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Counties in Illinois by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Grundy County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 102 counties in 2023, at 20.4%. Alexander County had the lowest, at 13.8%. The median was 17.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest20.4Grundy County
Lowest13.8Alexander County
Median17.7102 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 18.1 %Alexander County: 13.8 %Bond County: 18.6 %Boone County: 17.5 %Brown County: 19.6 %Bureau County: 16.7 %Calhoun County: 17.5 %Carroll County: 18 %Cass County: 17.1 %Champaign County: 19 %Christian County: 18.5 %Clark County: 18.1 %Clay County: 17.3 %Clinton County: 19.1 %Coles County: 18.3 %Cook County: 18.1 %Crawford County: 18.2 %Cumberland County: 17.9 %DeKalb County: 19.7 %De Witt County: 17.7 %Douglas County: 18.5 %DuPage County: 15.9 %Edgar County: 16.7 %Edwards County: 16.7 %Effingham County: 18.8 %Fayette County: 18.2 %Ford County: 18.1 %Franklin County: 17.1 %Fulton County: 17.7 %Gallatin County: 16.2 %Greene County: 17.3 %Grundy County: 20.4 %Hamilton County: 17 %Hancock County: 16.9 %Hardin County: 16 %Henderson County: 16.3 %Henry County: 18.2 %Iroquois County: 16.6 %Jackson County: 17.7 %Jasper County: 18.1 %Jefferson County: 18 %Jersey County: 18.2 %Jo Daviess County: 16.2 %Johnson County: 18.2 %Kane County: 18.2 %Kankakee County: 17.3 %Kendall County: 19.9 %Knox County: 16.7 %Lake County: 15.8 %LaSalle County: 18.4 %Lawrence County: 18.3 %Lee County: 17.7 %Livingston County: 17.9 %Logan County: 18.5 %McDonough County: 18.5 %McHenry County: 18.7 %McLean County: 18.7 %Macon County: 16.2 %Macoupin County: 17.3 %Madison County: 18.2 %Marion County: 17.6 %Marshall County: 17.5 %Mason County: 17 %Massac County: 16.5 %Menard County: 17.9 %Mercer County: 18 %Monroe County: 19 %Montgomery County: 18.3 %Morgan County: 17.7 %Moultrie County: 18.4 %Ogle County: 18.3 %Peoria County: 16.7 %Perry County: 17.8 %Piatt County: 18.7 %Pike County: 17 %Pope County: 15.3 %Pulaski County: 14.7 %Putnam County: 17.4 %Randolph County: 17.8 %Richland County: 18 %Rock Island County: 17.9 %St. Clair County: 17.1 %Saline County: 17.4 %Sangamon County: 17.3 %Schuyler County: 17.2 %Scott County: 17.4 %Shelby County: 17.2 %Stark County: 17.5 %Stephenson County: 16.4 %Tazewell County: 17.9 %Union County: 16.6 %Vermilion County: 16.7 %Wabash County: 17.6 %Warren County: 17.6 %Washington County: 18.2 %Wayne County: 17.1 %White County: 16.4 %Whiteside County: 17.4 %Will County: 18.8 %Williamson County: 18 %Winnebago County: 16.3 %Woodford County: 18.9 %
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%, 2023. 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, 2023

