US States With the Highest Binge Drinking (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

49 US states ranked by binge drinking (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), from highest to lowest. First are District of Columbia (25), Iowa (22.8) and North Dakota (22.6). The middle one of the 49 has 16.8.

What this measures

Adults who, at least once in the past month, had five or more drinks at one time (for a man) or four or more (for a woman). Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	District of Columbia	25
2	Iowa	22.8
3	North Dakota	22.6
4	Montana	22.1
5	South Dakota	21.8
6	Nebraska	20.7
7	Hawaii	20.5
8	Wisconsin	20.4
9	Illinois	19.7
10	Colorado	19
11	Minnesota	18.8
12	Vermont	18.1
13	Rhode Island	18.1
14	New Hampshire	17.9
15	Missouri	17.9
16	Massachusetts	17.8
17	Maine	17.8
18	Alaska	17.8
19	Kansas	17.7
20	Texas	17.6
21	Ohio	17.4
22	Nevada	17.2
23	Louisiana	17.1
24	Michigan	17.1
25	Indiana	16.8
26	Washington	16.8
27	Connecticut	16.6
28	Wyoming	16.3
29	Florida	16.3
30	Idaho	16.2
31	South Carolina	16.2
32	New York	16.2
33	New Jersey	16.1
34	Arizona	16
35	Oregon	15.9
36	Delaware	15.4
37	North Carolina	15.2
38	Arkansas	15.1
39	Tennessee	15
40	California	15
41	Georgia	14.9
42	Oklahoma	14.8
43	West Virginia	14.6
44	Mississippi	14.6
45	Alabama	14.4
46	Virginia	14.1
47	Maryland	14
48	New Mexico	13.9
49	Utah	12

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