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

Brown County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 102 counties in 2021, at 18.4%. Alexander County had the lowest, at 12.1%. The median was 15.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest18.4Brown County
Lowest12.1Alexander County
Median15.5102 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 15.2 %Alexander County: 12.1 %Bond County: 15.6 %Boone County: 16 %Brown County: 18.4 %Bureau County: 14.9 %Calhoun County: 15.3 %Carroll County: 14.7 %Cass County: 14.9 %Champaign County: 16.8 %Christian County: 15.8 %Clark County: 16 %Clay County: 15.5 %Clinton County: 17 %Coles County: 16.4 %Cook County: 16.5 %Crawford County: 16.2 %Cumberland County: 15.9 %DeKalb County: 17.7 %De Witt County: 15.5 %Douglas County: 16 %DuPage County: 15 %Edgar County: 14.9 %Edwards County: 15 %Effingham County: 16.3 %Fayette County: 15.9 %Ford County: 15.7 %Franklin County: 14.9 %Fulton County: 15.5 %Gallatin County: 14.5 %Greene County: 15.5 %Grundy County: 17.8 %Hamilton County: 14.9 %Hancock County: 14.8 %Hardin County: 14.3 %Henderson County: 14.5 %Henry County: 15.8 %Iroquois County: 15.1 %Jackson County: 16.3 %Jasper County: 15.7 %Jefferson County: 15.7 %Jersey County: 16.4 %Jo Daviess County: 13.9 %Johnson County: 15.8 %Kane County: 16.5 %Kankakee County: 15.7 %Kendall County: 17.6 %Knox County: 14.8 %Lake County: 16.5 %LaSalle County: 15.8 %Lawrence County: 16.7 %Lee County: 15.9 %Livingston County: 15.7 %Logan County: 16.8 %McDonough County: 16.1 %McHenry County: 17.2 %McLean County: 17 %Macon County: 14.5 %Macoupin County: 15.2 %Madison County: 15.5 %Marion County: 15.1 %Marshall County: 15 %Mason County: 15.1 %Massac County: 14.5 %Menard County: 16.1 %Mercer County: 15.5 %Monroe County: 16.6 %Montgomery County: 16.2 %Morgan County: 15.4 %Moultrie County: 16.1 %Ogle County: 16.1 %Peoria County: 15.1 %Perry County: 15.8 %Piatt County: 16.5 %Pike County: 15.2 %Pope County: 13.4 %Pulaski County: 13 %Putnam County: 15.4 %Randolph County: 16 %Richland County: 15.4 %Rock Island County: 14.8 %St. Clair County: 15 %Saline County: 15.1 %Sangamon County: 16.2 %Schuyler County: 15.2 %Scott County: 15.5 %Shelby County: 15.1 %Stark County: 15.2 %Stephenson County: 14.1 %Tazewell County: 16 %Union County: 14.7 %Vermilion County: 14.5 %Wabash County: 15 %Warren County: 15.4 %Washington County: 16 %Wayne County: 14.8 %White County: 14.7 %Whiteside County: 15.7 %Will County: 16.1 %Williamson County: 15.8 %Winnebago County: 14.2 %Woodford 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

