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

Riley County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 105 counties in 2021, at 23.7%. Elk County had the lowest, at 14%. The median was 16.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest23.7Riley County
Lowest14Elk County
Median16.3105 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Allen County: 16.5 %Anderson County: 16.9 %Atchison County: 18 %Barber County: 15.5 %Barton County: 16.9 %Bourbon County: 15.4 %Brown County: 16.3 %Butler County: 16.3 %Chase County: 15.8 %Chautauqua County: 14.7 %Cherokee County: 15.3 %Cheyenne County: 15 %Clark County: 16.5 %Clay County: 16.7 %Cloud County: 16.9 %Coffey County: 16.1 %Comanche County: 16 %Cowley County: 17.6 %Crawford County: 18.2 %Decatur County: 14.4 %Dickinson County: 17.7 %Doniphan County: 16.6 %Douglas County: 20.7 %Edwards County: 15.3 %Elk County: 14 %Ellis County: 19.1 %Ellsworth County: 18.4 %Finney County: 17.8 %Ford County: 16.9 %Franklin County: 17.3 %Geary County: 19 %Gove County: 15.9 %Graham County: 14.7 %Grant County: 18.8 %Gray County: 17.7 %Greeley County: 16 %Greenwood County: 15.2 %Hamilton County: 17 %Harper County: 15.9 %Harvey County: 15.6 %Haskell County: 16.4 %Hodgeman County: 15.9 %Jackson County: 16.4 %Jefferson County: 17.3 %Jewell County: 14.2 %Johnson County: 18.8 %Kearny County: 16.3 %Kingman County: 17.3 %Kiowa County: 16.3 %Labette County: 15.9 %Lane County: 15.8 %Leavenworth County: 18.8 %Lincoln County: 15.6 %Linn County: 15.7 %Logan County: 16.7 %Lyon County: 17.6 %McPherson County: 16.3 %Marion County: 15.2 %Marshall County: 17.3 %Meade County: 16.6 %Miami County: 17.5 %Mitchell County: 16.5 %Montgomery County: 15.9 %Morris County: 16.8 %Morton County: 16.3 %Nemaha County: 17.7 %Neosho County: 17.1 %Ness County: 15.6 %Norton County: 18.1 %Osage County: 17.3 %Osborne County: 15 %Ottawa County: 16.7 %Pawnee County: 17.1 %Phillips County: 15.9 %Pottawatomie County: 18.8 %Pratt County: 16.7 %Rawlins County: 14.6 %Reno County: 15.3 %Republic County: 15.3 %Rice County: 17.4 %Riley County: 23.7 %Rooks County: 16.3 %Rush County: 15.4 %Russell County: 16.1 %Saline County: 15.8 %Scott County: 16 %Sedgwick County: 16.3 %Seward County: 17.3 %Shawnee County: 15.8 %Sheridan County: 17.2 %Sherman County: 17.5 %Smith County: 15 %Stafford County: 16 %Stanton County: 15.7 %Stevens County: 16.2 %Sumner County: 16.9 %Thomas County: 17.5 %Trego County: 16.1 %Wabaunsee County: 17.3 %Wallace County: 15.8 %Washington County: 16.6 %Wichita County: 16.1 %Wilson County: 15.4 %Woodson County: 15.3 %Wyandotte County: 17 %
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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

