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Most Popular McDonald's Food by State

Holiday Calendar surveyed 4,268 Americans from Apr 5th - Apr 11th, 2025 to discover each state's favorite McDonald's menu item.

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Most Popular McDonald's Food by State. Holiday Calendar, April 15, 2025. Free to republish with a link back.
National winner
Chicken McNuggets
takes 17 of 51 states
Chicken McNuggets 17
Big Mac 14
McChicken 7
McDonald's Quarter Pounder 6
McMuffin 5
McDonald's Cheeseburger 2

The top five in every state

Ranked first through fifth, 51 states and territories.

Alabama

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McGriddles

Alaska

  1. 1McDonald's Cheeseburger
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McCrispy

Arizona

  1. 1McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Arkansas

  1. 1McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McFlurry

California

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McFlurry

Colorado

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Connecticut

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4Chicken McNuggets
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Delaware

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2McChicken
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McCrispy
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

District of Columbia

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McFlurry
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Florida

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Georgia

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Hawaii

  1. 1McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  2. 2McChicken
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4Big Mac
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Idaho

  1. 1McMuffin
  2. 2McChicken
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Illinois

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McFlurry

Indiana

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Iowa

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Kansas

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McMuffin

Kentucky

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McMuffin

Louisiana

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Maine

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McFlurry
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McCrispy

Maryland

  1. 1McMuffin
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McCrispy

Massachusetts

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McFlurry

Michigan

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Minnesota

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McMuffin

Mississippi

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Missouri

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2McChicken
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Montana

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McGriddles
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McChicken

Nebraska

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McFlurry

Nevada

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

New Hampshire

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McFlurry
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McChicken

New Jersey

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McDonald's French Fries
  4. 4McFlurry
  5. 5McChicken

New Mexico

  1. 1McMuffin
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McGriddles

New York

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McFlurry

North Carolina

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

North Dakota

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2McMuffin
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McChicken

Ohio

  1. 1McMuffin
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Oklahoma

  1. 1McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4Chicken McNuggets
  5. 5McMuffin

Oregon

  1. 1McMuffin
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McChicken

Pennsylvania

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Rhode Island

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McFlurry
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McCrispy

South Carolina

  1. 1McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McChicken

South Dakota

  1. 1Big Mac
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McFlurry
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McCrispy

Tennessee

  1. 1McChicken
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McCrispy

Texas

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  5. 5McMuffin

Utah

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2McMuffin
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4Big Mac
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Vermont

  1. 1McDonald's Cheeseburger
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3Chicken McNuggets
  4. 4McCrispy
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Virginia

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McDonald's French Fries
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Washington

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2McChicken
  3. 3Big Mac
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McFlurry

West Virginia

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McGriddles
  4. 4McMuffin
  5. 5McDonald's Quarter Pounder

Wisconsin

  1. 1McDonald's Quarter Pounder
  2. 2Chicken McNuggets
  3. 3McMuffin
  4. 4McChicken
  5. 5McDonald's French Fries

Wyoming

  1. 1Chicken McNuggets
  2. 2Big Mac
  3. 3McChicken
  4. 4McCrispy
  5. 5McDonald's Cheeseburger
Methodology

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To determine the most popular McDonald's menu item in each state, Holiday Calendar conducted an online survey of 4,268 Americans between April 5th and April 11th, 2025. Respondents were recruited through a nationally representative online panel and screened to include only adults aged 18 and older who had visited a McDonald's restaurant at least once in the past 12 months. The sample was stratified by state, with a minimum of 50 respondents per state to ensure geographic coverage across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Respondents were asked to select their single favorite McDonald's menu item from a comprehensive list of current offerings spanning breakfast, burgers, chicken, sides, and beverages. State-level winners were determined by plurality vote. The survey has an overall margin of error of ±1.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with wider margins for individual state-level estimates.

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Holiday Calendar, “Most Popular McDonald's Food by State” (April 2025). https://www.holidaycalendar.io/blog/most-popular-mcdonalds-food-by-state

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