On average, each person in the United States eats 30 pounds of French fries every year—the equivalent of 8.5 billion pounds. We decided to dig deeper to find out some info you probably didn't know about the nutritional powerhouse called the potato. Nutritionally it (we're talking potato now, not French fry) rivals and surpasses many vegetables and fruits. Read on, because if there's one thing we're sure of, it's that teens love their potatoes.