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

Denver County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2021, at 22.2%. Costilla County had the lowest, at 13.1%. The median was 16.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest22.2Denver County
Lowest13.1Costilla County
Median16.964 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 20.8 %Alamosa County: 16.8 %Arapahoe County: 17.9 %Archuleta County: 15.5 %Baca County: 15.1 %Bent County: 17.3 %Boulder County: 19.3 %Broomfield County: 18.9 %Chaffee County: 16.4 %Cheyenne County: 16.4 %Clear Creek County: 17.6 %Conejos County: 15.1 %Costilla County: 13.1 %Crowley County: 19.5 %Custer County: 14.3 %Delta County: 14.6 %Denver County: 22.2 %Dolores County: 16 %Douglas County: 17.9 %Eagle County: 19.4 %Elbert County: 17.1 %El Paso County: 16.2 %Fremont County: 16.4 %Garfield County: 20.1 %Gilpin County: 17.8 %Grand County: 19.4 %Gunnison County: 21.9 %Hinsdale County: 15.7 %Huerfano County: 13.9 %Jackson County: 15.5 %Jefferson County: 20.7 %Kiowa County: 15.4 %Kit Carson County: 16 %Lake County: 19.3 %La Plata County: 17.1 %Larimer County: 21.3 %Las Animas County: 15 %Lincoln County: 18.6 %Logan County: 19 %Mesa County: 17.6 %Mineral County: 15.8 %Moffat County: 17.3 %Montezuma County: 16.4 %Montrose County: 15.9 %Morgan County: 17.4 %Otero County: 14.9 %Ouray County: 15.6 %Park County: 16.9 %Phillips County: 15.1 %Pitkin County: 18.4 %Prowers County: 15.8 %Pueblo County: 15.3 %Rio Blanco County: 17.2 %Rio Grande County: 15.5 %Routt County: 20.3 %Saguache County: 14.7 %San Juan County: 16.7 %San Miguel County: 18.8 %Sedgwick County: 14.4 %Summit County: 20.2 %Teller County: 16.3 %Washington County: 17 %Weld County: 17.6 %Yuma County: 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.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Denver County: 22.2 %Denver County22.2Gunnison County: 21.9 %Gunnison County21.9Larimer County: 21.3 %Larimer County21.3Adams County: 20.8 %Adams County20.8Jefferson County: 20.7 %Jefferson County20.7Routt County: 20.3 %Routt County20.3Summit County: 20.2 %Summit County20.2Garfield County: 20.1 %Garfield County20.1Crowley County: 19.5 %Crowley County19.5Eagle County: 19.4 %Eagle County19.4Grand County: 19.4 %Grand County19.4Boulder County: 19.3 %Boulder County19.3Lake County: 19.3 %Lake County19.3Logan County: 19 %Logan County19Broomfield County: 18.9 %Broomfield County18.9San Miguel County: 18.8 %San Miguel County18.8Lincoln County: 18.6 %Lincoln County18.6Pitkin County: 18.4 %Pitkin County18.4Arapahoe County: 17.9 %Arapahoe County17.9Douglas County: 17.9 %Douglas County17.9Gilpin County: 17.8 %Gilpin County17.8Clear Creek County: 17.6 %Clear Creek County17.6Mesa County: 17.6 %Mesa County17.6Weld County: 17.6 %Weld County17.6Morgan County: 17.4 %Morgan County17.4Bent County: 17.3 %Bent County17.3Moffat County: 17.3 %Moffat County17.3Rio Blanco County: 17.2 %Rio Blanco County17.2Elbert County: 17.1 %Elbert County17.1La Plata County: 17.1 %La Plata County17.1Washington County: 17 %Washington County17Park County: 16.9 %Park County16.9Alamosa County: 16.8 %Alamosa County16.8San Juan County: 16.7 %San Juan County16.7Yuma County: 16.6 %Yuma County16.6Chaffee County: 16.4 %Chaffee County16.4Cheyenne County: 16.4 %Cheyenne County16.4Fremont County: 16.4 %Fremont County16.4Montezuma County: 16.4 %Montezuma County16.4Teller County: 16.3 %Teller County16.3Denver County: 22.2 %Denver County22.2Gunnison County: 21.9 %Gunnison County21.9Larimer County: 21.3 %Larimer County21.3Adams County: 20.8 %Adams County20.8Jefferson County: 20.7 %Jefferson