When it comes to the nation’s eminent food-related holiday, California residents appear to have a clear favorite side dish, with stuffing scoring a resounding victory in the Golden State’s Thanksgiving side dish race.
Overall, the humble accoutrement finished with a search interest score of 16 to beat out a proverbial who’s who of Thanksgiving sides, with macaroni and cheese (nine search interest score), mashed potatoes (seven search interest score), green bean casserole and Brussels sprouts (five search interest score) left to fight it out for second place in America’s most populous state.
Utilizing Google Trends, BetCalifornia.com analyzed the most popular Thanksgiving side dishes of California residents by looking at the search results of each side dish from 11/01/2023 to 11/30/2023. The dishes analyzed were the most in total searches in the United States, including Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Mac & Cheese, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole, Candied Yams, Brussel Sprouts and Cranberry Sauce.
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Rank | Side Dishes | Interest Over Time Period |
1 | Stuffing | 16 |
2 | Macaroni & Cheese | 9 |
3 | Mashed Potatoes | 7 |
4 | Green Bean Casserole | 6 |
5 | Brussels Sprouts | 5 |
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
Los Angeles
San Diego
A quick glance at the virtual tea leaves known as search interest scores tells us that stuffing is California’s go-to Thanksgiving side dish, though the breakdown by metropolitan area in the state revealed a lot more.
In total, stuffing scored the most responses (41%) in places like the Bay Area region of San Francisco-Oakland-San José and in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto MSA, while Los Angeles (38%) and San Diego (36%) all scored lower.
Each of the four major metros in the state had mac & cheese as their second choice and mashed potatoes third overall, with percentages ranging from 20% to 24% for the former and 15% to 18% for the latter.
Still, both holiday staples fell well short of the statewide popularity that stuffing enjoyed in California during the period in question, answering once and for all which Thanksgiving side dish rules them all in the Golden State.
USA Today photo by Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar.
Author
Christopher Boan is the lead writer at BetCalifornia.com, specializing in sports betting issues in the western United States. He's covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
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