# Apparent alcohol consumption per person 14 and over

Gallons of pure ethanol from all alcoholic beverages (beer, wine and spirits) sold during the year, per person aged 14 and over. Apparent consumption: alcoholic beverage sales, tax receipts or shipments reported by the states or by industry sources, converted to gallons of pure ethanol with fixed alcohol contents (since 1977: 4.5% by volume for beer, 12.9% for wine and 41.1% for spirits) and divided by the resident population aged 14 and over (Census Bureau estimates). Alcohol drunk by tourists or bought by residents of neighbouring states counts where it was sold, which raises the figures of states such as New Hampshire and Nevada and of the District of Columbia; home production and illicit alcohol are not counted.

## Key facts

- Apparent alcohol consumption per person 14 and over in the United States was 2.42 US gallons of ethanol per person in 2024, according to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.
- New Hampshire had the highest apparent alcohol consumption per person 14 and over of 51 states in 2024, at 4.19 US gallons of ethanol per person, and Utah the lowest, at 1.14 US gallons of ethanol per person. Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from 1970 to 2024.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

- Indicator id: `alcohol_consumption_gallons_per_capita`
- Unit: US gallons of ethanol per person
- Note: One US gallon is 3.785 litres. Different from the WHO indicator alcohol_consumption_per_capita, which is in litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15 and over, includes WHO estimates of unrecorded alcohol and uses three-year averages. NIAAA revises earlier years when the Census Bureau revises its population estimates (the 2024 file changed 2020 to 2023).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/apparent-alcohol-consumption-per-capita
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/alcohol_consumption_gallons_per_capita

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | US gallons of ethanol per person | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2024 | 2.42 | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), all beverages, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-18. |

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/apparent-alcohol-consumption-per-capita/us-states.md) (51 places)