U.S. binge drinking among adults by state 2018

Published by John Elflein, Feb 17, 2020
This statistic represents the percentage of binge in the United States of America as of 2018, in the last 30 days by state. As of that year, 17.8 percent of adults in Texas consumed more than 4 (women) or 5 (men) alcoholic beverages on a single occasion within the preceding 30 days.

Binge drinking rate among adults in the United States as of 2018, by state*

Percentage of binge drinkers
District of Columbia 25.9%
North Dakota 23.3%
Wisconsin 22.7%
Iowa 21.1%
Nebraska 20.6%
Illinois 20.3%
Minnesota 20%
Alaska 19.6%
Montana 19.5%
Hawaii 19.5%
Colorado 18.9%
Ohio 18.9%
Missouri 18.8%
Massachusetts 18.8%
New Hampshire 18.7%
Pennsylvania 18.2%
Louisiana 18.1%
Rhode Island 18.1%
Michigan 18.1%
Wyoming 18%
Maine 17.9%
Nevada 17.9%
Texas 17.8%
California 17.6%
New York 17.5%
South Dakota 17.4%
United States 17.4%
Vermont 17.4%
Kansas 17.2%
New Jersey 16.7%
Indiana 16.6%
Oregon 16.1%
Virginia 16%
Kentucky 15.8%
Washington 15.6%
South Carolina 15.5%
North Carolina 15.4%
Connecticut 15.4%
Maryland 15.3%
Arizona 15.2%
Florida 15.1%
Idaho 15.1%
Arkansas 15.1%
Delaware 14.8%
New Mexico 14.7%
Oklahoma 13.4%
Tennessee 13.1%
Georgia 12.9%
Mississippi 12.6%
Alabama 12.4%
Utah 11.5%
West Virginia 11.5%
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Release date

December 2018

Region

United States

Survey time period

as of 2018

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Percentage of adults who had 4 or more (women) or 5 or more (men) alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the past 30 days.
The 2018 ranks are based on self-report data from CDC’s 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

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