National Peanut Month

Profile America — Saturday, March 14th. This is National Peanut Month — celebrating one of the nation's favorite foods, and absolutely America's favorite snack nut. They are enjoyed in many ways — roasted in the shell, used in salads and stir-fry recipes, in cookies and, of course, ground into peanut butter. The idea of honoring the peanut has been a monthlong observance since 1974. Americans eat an average of more than six pounds of shelled peanuts a year, about half in the form of peanut butter. Even the shells are used in such products as kitty litter, wallboard, and artificial fireplace logs. American peanuts have a global customer base. In 2013, over $540 million worth were exported; nearly 18 percent of that went to Canada, and 14½ percent to Mexico. Profile Americais in its 18th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.