County20.7Routt County: 20.3 %Routt County20.3Summit County: 20.2 %Summit County20.2Garfield County: 20.1 %Garfield County20.1Crowley County: 19.5 %Crowley County19.5Eagle County: 19.4 %Eagle County19.4Grand County: 19.4 %Grand County19.4Boulder County: 19.3 %Boulder County19.3Lake County: 19.3 %Lake County19.3Logan County: 19 %Logan County19Broomfield County: 18.9 %Broomfield County18.9San Miguel County: 18.8 %San Miguel County18.8Lincoln County: 18.6 %Lincoln County18.6Pitkin County: 18.4 %Pitkin County18.4Arapahoe County: 17.9 %Arapahoe County17.9Douglas County: 17.9 %Douglas County17.9Gilpin County: 17.8 %Gilpin County17.8Clear Creek County: 17.6 %Clear Creek County17.6Mesa County: 17.6 %Mesa County17.6Weld County: 17.6 %Weld County17.6Morgan County: 17.4 %Morgan County17.4Bent County: 17.3 %Bent County17.3Moffat County: 17.3 %Moffat County17.3Rio Blanco County: 17.2 %Rio Blanco County17.2Elbert County: 17.1 %Elbert County17.1La Plata County: 17.1 %La Plata County17.1Washington County: 17 %Washington County17Park County: 16.9 %Park County16.9Alamosa County: 16.8 %Alamosa County16.8San Juan County: 16.7 %San Juan County16.7Yuma County: 16.6 %Yuma County16.6Chaffee County: 16.4 %Chaffee County16.4Cheyenne County: 16.4 %Cheyenne County16.4Fremont County: 16.4 %Fremont County16.4Montezuma County: 16.4 %Montezuma County16.4Teller County: 16.3 %Teller County16.3
%. 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 (%)
1Denver County22.2
2Gunnison County21.9
3Larimer County21.3
4Adams County20.8
5Jefferson County20.7
6Routt County20.3
7Summit County20.2
8Garfield County20.1
9Crowley County19.5
10Eagle County19.4
10Grand County19.4
12Boulder County19.3
12Lake County19.3
14Logan County19
15Broomfield County18.9
16San Miguel County18.8
17Lincoln County18.6
18Pitkin County18.4
19Arapahoe County17.9
19Douglas County17.9
21Gilpin County17.8
22Clear Creek County17.6
22Mesa County17.6
22Weld County17.6
25Morgan County17.4
26Bent County17.3
26Moffat County17.3
28Rio Blanco County17.2
29Elbert County17.1
29La Plata County17.1
31Washington County17
32Park County16.9
33Alamosa County16.8
34San Juan County16.7
35Yuma County16.6
36Chaffee County16.4
36Cheyenne County16.4
36Fremont County16.4
36Montezuma County16.4
40Teller County16.3
41El Paso County16.2
42Dolores County16
42Kit Carson County16
44Montrose County15.9
45Mineral County15.8
45Prowers County15.8
47Hinsdale County15.7
48Ouray County15.6
49Archuleta County15.5
49Jackson County15.5
49Rio Grande County15.5
52Kiowa County15.4
53Pueblo County15.3
54Baca County15.1
54Conejos County15.1
54Phillips County15.1
57Las Animas County15
58Otero County14.9
59Saguache County14.7
60Delta County14.6
61Sedgwick County14.4
62Custer County14.3
63Huerfano County13.9
64Costilla County13.1

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About this ranking

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 Colorado 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 Colorado 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/colorado-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 Colorado 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/colorado-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 Colorado 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/colorado-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Denver County, with 22.2% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Costilla County, with 13.1% in 2021.

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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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