With the widespread increase in purchasing takeout or delivery items for meals, our curiosity was piqued: Which types of takeout food has been trending over the past month during quarantine? And what’s more, if quarantine were the “new normal,” how much could we as consumers potentially spend on takeout over a lifetime?

To determine the most beloved types of takeout food by state, we scoured Google Trends. We searched volume by state over the past 30 days using keywords of specific dishes and general takeout types that were included in both GrubHub and Doordash’s 2019 ‘Year in Food Delivery’ Reports.

What We Found

Popular takeout dishes reported spanned from poke bowls and fried brussel sprouts to chicken & waffles and truffle fries.

The top searched takeout food type in each state varies from pizza all the way to sushi. After we took a look at the search volume for the most popular types of takeout, the states are obviously divided. The top searched takeout type across the United States is Chinese food, winning in Nebraska, Mississippi, Maine, and Kansas. Tied with four states as well are wings, which were the top searched type of takeout in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Delaware.

There was a 4-way tie for several different types of takeout, including Japanese, Pizza, Southern, and Tacos.

Although each state has a certain type of takeout dish residents are searching for right now during social distancing, there are clear favorite takeout items as well. One thing to note is that just because a certain state is searching for a specific type of takeout doesn’t mean that the top searched takeout item is from that type. A great example of this is in New Jersey. Residents are searching searching for ice cream, but then the top searched takeout item is a spicy tuna roll.

There is a clear winner in terms of takeout food items: parmesan Chicken, which won in 11 states. Bang bang shrimp is another popular takeout item and it is the most popular in four states, including Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Louisiana. Connecticut seems to be taking social distancing seriously, searching for “make your own pizza” more than any other state.