Dinner Time by State 2025

State
Peak Dinner Time 2019-2022
District of Columbia Flag
District of Columbia07:10 pm
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi07:02 pm
Texas Flag
Texas07:02 pm
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas07:00 pm
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee07:00 pm
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska06:51 pm
Missouri Flag
Missouri06:45 pm
New York Flag
New York06:41 pm
Kansas Flag
Kansas06:35 pm
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota06:35 pm
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina06:34 pm
Arizona Flag
Arizona06:32 pm
Virginia Flag
Virginia06:32 pm
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii06:30 pm
Idaho Flag
Idaho06:30 pm
Iowa Flag
Iowa06:30 pm
Nevada Flag
Nevada06:29 pm
Ohio Flag
Ohio06:28 pm
Colorado Flag
Colorado06:25 pm
California Flag
California06:19 pm
Illinois Flag
Illinois06:17 pm
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey06:17 pm
Georgia Flag
Georgia06:15 pm
Indiana Flag
Indiana06:15 pm
Maryland Flag
Maryland06:15 pm
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota06:15 pm
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut06:14 pm
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma06:14 pm
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts06:13 pm
Alabama Flag
Alabama06:12 pm
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana06:10 pm
Michigan Flag
Michigan06:10 pm
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island06:10 pm
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina06:10 pm
Utah Flag
Utah06:07 pm
Delaware Flag
Delaware06:05 pm
Florida Flag
Florida06:05 pm
Montana Flag
Montana06:05 pm
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia06:05 pm
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin06:05 pm
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky06:04 pm
Oregon Flag
Oregon06:02 pm
Washington Flag
Washington06:01 pm
Alaska Flag
Alaska06:00 pm
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire06:00 pm
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico06:00 pm
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota06:00 pm
Vermont Flag
Vermont06:00 pm
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming06:00 pm
Maine Flag
Maine05:40 pm
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania05:37 pm
  • Data displays the “peak” dinner time, which is the time at which the highest percentage of people are in the process of eating dinner.
  • Peak dinner time for the US as a whole was 6:19 pm, with the vast majority of residents starting dinner at 5:07pm or later and finishing by 8:19pm.
  • Calculations used survey data from the American Time Use Survey, from 2018-2019 and 2021-2022. Data for 2020 was incomplete (and likely impacted) by the COVID pandemic and so was excluded.
  • Start and end times were calculated using a moving average with a 15-minute window to compare against the peak percentages, which enabled greater precision when isolating the times at which dinner began and ended.