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

Hamilton County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 88 counties in 2021, at 19.1%. Scioto County had the lowest, at 13.8%. The median was 16.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19.1Hamilton County
Lowest13.8Scioto County
Median16.188 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 14.5 %Allen County: 17.2 %Ashland County: 16.3 %Ashtabula County: 15.5 %Athens County: 18.4 %Auglaize County: 17.3 %Belmont County: 15.6 %Brown County: 16.1 %Butler County: 17.1 %Carroll County: 15.4 %Champaign County: 16.6 %Clark County: 15.3 %Clermont County: 18.2 %Clinton County: 15.9 %Columbiana County: 15.2 %Coshocton County: 15.1 %Crawford County: 15.5 %Cuyahoga County: 15.8 %Darke County: 15.3 %Defiance County: 16.2 %Delaware County: 16.4 %Erie County: 16.8 %Fairfield County: 18.3 %Fayette County: 15.4 %Franklin County: 18.4 %Fulton County: 15.8 %Gallia County: 15.4 %Geauga County: 15.8 %Greene County: 16.1 %Guernsey County: 15.8 %Hamilton County: 19.1 %Hancock County: 16.4 %Hardin County: 17.1 %Harrison County: 14.8 %Henry County: 17 %Highland County: 16.7 %Hocking County: 15.6 %Holmes County: 17.2 %Huron County: 17.1 %Jackson County: 14.7 %Jefferson County: 15.6 %Knox County: 15.8 %Lake County: 16.6 %Lawrence County: 14.5 %Licking County: 16.2 %Logan County: 16.4 %Lorain County: 17 %Lucas County: 14.7 %Madison County: 17.9 %Mahoning County: 14.5 %Marion County: 16.8 %Medina County: 16.8 %Meigs County: 14.9 %Mercer County: 17.7 %Miami County: 16.2 %Monroe County: 16 %Montgomery County: 16.1 %Morgan County: 14.4 %Morrow County: 15.9 %Muskingum County: 16.4 %Noble County: 13.8 %Ottawa County: 15.5 %Paulding County: 16.1 %Perry County: 16.6 %Pickaway County: 17.7 %Pike County: 14.2 %Portage County: 17.9 %Preble County: 16.2 %Putnam County: 17.5 %Richland County: 16 %Ross County: 16.8 %Sandusky County: 16.2 %Scioto County: 13.8 %Seneca County: 16.3 %Shelby County: 16.9 %Stark County: 15.4 %Summit County: 15.9 %Trumbull County: 13.9 %Tuscarawas County: 15 %Union County: 17.7 %Van Wert County: 16.1 %Vinton County: 15.3 %Warren County: 17.9 %Washington County: 16.1 %Wayne County: 17 %Williams County: 16 %Wood County: 17.5 %Wyandot 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

