Pizza! There's no question that Americans eat it, love it, and are even comforted by it. In a recent Harris Poll, Americans weigh in on what they like, don't like, and where to find the best. Pepperoni is tops on Americans' list of favorite pizza toppings. Anchovies, on the other hand, rank first on the list of least favorite toppings. And in the great debate over New York style versus Chicago deep dish, Americans may have an answer as New York is seen as the best state to get a good slice while Illinois lands second.

These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,193 US adults surveyed online between January 13 and 18, 2016. 

The favorites
Pepperoni may be in the top spot, but it's certainly not the only thing Americans like to put on their pies. Sausage and mushrooms rank second and third, while a simple cheese pizza ranks fourth. Adults point to onions as fifth, olives in sixth, and bacon as their seventh favorite. Ham/Canadian bacon and pineapple are tied for eighth place, while peppers round out the top ten.

While the toppings may be the cherry on top, a solid foundation can make or break the meal. When it comes to crust style, there's no majority rule though a plurality (29 percent) prefer thin crust. A bit more distantly, adults turn to regular crust (18 percent), deep dish (15 percent), and stuffed crust (14 percent). Fewer than one in ten prefers thick crust (9 percent), French bread (4 percent), or Sicilian crust (3 percent).

Interestingly, generation appears to play a factor in preferred crust style: Millennials don't just want toppings on their pizza; they want it in their pizza. Stuffed crust is the number one pick for this group, while all other generations default to thin crust as their top choice. Six percent say they really have no preference when it comes to crust type. Meanwhile a paltry 2 percent may be missing out on all the goodness as they say they don't eat pizza at all.

And the least
While Americans may be more or less united in eating pizza, they're also pretty aligned against certain ways to top it. Anchovies rank number one as America's least favorite pizza topping. Beyond that, one person's treasure indeed seems to be another's trash as most other top ten favorites also make an appearance on the least favorites list. Mushrooms fall second, followed by pineapple, onions and olives to round out the top five. Pepperoni, the number one favorite, is sixth on the least favorite list. Peppers and sausage rank seventh and eighth, while meat in general falls ninth. And an ordinary pie just won't do for some, as a plain cheese pizza rounds out the list of top ten least favorites.

Where to find the best
New York and Illinois top the list of states with the best pizza, with California landing in the number three spot. Unsurprisingly, the rankings change when looking across the regions:

Easterners stick to the East coast through and through. New York is number one, followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Dwellers in the Midwest maintain Illinois as the best, while they settle for New York as second. Ohio and Michigan tie for third place.

Those in the South jump all over the map, from New York at number one, to Illinois in second, with Texas taking spot number three.

Westerners stick to their roots, with California in the number one spot; New York and Illinois round out their top three.