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Counties in Alaska by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate

North Slope Borough had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 30 counties in 2021, at 20.5%. Aleutians East Borough had the lowest, at 14.7%. The median was 17.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest20.5North Slope Borough
Lowest14.7Aleutians East Borough
Median17.930 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aleutians East Borough: 14.7 %Aleutians West Census Area: 18.1 %Anchorage Municipality: 17.9 %Bethel Census Area: 17.6 %Bristol Bay Borough: 17.7 %Chugach Census Area: 18.4 %Copper River Census Area: 16.2 %Denali Borough: 18 %Dillingham Census Area: 18.9 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 19.8 %Haines Borough: 15.5 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.5 %Juneau City and Borough: 18.7 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 17.9 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.2 %Kodiak Island Borough: 17.3 %Kusilvak Census Area: 17 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 18.4 %Nome Census Area: 19.3 %North Slope Borough: 20.5 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 18.6 %Petersburg Borough: 17.3 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 16.2 %Sitka City and Borough: 17.9 %Skagway Municipality: 19.1 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 16.9 %Wrangell City and Borough: 15.4 %Yakutat City and Borough: 16.9 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16.6 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

North Slope Borough: 20.5 %North Slope Borough20.5Fairbanks North Star Borough: 19.8 %Fairbanks North Star Borough19.8Nome Census Area: 19.3 %Nome Census Area19.3Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.2 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.2Skagway Municipality: 19.1 %Skagway Municipality19.1Dillingham Census Area: 18.9 %Dillingham Census Area18.9Juneau City and Borough: 18.7 %Juneau City and Borough18.7Northwest Arctic Borough: 18.6 %Northwest Arctic Borough18.6Chugach Census Area: 18.4 %Chugach Census Area18.4Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 18.4 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough18.4Aleutians West Census Area: 18.1 %Aleutians West Census Area18.1Denali Borough: 18 %Denali Borough18Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18 %Lake and Peninsula Borough18Anchorage Municipality: 17.9 %Anchorage Municipality17.9Kenai Peninsula Borough: 17.9 %Kenai Peninsula Borough17.9Sitka City and Borough: 17.9 %Sitka City and Borough17.9Bristol Bay Borough: 17.7 %Bristol Bay Borough17.7Bethel Census Area: 17.6 %Bethel Census Area17.6Kodiak Island Borough: 17.3 %Kodiak Island Borough17.3Petersburg Borough: 17.3 %Petersburg Borough17.3Kusilvak Census Area: 17 %Kusilvak Census Area17Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 16.9 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area16.9Yakutat City and Borough: 16.9 %Yakutat City and Borough16.9Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16.6 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16.6Copper River Census Area: 16.2 %Copper River Census Area16.2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 16.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16.2Haines Borough: 15.5 %Haines Borough15.5Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.5 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.5Wrangell City and Borough: 15.4 %Wrangell City and Borough15.4Aleutians East Borough: 14.7 %Aleutians East Borough14.7North Slope Borough: 20.5 %North Slope Borough20.5Fairbanks North Star Borough: 19.8 %Fairbanks North Star Borough19.8Nome Census Area: 19.3 %Nome Census Area19.3Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.2 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.2Skagway Municipality: 19.1 %Skagway Municipality19.1Dillingham Census Area: 18.9 %Dillingham Census Area18.9Juneau City and Borough: 18.7 %Juneau City and Borough18.7Northwest Arctic Borough: 18.6 %Northwest Arctic Borough18.6Chugach Census Area: 18.4 %Chugach Census Area18.4Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 18.4 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough18.4Aleutians West Census Area: 18.1 %Aleutians West Census Area18.1Denali Borough: 18 %Denali Borough18Lake and Peninsula Borough: 18 %Lake and Peninsula Borough18Anchorage Municipality: 17.9 %Anchorage Municipality17.9Kenai Peninsula Borough: 17.9 %Kenai Peninsula Borough17.9Sitka City and Borough: 17.9 %Sitka City and Borough17.9Bristol Bay Borough: 17.7 %Bristol Bay Borough17.7Bethel Census Area: 17.6 %Bethel Census Area17.6Kodiak Island Borough: 17.3 %Kodiak Island Borough17.3Petersburg Borough: 17.3 %Petersburg Borough17.3Kusilvak Census Area: 17 %Kusilvak Census Area17Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 16.9 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area16.9Yakutat City and Borough: 16.9 %Yakutat City and Borough16.9Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 16.6 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16.6Copper River Census Area: 16.2 %Copper River Census Area16.2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 16.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16.2Haines Borough: 15.5 %Haines Borough15.5Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 15.5 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.5Wrangell City and Borough: 15.4 %Wrangell City and Borough15.4Aleutians East Borough: 14.7 %Aleutians East Borough14.7
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1North Slope Borough20.5
2Fairbanks North Star Borough19.8
3Nome Census Area19.3
4Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.2
5Skagway Municipality19.1
6Dillingham Census Area18.9
7Juneau City and Borough18.7
8Northwest Arctic Borough18.6
9Chugach Census Area18.4
9Matanuska-Susitna Borough18.4
11Aleutians West Census Area18.1
12Denali Borough18
12Lake and Peninsula Borough18
14Anchorage Municipality17.9
14Kenai Peninsula Borough17.9
14Sitka City and Borough17.9
17Bristol Bay Borough17.7
18Bethel Census Area17.6
19Kodiak Island Borough17.3
19Petersburg Borough17.3
21Kusilvak Census Area17
22Southeast Fairbanks Census Area16.9
22Yakutat City and Borough16.9
24Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16.6
25Copper River Census Area16.2
25Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16.2
27Haines Borough15.5
27Hoonah-Angoon Census Area15.5
29Wrangell City and Borough15.4
30Aleutians East Borough14.7

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Percentage of adults who had 5 or more drinks (men) or 4 or more drinks (women) on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alaska by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alaska by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Alaska by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alaska by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

North Slope Borough, with 20.5% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

Aleutians East Borough, with 14.7% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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