I found it for you. This is from the International Ice Cream Association:

JUST THE FACTS: ICE CREAM SALES AND TRENDS
Overview

* Total U.S. production of ice cream and related frozen desserts in 2006 amounted to about 1.55 billion gallons, an increase of 0.7% over 2005. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
* Based on ice cream consumption figures, the top five individual flavors in terms of share of segment in the United States are: vanilla (30%), chocolate (10%), butter pecan (4%), strawberry (3.7%) and chocolate chip mint (3.2%). Source: The NPD Group's National Eating Trends Services
* In 2006*, total U.S. sales of ice cream and frozen desserts reached nearly $23 billion. Of that total, $8.9 billion was spent on products for "at home" consumption, while $13.9 billion was spent on "away from home" frozen dessert purchases (scoop shops, foodservice and other retail sales outlets.) Source: 2007 Dairy Facts/International Ice Cream Association
* Ice cream and related frozen desserts are consumed by more than 90% of households in the United States. Source: Mintel
* According to 2006 U.S. production, regular ice cream accounts for the largest share of the frozen dessert market, at 63.8%. Reduced-fat, light, lowfat and nonfat ice cream account for 23.5% of the market, followed by frozen yogurt (4.3%), water ice (4.3%), sherbet (3.6%) and other (0.5%). Source: USDA

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Source(s):
http://www.idfa.org/facts/icmonth/page2.cfm


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