Share of African Americans with past month alcohol use U.S. 2016-2019, by age

Published by John Elflein, Feb 3, 2021

Among African Americans that were aged 18 to 25, around 43 percent stated they had used alcohol in the past month in 2019. The statistic illustrates the percentage of African Americans in the U.S. who used alcohol in the past month from 2016 to 2019, by age.

Percentage of African Americans in the U.S. who used alcohol in the past month from 2016 to 2019, by age

	2016	2017	2018	2019
12-17 years	6.2%	6%	5.1%	5.8%
18-25 years	46.2%	44.7%	43.1%	41.9%
26 or older	45.1%	47.8%	48.1%	47.9%

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Release date

November 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2016 to 2019

Number of respondents

around 67,500

Age group

12 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Dataset excludes: Active military, long-term hospital residents, prison populations, homeless not in shelters.

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