Riley County: 23.7 %Riley County23.7Douglas County: 20.7 %Douglas County20.7Ellis County: 19.1 %Ellis County19.1Geary County: 19 %Geary County19Grant County: 18.8 %Grant County18.8Johnson County: 18.8 %Johnson County18.8Leavenworth County: 18.8 %Leavenworth County18.8Pottawatomie County: 18.8 %Pottawatomie County18.8Ellsworth County: 18.4 %Ellsworth County18.4Crawford County: 18.2 %Crawford County18.2Norton County: 18.1 %Norton County18.1Atchison County: 18 %Atchison County18Finney County: 17.8 %Finney County17.8Dickinson County: 17.7 %Dickinson County17.7Gray County: 17.7 %Gray County17.7Nemaha County: 17.7 %Nemaha County17.7Cowley County: 17.6 %Cowley County17.6Lyon County: 17.6 %Lyon County17.6Miami County: 17.5 %Miami County17.5Sherman County: 17.5 %Sherman County17.5Thomas County: 17.5 %Thomas County17.5Rice County: 17.4 %Rice County17.4Franklin County: 17.3 %Franklin County17.3Jefferson County: 17.3 %Jefferson County17.3Kingman County: 17.3 %Kingman County17.3Marshall County: 17.3 %Marshall County17.3Osage County: 17.3 %Osage County17.3Seward County: 17.3 %Seward County17.3Wabaunsee County: 17.3 %Wabaunsee County17.3Sheridan County: 17.2 %Sheridan County17.2Neosho County: 17.1 %Neosho County17.1Pawnee County: 17.1 %Pawnee County17.1Hamilton County: 17 %Hamilton County17Wyandotte County: 17 %Wyandotte County17Anderson County: 16.9 %Anderson County16.9Barton County: 16.9 %Barton County16.9Cloud County: 16.9 %Cloud County16.9Ford County: 16.9 %Ford County16.9Sumner County: 16.9 %Sumner County16.9Morris County: 16.8 %Morris County16.8Riley County: 23.7 %Riley County23.7Douglas County: 20.7 %Douglas County20.7Ellis County: 19.1 %Ellis County19.1Geary County: 19 %Geary County19Grant County: 18.8 %Grant County18.8Johnson County: 18.8 %Johnson County18.8Leavenworth County: 18.8 %Leavenworth County18.8Pottawatomie County: 18.8 %Pottawatomie County18.8Ellsworth County: 18.4 %Ellsworth County18.4Crawford County: 18.2 %Crawford County18.2Norton County: 18.1 %Norton County18.1Atchison County: 18 %Atchison County18Finney County: 17.8 %Finney County17.8Dickinson County: 17.7 %Dickinson County17.7Gray County: 17.7 %Gray County17.7Nemaha County: 17.7 %Nemaha County17.7Cowley County: 17.6 %Cowley County17.6Lyon County: 17.6 %Lyon County17.6Miami County: 17.5 %Miami County17.5Sherman County: 17.5 %Sherman County17.5Thomas County: 17.5 %Thomas County17.5Rice County: 17.4 %Rice County17.4Franklin County: 17.3 %Franklin County17.3Jefferson County: 17.3 %Jefferson County17.3Kingman County: 17.3 %Kingman County17.3Marshall County: 17.3 %Marshall County17.3Osage County: 17.3 %Osage County17.3Seward County: 17.3 %Seward County17.3Wabaunsee County: 17.3 %Wabaunsee County17.3Sheridan County: 17.2 %Sheridan County17.2Neosho County: 17.1 %Neosho County17.1Pawnee County: 17.1 %Pawnee County17.1Hamilton County: 17 %Hamilton County17Wyandotte County: 17 %Wyandotte County17Anderson County: 16.9 %Anderson County16.9Barton County: 16.9 %Barton County16.9Cloud County: 16.9 %Cloud County16.9Ford County: 16.9 %Ford County16.9Sumner County: 16.9 %Sumner County16.9Morris County: 16.8 %Morris County16.8
%. 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 (%)
1Riley County23.7
2Douglas County20.7
3Ellis County19.1
4Geary County19
5Grant County18.8
5Johnson County18.8
5Leavenworth County18.8
5Pottawatomie County18.8
9Ellsworth County18.4
10Crawford County18.2
11Norton County18.1
12Atchison County18
13Finney County17.8
14Dickinson County17.7
14Gray County17.7
14Nemaha County17.7
17Cowley County17.6
17Lyon County17.6
19Miami County17.5
19Sherman County17.5
19Thomas County17.5
22Rice County17.4
23Franklin County17.3
23Jefferson County17.3
23Kingman County17.3
23Marshall County17.3
23Osage County17.3
23Seward County17.3
23Wabaunsee County17.3
30Sheridan County17.2
31Neosho County17.1
31Pawnee County17.1
33Hamilton County17
33Wyandotte County17
35Anderson County16.9
35Barton County16.9
35Cloud County16.9
35Ford County16.9
35Sumner County16.9
40Morris County16.8
41Clay County16.7
41Logan County16.7
41Ottawa County16.7
41Pratt County16.7
45Doniphan County16.6
45Meade County16.6
45Washington County16.6
48Allen County16.5
48Clark County16.5
48Mitchell County16.5
51Haskell County16.4
51Jackson County16.4
53Brown County16.3
53Butler County16.3
53Kearny County16.3
53Kiowa County16.3
53McPherson County16.3
53Morton County16.3
53Rooks County16.3
53Sedgwick County16.3
61Stevens County16.2
62Coffey County16.1
62Russell County16.1
62Trego County16.1
62Wichita County16.1
66Comanche County16
66Greeley County16
66Scott County16
66Stafford County16
70Gove County15.9
70Harper County15.9
70Hodgeman County15.9
70Labette County15.9
70Montgomery County15.9
70Phillips County15.9
76Chase County15.8
76Lane County15.8
76Saline County15.8
76Shawnee County15.8
76Wallace County15.8
81Linn County15.7
81Stanton County15.7
83Harvey County15.6
83Lincoln County15.6
83Ness County15.6
86Barber County15.5
87Bourbon County15.4
87Rush County15.4
87Wilson County15.4
90Cherokee County15.3
90Edwards County15.3
90Reno County15.3
90Republic County15.3
90Woodson County15.3
95Greenwood County15.2
95Marion County15.2
97Cheyenne County15
97Osborne County15
97Smith County15
100Chautauqua County14.7
100Graham County14.7
102Rawlins County14.6
103Decatur County14.4
104Jewell County14.2
105Elk County14

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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 Kansas 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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Riley County, with 23.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Elk County, with 14% 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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