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Apparent spirits consumption per person 14 and over

Gallons of pure ethanol from distilled spirits 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.
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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).

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

Rankings

US states by apparent spirits consumption per person 14 and over, 2024

Top 15. Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health.

Delaware: 2.33 US gallons of ethanol per personDelaware2.33New Hampshire: 1.99 US gallons of ethanol per personNew Hampshire1.99North Dakota: 1.82 US gallons of ethanol per personNorth Dakota1.82Nevada: 1.67 US gallons of ethanol per personNevada1.67Wisconsin: 1.67 US gallons of ethanol per personWisconsin1.67Rhode Island: 1.63 US gallons of ethanol per personRhode Island1.63District of Columbia: 1.59 US gallons of ethanol per personDistrict of Columbia1.59Massachusetts: 1.55 US gallons of ethanol per personMassachusetts1.55Missouri: 1.47 US gallons of ethanol per personMissouri1.47Minnesota: 1.47 US gallons of ethanol per personMinnesota1.47Colorado: 1.45 US gallons of ethanol per personColorado1.45Wyoming: 1.42 US gallons of ethanol per personWyoming1.42Florida: 1.38 US gallons of ethanol per personFlorida1.38New Jersey: 1.37 US gallons of ethanol per personNew Jersey1.37California: 1.34 US gallons of ethanol per personCalifornia1.34Delaware: 2.33 US gallons of ethanol per personDelaware2.33New Hampshire: 1.99 US gallons of ethanol per personNew Hampshire1.99North Dakota: 1.82 US gallons of ethanol per personNorth Dakota1.82Nevada: 1.67 US gallons of ethanol per personNevada1.67Wisconsin: 1.67 US gallons of ethanol per personWisconsin1.67Rhode Island: 1.63 US gallons of ethanol per personRhode Island1.63District of Columbia: 1.59 US gallons of ethanol per personDistrict of Columbia1.59Massachusetts: 1.55 US gallons of ethanol per personMassachusetts1.55Missouri: 1.47 US gallons of ethanol per personMissouri1.47Minnesota: 1.47 US gallons of ethanol per personMinnesota1.47Colorado: 1.45 US gallons of ethanol per personColorado1.45Wyoming: 1.42 US gallons of ethanol per personWyoming1.42Florida: 1.38 US gallons of ethanol per personFlorida1.38New Jersey: 1.37 US gallons of ethanol per personNew Jersey1.37California: 1.34 US gallons of ethanol per personCalifornia1.34
US gallons of ethanol per person. Source: NIAAA, Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), spirits, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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