Hamilton County: 19.1 %Hamilton County19.1Athens County: 18.4 %Athens County18.4Franklin County: 18.4 %Franklin County18.4Fairfield County: 18.3 %Fairfield County18.3Clermont County: 18.2 %Clermont County18.2Madison County: 17.9 %Madison County17.9Portage County: 17.9 %Portage County17.9Warren County: 17.9 %Warren County17.9Mercer County: 17.7 %Mercer County17.7Pickaway County: 17.7 %Pickaway County17.7Union County: 17.7 %Union County17.7Putnam County: 17.5 %Putnam County17.5Wood County: 17.5 %Wood County17.5Auglaize County: 17.3 %Auglaize County17.3Allen County: 17.2 %Allen County17.2Holmes County: 17.2 %Holmes County17.2Butler County: 17.1 %Butler County17.1Hardin County: 17.1 %Hardin County17.1Huron County: 17.1 %Huron County17.1Henry County: 17 %Henry County17Lorain County: 17 %Lorain County17Wayne County: 17 %Wayne County17Wyandot County: 17 %Wyandot County17Shelby County: 16.9 %Shelby County16.9Erie County: 16.8 %Erie County16.8Marion County: 16.8 %Marion County16.8Medina County: 16.8 %Medina County16.8Ross County: 16.8 %Ross County16.8Highland County: 16.7 %Highland County16.7Champaign County: 16.6 %Champaign County16.6Lake County: 16.6 %Lake County16.6Perry County: 16.6 %Perry County16.6Delaware County: 16.4 %Delaware County16.4Hancock County: 16.4 %Hancock County16.4Logan County: 16.4 %Logan County16.4Muskingum County: 16.4 %Muskingum County16.4Ashland County: 16.3 %Ashland County16.3Seneca County: 16.3 %Seneca County16.3Defiance County: 16.2 %Defiance County16.2Licking County: 16.2 %Licking County16.2Hamilton County: 19.1 %Hamilton County19.1Athens County: 18.4 %Athens County18.4Franklin County: 18.4 %Franklin County18.4Fairfield County: 18.3 %Fairfield County18.3Clermont County: 18.2 %Clermont County18.2Madison County: 17.9 %Madison County17.9Portage County: 17.9 %Portage County17.9Warren County: 17.9 %Warren County17.9Mercer County: 17.7 %Mercer County17.7Pickaway County: 17.7 %Pickaway County17.7Union County: 17.7 %Union County17.7Putnam County: 17.5 %Putnam County17.5Wood County: 17.5 %Wood County17.5Auglaize County: 17.3 %Auglaize County17.3Allen County: 17.2 %Allen County17.2Holmes County: 17.2 %Holmes County17.2Butler County: 17.1 %Butler County17.1Hardin County: 17.1 %Hardin County17.1Huron County: 17.1 %Huron County17.1Henry County: 17 %Henry County17Lorain County: 17 %Lorain County17Wayne County: 17 %Wayne County17Wyandot County: 17 %Wyandot County17Shelby County: 16.9 %Shelby County16.9Erie County: 16.8 %Erie County16.8Marion County: 16.8 %Marion County16.8Medina County: 16.8 %Medina County16.8Ross County: 16.8 %Ross County16.8Highland County: 16.7 %Highland County16.7Champaign County: 16.6 %Champaign County16.6Lake County: 16.6 %Lake County16.6Perry County: 16.6 %Perry County16.6Delaware County: 16.4 %Delaware County16.4Hancock County: 16.4 %Hancock County16.4Logan County: 16.4 %Logan County16.4Muskingum County: 16.4 %Muskingum County16.4Ashland County: 16.3 %Ashland County16.3Seneca County: 16.3 %Seneca County16.3Defiance County: 16.2 %Defiance County16.2Licking County: 16.2 %Licking 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 (%)
1Hamilton County19.1
2Athens County18.4
2Franklin County18.4
4Fairfield County18.3
5Clermont County18.2
6Madison County17.9
6Portage County17.9
6Warren County17.9
9Mercer County17.7
9Pickaway County17.7
9Union County17.7
12Putnam County17.5
12Wood County17.5
14Auglaize County17.3
15Allen County17.2
15Holmes County17.2
17Butler County17.1
17Hardin County17.1
17Huron County17.1
20Henry County17
20Lorain County17
20Wayne County17
20Wyandot County17
24Shelby County16.9
25Erie County16.8
25Marion County16.8
25Medina County16.8
25Ross County16.8
29Highland County16.7
30Champaign County16.6
30Lake County16.6
30Perry County16.6
33Delaware County16.4
33Hancock County16.4
33Logan County16.4
33Muskingum County16.4
37Ashland County16.3
37Seneca County16.3
39Defiance County16.2
39Licking County16.2
39Miami County16.2
39Preble County16.2
39Sandusky County16.2
44Brown County16.1
44Greene County16.1
44Montgomery County16.1
44Paulding County16.1
44Van Wert County16.1
44Washington County16.1
50Monroe County16
50Richland County16
50Williams County16
53Clinton County15.9
53Morrow County15.9
53Summit County15.9
56Cuyahoga County15.8
56Fulton County15.8
56Geauga County15.8
56Guernsey County15.8
56Knox County15.8
61Belmont County15.6
61Hocking County15.6
61Jefferson County15.6
64Ashtabula County15.5
64Crawford County15.5
64Ottawa County15.5
67Carroll County15.4
67Fayette County15.4
67Gallia County15.4
67Stark County15.4
71Clark County15.3
71Darke County15.3
71Vinton County15.3
74Columbiana County15.2
75Coshocton County15.1
76Tuscarawas County15
77Meigs County14.9
78Harrison County14.8
79Jackson County14.7
79Lucas County14.7
81Adams County14.5
81Lawrence County14.5
81Mahoning County14.5
84Morgan County14.4
85Pike County14.2
86Trumbull County13.9
87Noble County13.8
87Scioto County13.8

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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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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/ohio-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 Ohio 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/ohio-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Hamilton County, with 19.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Scioto County, with 13.8% 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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