Brown County: 18.4 %Brown County18.4Grundy County: 17.8 %Grundy County17.8DeKalb County: 17.7 %DeKalb County17.7Kendall County: 17.6 %Kendall County17.6McHenry County: 17.2 %McHenry County17.2Clinton County: 17 %Clinton County17McLean County: 17 %McLean County17Champaign County: 16.8 %Champaign County16.8Logan County: 16.8 %Logan County16.8Lawrence County: 16.7 %Lawrence County16.7Monroe County: 16.6 %Monroe County16.6Woodford County: 16.6 %Woodford County16.6Cook County: 16.5 %Cook County16.5Kane County: 16.5 %Kane County16.5Lake County: 16.5 %Lake County16.5Piatt County: 16.5 %Piatt County16.5Coles County: 16.4 %Coles County16.4Jersey County: 16.4 %Jersey County16.4Effingham County: 16.3 %Effingham County16.3Jackson County: 16.3 %Jackson County16.3Crawford County: 16.2 %Crawford County16.2Montgomery County: 16.2 %Montgomery County16.2Sangamon County: 16.2 %Sangamon County16.2McDonough County: 16.1 %McDonough County16.1Menard County: 16.1 %Menard County16.1Moultrie County: 16.1 %Moultrie County16.1Ogle County: 16.1 %Ogle County16.1Will County: 16.1 %Will County16.1Boone County: 16 %Boone County16Clark County: 16 %Clark County16Douglas County: 16 %Douglas County16Randolph County: 16 %Randolph County16Tazewell County: 16 %Tazewell County16Washington County: 16 %Washington County16Cumberland County: 15.9 %Cumberland County15.9Fayette County: 15.9 %Fayette County15.9Lee County: 15.9 %Lee County15.9Christian County: 15.8 %Christian County15.8Henry County: 15.8 %Henry County15.8Johnson County: 15.8 %Johnson County15.8Brown County: 18.4 %Brown County18.4Grundy County: 17.8 %Grundy County17.8DeKalb County: 17.7 %DeKalb County17.7Kendall County: 17.6 %Kendall County17.6McHenry County: 17.2 %McHenry County17.2Clinton County: 17 %Clinton County17McLean County: 17 %McLean County17Champaign County: 16.8 %Champaign County16.8Logan County: 16.8 %Logan County16.8Lawrence County: 16.7 %Lawrence County16.7Monroe County: 16.6 %Monroe County16.6Woodford County: 16.6 %Woodford County16.6Cook County: 16.5 %Cook County16.5Kane County: 16.5 %Kane County16.5Lake County: 16.5 %Lake County16.5Piatt County: 16.5 %Piatt County16.5Coles County: 16.4 %Coles County16.4Jersey County: 16.4 %Jersey County16.4Effingham County: 16.3 %Effingham County16.3Jackson County: 16.3 %Jackson County16.3Crawford County: 16.2 %Crawford County16.2Montgomery County: 16.2 %Montgomery County16.2Sangamon County: 16.2 %Sangamon County16.2McDonough County: 16.1 %McDonough County16.1Menard County: 16.1 %Menard County16.1Moultrie County: 16.1 %Moultrie County16.1Ogle County: 16.1 %Ogle County16.1Will County: 16.1 %Will County16.1Boone County: 16 %Boone County16Clark County: 16 %Clark County16Douglas County: 16 %Douglas County16Randolph County: 16 %Randolph County16Tazewell County: 16 %Tazewell County16Washington County: 16 %Washington County16Cumberland County: 15.9 %Cumberland County15.9Fayette County: 15.9 %Fayette County15.9Lee County: 15.9 %Lee County15.9Christian County: 15.8 %Christian County15.8Henry County: 15.8 %Henry County15.8Johnson County: 15.8 %Johnson County15.8
%. 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 (%)
1Brown County18.4
2Grundy County17.8
3DeKalb County17.7
4Kendall County17.6
5McHenry County17.2
6Clinton County17
6McLean County17
8Champaign County16.8
8Logan County16.8
10Lawrence County16.7
11Monroe County16.6
11Woodford County16.6
13Cook County16.5
13Kane County16.5
13Lake County16.5
13Piatt County16.5
17Coles County16.4
17Jersey County16.4
19Effingham County16.3
19Jackson County16.3
21Crawford County16.2
21Montgomery County16.2
21Sangamon County16.2
24McDonough County16.1
24Menard County16.1
24Moultrie County16.1
24Ogle County16.1
24Will County16.1
29Boone County16
29Clark County16
29Douglas County16
29Randolph County16
29Tazewell County16
29Washington County16
35Cumberland County15.9
35Fayette County15.9
35Lee County15.9
38Christian County15.8
38Henry County15.8
38Johnson County15.8
38LaSalle County15.8
38Perry County15.8
38Williamson County15.8
44Ford County15.7
44Jasper County15.7
44Jefferson County15.7
44Kankakee County15.7
44Livingston County15.7
44Whiteside County15.7
50Bond County15.6
51Clay County15.5
51De Witt County15.5
51Fulton County15.5
51Greene County15.5
51Madison County15.5
51Mercer County15.5
51Scott County15.5
58Morgan County15.4
58Putnam County15.4
58Richland County15.4
58Warren County15.4
62Calhoun County15.3
63Adams County15.2
63Macoupin County15.2
63Pike County15.2
63Schuyler County15.2
63Stark County15.2
68Iroquois County15.1
68Marion County15.1
68Mason County15.1
68Peoria County15.1
68Saline County15.1
68Shelby County15.1
74DuPage County15
74Edwards County15
74Marshall County15
74St. Clair County15
74Wabash County15
79Bureau County14.9
79Cass County14.9
79Edgar County14.9
79Franklin County14.9
79Hamilton County14.9
84Hancock County14.8
84Knox County14.8
84Rock Island County14.8
84Wayne County14.8
88Carroll County14.7
88Union County14.7
88White County14.7
91Gallatin County14.5
91Henderson County14.5
91Macon County14.5
91Massac County14.5
91Vermilion County14.5
96Hardin County14.3
97Winnebago County14.2
98Stephenson County14.1
99Jo Daviess County13.9
100Pope County13.4
101Pulaski County13
102Alexander County12.1

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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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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/illinois-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 Illinois 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/illinois-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 Illinois 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/illinois-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Brown County, with 18.4% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Alexander County, with 12.1% 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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