Michigan Among States That Love Ice Cream The Most

By Joss Wood

May 23, 2024 04:39pm

Fact Checked by Peter Mooney

With the summer fast approaching and the thermometer ratcheting higher by the day, there’s nothing like a nice scoop of ice cream to beat the heat. That seems to be especially true in the state of Michigan, whose residents have flooded the internet looking for different varieties of the national delicacy.

BetMichigan.com, your source for the Michigan online casino scene, used Google Trends to calculate the most ice cream crazy states by search volume from April 21, 2022 to April 21, 2023. A point system was developed, giving up to 50 points for search rank.

Up to 50 points were also awarded for each state’s search rank among the most popular ice cream flavors by Google Trends search volume -- vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.

Most Ice Cream Crazy States

Rank, state	Overall search volume	Chocolate	Vanilla	Strawberry	Total
1 New Hampshire	50	46	32	45	173
2 Utah	40	45	47	26	158
3 Delaware	38	47	49	18	152
4 Connecticut	47	35	32	37	151
5 Maine	49	37	42	20	148
6 Massachusetts	48	41	21	32	142
T7 Maryland	37	28	34	39	138
T7 New Jersey	43	42	28	25	138
9 Michigan	41	36	25	29	131
10 South Carolina	42	25	15	48	130
11 Ohio	44	40	11	31	126
12 Pennsylvania	46	39	20	15	120
13 Indiana	35	23	21	26	105
14 Illinois	39	29	9	35	92
15 Rhode Island	45	13	29	4	91
16 New York	36	18	8	13	75

Michigan Cracks Top-10 Nationally For Ice Cream Search Interest

It’s safe to say that the Great Lakes State doesn’t mess around when it comes to their ice cream preferences. That’s because Michigan ranked ninth overall when it came to ice cream search interest on Google, with chocolate scoring the highest at 36, followed by strawberry (29) and vanilla (25).

Overall, the state had an overall search interest ranking of 41, with a total score of 131.

Nationally, Michigan trailed states like New Hampshire (173 points), Utah (158 points), Delaware (152 points), Connecticut (151 points) and Maine (148 points), who made up the top five nationally.

Michigan was sandwiched between Maryland and New Jersey, which tied for seventh overall with 138 points, while coming in ahead of South Carolina (130 points), Ohio (126 points) and Pennsylvania (120 points).

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