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

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

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