Grundy County: 20.4 %Grundy County20.4Kendall County: 19.9 %Kendall County19.9DeKalb County: 19.7 %DeKalb County19.7Brown County: 19.6 %Brown County19.6Clinton County: 19.1 %Clinton County19.1Champaign County: 19 %Champaign County19Monroe County: 19 %Monroe County19Woodford County: 18.9 %Woodford County18.9Effingham County: 18.8 %Effingham County18.8Will County: 18.8 %Will County18.8McHenry County: 18.7 %McHenry County18.7McLean County: 18.7 %McLean County18.7Piatt County: 18.7 %Piatt County18.7Bond County: 18.6 %Bond County18.6Christian County: 18.5 %Christian County18.5Douglas County: 18.5 %Douglas County18.5Logan County: 18.5 %Logan County18.5McDonough County: 18.5 %McDonough County18.5LaSalle County: 18.4 %LaSalle County18.4Moultrie County: 18.4 %Moultrie County18.4Coles County: 18.3 %Coles County18.3Lawrence County: 18.3 %Lawrence County18.3Montgomery County: 18.3 %Montgomery County18.3Ogle County: 18.3 %Ogle County18.3Crawford County: 18.2 %Crawford County18.2Fayette County: 18.2 %Fayette County18.2Henry County: 18.2 %Henry County18.2Jersey County: 18.2 %Jersey County18.2Johnson County: 18.2 %Johnson County18.2Kane County: 18.2 %Kane County18.2Madison County: 18.2 %Madison County18.2Washington County: 18.2 %Washington County18.2Adams County: 18.1 %Adams County18.1Clark County: 18.1 %Clark County18.1Cook County: 18.1 %Cook County18.1Ford County: 18.1 %Ford County18.1Jasper County: 18.1 %Jasper County18.1Carroll County: 18 %Carroll County18Jefferson County: 18 %Jefferson County18Mercer County: 18 %Mercer County18Grundy County: 20.4 %Grundy County20.4Kendall County: 19.9 %Kendall County19.9DeKalb County: 19.7 %DeKalb County19.7Brown County: 19.6 %Brown County19.6Clinton County: 19.1 %Clinton County19.1Champaign County: 19 %Champaign County19Monroe County: 19 %Monroe County19Woodford County: 18.9 %Woodford County18.9Effingham County: 18.8 %Effingham County18.8Will County: 18.8 %Will County18.8McHenry County: 18.7 %McHenry County18.7McLean County: 18.7 %McLean County18.7Piatt County: 18.7 %Piatt County18.7Bond County: 18.6 %Bond County18.6Christian County: 18.5 %Christian County18.5Douglas County: 18.5 %Douglas County18.5Logan County: 18.5 %Logan County18.5McDonough County: 18.5 %McDonough County18.5LaSalle County: 18.4 %LaSalle County18.4Moultrie County: 18.4 %Moultrie County18.4Coles County: 18.3 %Coles County18.3Lawrence County: 18.3 %Lawrence County18.3Montgomery County: 18.3 %Montgomery County18.3Ogle County: 18.3 %Ogle County18.3Crawford County: 18.2 %Crawford County18.2Fayette County: 18.2 %Fayette County18.2Henry County: 18.2 %Henry County18.2Jersey County: 18.2 %Jersey County18.2Johnson County: 18.2 %Johnson County18.2Kane County: 18.2 %Kane County18.2Madison County: 18.2 %Madison County18.2Washington County: 18.2 %Washington County18.2Adams County: 18.1 %Adams County18.1Clark County: 18.1 %Clark County18.1Cook County: 18.1 %Cook County18.1Ford County: 18.1 %Ford County18.1Jasper County: 18.1 %Jasper County18.1Carroll County: 18 %Carroll County18Jefferson County: 18 %Jefferson County18Mercer County: 18 %Mercer County18
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Grundy County20.4-0.1 pts
2Kendall County19.9-0.8 pts
3DeKalb County19.7-0.9 pts
4Brown County19.6-0.6 pts
5Clinton County19.1-0.5 pts
6Champaign County19+0.8 pts
6Monroe County19-1.3 pts
8Woodford County18.9-1 pts
9Effingham County18.8-0.8 pts
9Will County18.8-0.6 pts
11McHenry County18.7-0.5 pts
11McLean County18.7-1.8 pts
11Piatt County18.7-0.6 pts
14Bond County18.6+0.1 pts
15Christian County18.5-1.1 pts
15Douglas County18.5-0.4 pts
15Logan County18.5-0.2 pts
15McDonough County18.50 pts
19LaSalle County18.4-0.9 pts
19Moultrie County18.4-0.7 pts
21Coles County18.3-0.5 pts
21Lawrence County18.3-0.2 pts
21Montgomery County18.3-0.3 pts
21Ogle County18.3+0.2 pts
25Crawford County18.2-0.7 pts
25Fayette County18.2-0.9 pts
25Henry County18.2-0.5 pts
25Jersey County18.2-1.2 pts
25Johnson County18.2-0.9 pts
25Kane County18.2+0.1 pts
25Madison County18.2-0.8 pts
25Washington County18.2-0.3 pts
33Adams County18.1-0.3 pts
33Clark County18.1-0.7 pts
33Cook County18.1-2 pts
33Ford County18.1-0.5 pts
33Jasper County18.1-0.9 pts
38Carroll County18-0.1 pts
38Jefferson County18-0.3 pts
38Mercer County18-0.4 pts
38Richland County18-0.2 pts
38Williamson County18+0.1 pts
43Cumberland County17.9-0.7 pts
43Livingston County17.9-0.6 pts
43Menard County17.9-0.8 pts
43Rock Island County17.9-0.3 pts
43Tazewell County17.9-0.9 pts
48Perry County17.8-0.7 pts
48Randolph County17.8-0.5 pts
50De Witt County17.7-1.2 pts
50Fulton County17.7-0.5 pts
50Jackson County17.7-0.2 pts
50Lee County17.7-0.9 pts
50Morgan County17.7-0.4 pts
55Marion County17.60 pts
55Wabash County17.6+0.2 pts
55Warren County17.6-0.5 pts
58Boone County17.5-0.8 pts
58Calhoun County17.5-0.4 pts
58Marshall County17.5-0.1 pts
58Stark County17.5-0.7 pts
62Putnam County17.4-0.7 pts
62Saline County17.4-0.2 pts
62Scott County17.4-1.1 pts
62Whiteside County17.4-0.5 pts
66Clay County17.3-0.2 pts
66Greene County17.3-0.7 pts
66Kankakee County17.3-1.2 pts
66Macoupin County17.3-0.9 pts
66Sangamon County17.3-0.4 pts
71Schuyler County17.2-0.6 pts
71Shelby County17.2-0.2 pts
73Cass County17.1-0.8 pts
73Franklin County17.1-0.5 pts
73St. Clair County17.1-0.5 pts
73Wayne County17.1-0.6 pts
77Hamilton County17-0.7 pts
77Mason County17-0.6 pts
77Pike County17-0.7 pts
80Hancock County16.9-0.4 pts
81Bureau County16.7-1 pts
81Edgar County16.7-0.5 pts
81Edwards County16.7-1.3 pts
81Knox County16.7-0.8 pts
81Peoria County16.7-0.7 pts
81Vermilion County16.7-0.2 pts
87Iroquois County16.6-1.2 pts
87Union County16.6-0.7 pts
89Massac County16.5-0.4 pts
90Stephenson County16.4+0.1 pts
90White County16.4-0.5 pts
92Henderson County16.3-0.4 pts
92Winnebago County16.3-0.9 pts
94Gallatin County16.2-0.5 pts
94Jo Daviess County16.2-0.6 pts
94Macon County16.2-0.9 pts
97Hardin County16-0.4 pts
98DuPage County15.9-3 pts
99Lake County15.8-2.1 pts
100Pope County15.3-0.2 pts
101Pulaski County14.7-0.3 pts
102Alexander County13.8-0.2 pts

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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.

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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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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 Illinois by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/illinois-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Grundy County, with 20.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Alexander County, with 13.8% in 2023.

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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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