery store? Data from the economic census, a comprehensive business survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau every five years, measures — among other things — the most popular grocery products sold in every state.

The Census Bureau released two infographics from the economic census that show what percentage of sales different grocery store products account for in Maryland and across the country.

Overall in Maryland, produce accounted for 10.3 percent of total grocery store sales in the state, making it the most popular product type. Meat and poultry accounted for 9.6 percent of total grocery store sales, making it the second most purchased product type. Dairy products accounted for 9.3 percent of total grocery store sales in Maryland.

Prescriptions came in at 5.5 percent of total grocery store sales in the state; followed by bottled canned or packaged soft drinks at 5.4 percent; frozen food at 4.7 percent; deli meats accounted for 4.6 percent of sales; candy, cookies and snacks accounted for 4.3 percent; while fish sales totaled 2.1 percent of sales. Tecnically beer and ale came in last at 1.0 percent, but Maryland law doesn't allow alcohol sales in most groceries, so it's an outlier.

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You can explore more via the Census' data visualizer here.

The Census Bureau says collection of data for the 2017 Economic Census began on May 1 and the data will be disseminated beginning in 2019.

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