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Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over in Iowa, 1970 to 2024
Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, 2024, US gallons of ethanol per person. Iowa is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.
Gallons of pure ethanol from beer sold during the year, per person aged 14 and over.
More on how it is measured
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.
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).
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), beer, 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.
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APA 7
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health. (2026). Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states (Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, Iowa, 1970 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt
MLA 9
Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states, Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, Iowa, 1970 to 2024. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 2 Oct. 2026, https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/apparent-beer-consumption-per-capita/iowa. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health. 2026. Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states. Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, Iowa, 1970 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/apparent-beer-consumption-per-capita/iowa.
Harvard
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (2026) Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states, Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, Iowa, 1970 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/apparent-beer-consumption-per-capita/iowa (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{national_apparent_beer_consumption_per_2024,
author = {{National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health}},
title = {{Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states: Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, Iowa, 1970 to 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/apparent-beer-consumption-per-capita/iowa. Publisher attribution: 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), beer, 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.},
}
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What is the apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over in Iowa?
Apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over in Iowa was 1.13 US gallons of ethanol per person in 2024, according to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health. That is down 1.9% from 2023. That is the 11th highest of 51 states in 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health. Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.
What was the highest apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over in Iowa?
1.44 US gallons of ethanol per person in 1981, the highest value since 1970 in this series.
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