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Counties in New York by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate

Jefferson County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 62 counties in 2021, at 20.1%. Bronx County had the lowest, at 12.9%. The median was 16.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest20.1Jefferson County
Lowest12.9Bronx County
Median16.662 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Albany County: 16.8 %Allegany County: 18 %Bronx County: 12.9 %Broome County: 15.5 %Cattaraugus County: 17 %Cayuga County: 15.9 %Chautauqua County: 15.4 %Chemung County: 17 %Chenango County: 16.4 %Clinton County: 17.9 %Columbia County: 15.4 %Cortland County: 17.6 %Delaware County: 14.8 %Dutchess County: 15.9 %Erie County: 18.3 %Essex County: 17.4 %Franklin County: 19.1 %Fulton County: 17 %Genesee County: 17.4 %Greene County: 18 %Hamilton County: 15.7 %Herkimer County: 17.9 %Jefferson County: 20.1 %Kings County: 15.8 %Lewis County: 16.7 %Livingston County: 18.1 %Madison County: 17.8 %Monroe County: 15.2 %Montgomery County: 16 %Nassau County: 15.2 %New York County: 18.9 %Niagara County: 16.2 %Oneida County: 17 %Onondaga County: 15.3 %Ontario County: 17.3 %Orange County: 16.3 %Orleans County: 16.2 %Oswego County: 18 %Otsego County: 17.1 %Putnam County: 16.4 %Queens County: 13.6 %Rensselaer County: 18.4 %Richmond County: 14.1 %Rockland County: 13.9 %St. Lawrence County: 18.8 %Saratoga County: 19 %Schenectady County: 16.2 %Schoharie County: 16.2 %Schuyler County: 16.5 %Seneca County: 16.6 %Steuben County: 17.4 %Suffolk County: 14.8 %Sullivan County: 15.4 %Tioga County: 16 %Tompkins County: 17.1 %Ulster County: 16.6 %Warren County: 16.8 %Washington County: 17.7 %Wayne County: 16.5 %Westchester County: 14.8 %Wyoming County: 17.6 %Yates County: 14.6 %
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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

Jefferson County: 20.1 %Jefferson County20.1Franklin County: 19.1 %Franklin County19.1Saratoga County: 19 %Saratoga County19New York County: 18.9 %New York County18.9St. Lawrence County: 18.8 %St. Lawrence County18.8Rensselaer County: 18.4 %Rensselaer County18.4Erie County: 18.3 %Erie County18.3Livingston County: 18.1 %Livingston County18.1Allegany County: 18 %Allegany County18Greene County: 18 %Greene County18Oswego County: 18 %Oswego County18Clinton County: 17.9 %Clinton County17.9Herkimer County: 17.9 %Herkimer County17.9Madison County: 17.8 %Madison County17.8Washington County: 17.7 %Washington County17.7Cortland County: 17.6 %Cortland County17.6Wyoming County: 17.6 %Wyoming County17.6Essex County: 17.4 %Essex County17.4Genesee County: 17.4 %Genesee County17.4Steuben County: 17.4 %Steuben County17.4Ontario County: 17.3 %Ontario County17.3Otsego County: 17.1 %Otsego County17.1Tompkins County: 17.1 %Tompkins County17.1Cattaraugus County: 17 %Cattaraugus County17Chemung County: 17 %Chemung County17Fulton County: 17 %Fulton County17Oneida County: 17 %Oneida County17Albany County: 16.8 %Albany County16.8Warren County: 16.8 %Warren County16.8Lewis County: 16.7 %Lewis County16.7Seneca County: 16.6 %Seneca County16.6Ulster County: 16.6 %Ulster County16.6Schuyler County: 16.5 %Schuyler County16.5Wayne County: 16.5 %Wayne County16.5Chenango County: 16.4 %Chenango County16.4Putnam County: 16.4 %Putnam County16.4Orange County: 16.3 %Orange County16.3Niagara County: 16.2 %Niagara County16.2Orleans County: 16.2 %Orleans County16.2Schenectady County: 16.2 %Schenectady County16.2Jefferson County: 20.1 %Jefferson County20.1Franklin County: 19.1 %Franklin County19.1Saratoga County: 19 %Saratoga County19New York County: 18.9 %New York County18.9St. Lawrence County: 18.8 %St. Lawrence County18.8Rensselaer County: 18.4 %Rensselaer County18.4Erie County: 18.3 %Erie County18.3Livingston County: 18.1 %Livingston County18.1Allegany County: 18 %Allegany County18Greene County: 18 %Greene County18Oswego County: 18 %Oswego County18Clinton County: 17.9 %Clinton County17.9Herkimer County: 17.9 %Herkimer County17.9Madison County: 17.8 %Madison County17.8Washington County: 17.7 %Washington County17.7Cortland County: 17.6 %Cortland County17.6Wyoming County: 17.6 %Wyoming County17.6Essex County: 17.4 %Essex County17.4Genesee County: 17.4 %Genesee County17.4Steuben County: 17.4 %Steuben County17.4Ontario County: 17.3 %Ontario County17.3Otsego County: 17.1 %Otsego County17.1Tompkins County: 17.1 %Tompkins County17.1Cattaraugus County: 17 %Cattaraugus County17Chemung County: 17 %Chemung County17Fulton County: 17 %Fulton County17Oneida County: 17 %Oneida County17Albany County: 16.8 %Albany County16.8Warren County: 16.8 %Warren County16.8Lewis County: 16.7 %Lewis County16.7Seneca County: 16.6 %Seneca County16.6Ulster County: 16.6 %Ulster County16.6Schuyler County: 16.5 %Schuyler County16.5Wayne County: 16.5 %Wayne County16.5Chenango County: 16.4 %Chenango County16.4Putnam County: 16.4 %Putnam County16.4Orange County: 16.3 %Orange County16.3Niagara County: 16.2 %Niagara County16.2Orleans County: 16.2 %Orleans County16.2Schenectady County: 16.2 %Schenectady County16.2
%. 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 (%)
1Jefferson County20.1
2Franklin County19.1
3Saratoga County19
4New York County18.9
5St. Lawrence County18.8
6Rensselaer County18.4
7Erie County18.3
8Livingston County18.1
9Allegany County18
9Greene County18
9Oswego County18
12Clinton County17.9
12Herkimer County17.9
14Madison County17.8
15Washington County17.7
16Cortland County17.6
16Wyoming County17.6
18Essex County17.4
18Genesee County17.4
18Steuben County17.4
21Ontario County17.3
22Otsego County17.1
22Tompkins County17.1
24Cattaraugus County17
24Chemung County17
24Fulton County17
24Oneida County17
28Albany County16.8
28Warren County16.8
30Lewis County16.7
31Seneca County16.6
31Ulster County16.6
33Schuyler County16.5
33Wayne County16.5
35Chenango County16.4
35Putnam County16.4
37Orange County16.3
38Niagara County16.2
38Orleans County16.2
38Schenectady County16.2
38Schoharie County16.2
42Montgomery County16
42Tioga County16
44Cayuga County15.9
44Dutchess County15.9
46Kings County15.8
47Hamilton County15.7
48Broome County15.5
49Chautauqua County15.4
49Columbia County15.4
49Sullivan County15.4
52Onondaga County15.3
53Monroe County15.2
53Nassau County15.2
55Delaware County14.8
55Suffolk County14.8
55Westchester County14.8
58Yates County14.6
59Richmond County14.1
60Rockland County13.9
61Queens County13.6
62Bronx County12.9

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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 New York 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 New York 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/new-york-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Jefferson County, with 20.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Bronx County, with 12.9% 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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