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What Are the Top Fast Food Fried Chicken Spots in North Carolina?

Everyone can agree that fried chicken is the meal of meals. Crispy, tender, fried chicken is something I can enjoy any day of the week for any meal—honestly, chicken and…

Randi Moultrie
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Everyone can agree that fried chicken is the meal of meals. Crispy, tender, fried chicken is something I can enjoy any day of the week for any meal—honestly, chicken and waffles in the morning and chicken and fries at night. Ever argued about who has the best fried chicken? There is always an argument about Zaxby's vs. Raising Canes or KFC and Popeye's. So many places offer some of our favorite fast-food fried chicken and lucky for us there has been a fried chicken war.

Thanks to researchers with Top Data, the ultimate fried chicken was to determine who has the best fast food fried chicken is here. Researchers took GPA data from seven of the top fast-food fried chicken restaurants to determine the top for each state and the overall winner for the country. Restaurants included:

  • Chick-Fil-A
  • Zaxby's
  • Raising Cane's
  • KFC
  • Bojangles
  • Church's
  • Popeye's

Another factor to keep in mind is that not every chain is located in every state. But for those that are popular, the results may differ. Coming in at the #1 spot as the most popular restaurant is Chick-Fil-A with 22 states ranking them as their top. In second place, KFC took the top spot for 12 states favorite fast food fried chicken. Were you expecting that? I surely was not. But, what might shock you even more are the results from individual states. Check out Top Data's list of top fried chicken fast food spots in each state.

Alabama

  1. Church's Chicken
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Zaxby's
  4. KFC
  5. Popeyes
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Arizona

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. KFC
  4. Popeyes
  5. Church's Chicken

Arkansas

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Popeyes
  3. Raising Cane's
  4. Zaxby's
  5. KFC
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California

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Raising Cane's
  4. Popeyes
  5. Church's Chicken

Colorado

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. KFC
  4. Popeyes
  5. Church's Chicken
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Connecticut

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
  4. Church's Chicken

Delaware

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Popeyes
  4. New York Fried Chicken

Florida

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Zaxby's
  4. Popeyes
  5. Church's Chicken
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Georgia

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Zaxby's
  3. Popeyes
  4. KFC
  5. Bojangles

Idaho

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
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Illinois

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Popeyes
  3. KFC
  4. Raising Cane's
  5. Church's Chicken

Indiana

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
  4. Zaxby's
  5. Church's Chicken

Iowa

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes

Kansas

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
  4. Raising Cane's
  5. Church's Chicken

Kentucky

  1. Bojangles
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Zaxby's
  4. KFC
  5. Popeyes
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Louisiana

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Popeyes
  3. Chick-Fil-A
  4. Church's Chicken
  5. KFC

Maine

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Church's Chicken
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Maryland

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Popeyes
  3. KFC
  4. Bojangles

Massachusetts

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes

Michigan

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
  4. Church's Chicken
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Minnesota

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Raising Cane's
  3. KFC
  4. Popeyes

Mississippi

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Popeyes
  3. Raising Cane's
  4. KFC
  5. Zaxby's

Missouri

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Raising Cane's
  3. KFC
  4. Popeyes
  5. Church's Chicken
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Montana

  1. KFC
  2. Popeyes
  3. Chick-Fil-A

Nebraska

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. KFC
  4. Popeyes
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Nevada

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Popeyes
  3. KFC
  4. Chick-Fil-A
  5. Church's Chicken

New Hampshire

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A

New Jersey

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Raising Cane's
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New Mexico

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Church's Chicken
  4. Popeyes

New York

  1. Church's Chicken
  2. Popeyes
  3. KFC
  4. Chick-Fil-A
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NORTH CAROLINA

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. Bojangles
  3. Zaxby's
  4. KFC
  5. Popeyes

North Dakota

  1. KFC
  2. Popeyes
  3. Bojangles
  4. Chick-Fil-A
  5. Church's Chicken

Ohio

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. KFC
  4. Popeyes
  5. Church's Chicken
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Oklahoma

  1. Zaxby's
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Raising Cane's
  4. KFC
  5. Popeyes

Oregon

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
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Pennsylvania

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
  4. Church's Chicken
  5. Bojangles

Rhode Island

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC

South Carolina

  1. Church's Chicken
  2. Zaxby's
  3. Chick-Fil-A
  4. KFC
  5. Popeyes
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South Dakota

  1. KFC
  2. Popeyes
  3. Chick-Fil-A

Tennessee

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Zaxby's
  3. Chick-Fil-A
  4. KFC
  5. Popeyes
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Texas

  1. Raising Cane's
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Popeyes
  4. Church's Chicken
  5. KFC

Utah

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Zaxby's
  4. Popeyes
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Vermont

  1. KFC

Virginia

  1. Chick-Fil-A
  2. KFC
  3. Popeyes
  4. Bojangles
  5. Zaxby's

Washington

  1. Popeyes
  2. KFC
  3. Chick-Fil-A
  4. Church's Chicken
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West Virginia

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Popeyes

Wisconsin

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A
  3. Popeyes

Wyoming

  1. KFC
  2. Chick-Fil-A
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Randi Moultrie is a Charleston, South Carolina native and has been in the radio industry for the last few years in Charlotte. Randi started with Beasley Media Group as an intern in 2019 and is now thriving in the digital world. Randi enjoys writing about her favorite foods (especially pizza) and all things fashion and travel. As one who loves taking trips to find new foods, it’s not surprising that she enjoys writing about both!
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