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

Allegheny County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 19.1%. Cameron County had the lowest, at 13.8%. The median was 15.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19.1Allegheny County
Lowest13.8Cameron County
Median15.967 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 16.6 %Allegheny County: 19.1 %Armstrong County: 15.6 %Beaver County: 16 %Bedford County: 15.5 %Berks County: 15.1 %Blair County: 15.9 %Bradford County: 15.1 %Bucks County: 17 %Butler County: 17.4 %Cambria County: 15.5 %Cameron County: 13.8 %Carbon County: 15.6 %Centre County: 17.8 %Chester County: 16.6 %Clarion County: 16.2 %Clearfield County: 16.2 %Clinton County: 16.4 %Columbia County: 16.1 %Crawford County: 15.2 %Cumberland County: 15.8 %Dauphin County: 15.6 %Delaware County: 15.2 %Elk County: 15.5 %Erie County: 16.6 %Fayette County: 15.3 %Forest County: 16.3 %Franklin County: 16.1 %Fulton County: 16 %Greene County: 16.4 %Huntingdon County: 16.6 %Indiana County: 16.9 %Jefferson County: 16.3 %Juniata County: 15.8 %Lackawanna County: 15.4 %Lancaster County: 15.8 %Lawrence County: 16 %Lebanon County: 16.1 %Lehigh County: 16.5 %Luzerne County: 15.4 %Lycoming County: 15.8 %McKean County: 15.9 %Mercer County: 15.8 %Mifflin County: 15.1 %Monroe County: 15 %Montgomery County: 16.4 %Montour County: 15.7 %Northampton County: 17 %Northumberland County: 15.7 %Perry County: 16.2 %Philadelphia County: 16.9 %Pike County: 15.1 %Potter County: 15 %Schuylkill County: 16.1 %Snyder County: 16.6 %Somerset County: 16.4 %Sullivan County: 14.4 %Susquehanna County: 15.5 %Tioga County: 15.6 %Union County: 17.4 %Venango County: 14.8 %Warren County: 15.3 %Washington County: 16.4 %Wayne County: 15.8 %Westmoreland County: 16.4 %Wyoming County: 16.8 %York County: 15.9 %
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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

Allegheny County: 19.1 %Allegheny County19.1Centre County: 17.8 %Centre County17.8Butler County: 17.4 %Butler County17.4Union County: 17.4 %Union County17.4Bucks County: 17 %Bucks County17Northampton County: 17 %Northampton County17Indiana County: 16.9 %Indiana County16.9Philadelphia County: 16.9 %Philadelphia County16.9Wyoming County: 16.8 %Wyoming County16.8Adams County: 16.6 %Adams County16.6Chester County: 16.6 %Chester County16.6Erie County: 16.6 %Erie County16.6Huntingdon County: 16.6 %Huntingdon County16.6Snyder County: 16.6 %Snyder County16.6Lehigh County: 16.5 %Lehigh County16.5Clinton County: 16.4 %Clinton County16.4Greene County: 16.4 %Greene County16.4Montgomery County: 16.4 %Montgomery County16.4Somerset County: 16.4 %Somerset County16.4Washington County: 16.4 %Washington County16.4Westmoreland County: 16.4 %Westmoreland County16.4Forest County: 16.3 %Forest County16.3Jefferson County: 16.3 %Jefferson County16.3Clarion County: 16.2 %Clarion County16.2Clearfield County: 16.2 %Clearfield County16.2Perry County: 16.2 %Perry County16.2Columbia County: 16.1 %Columbia County16.1Franklin County: 16.1 %Franklin County16.1Lebanon County: 16.1 %Lebanon County16.1Schuylkill County: 16.1 %Schuylkill County16.1Beaver County: 16 %Beaver County16Fulton County: 16 %Fulton County16Lawrence County: 16 %Lawrence County16Blair County: 15.9 %Blair County15.9McKean County: 15.9 %McKean County15.9York County: 15.9 %York County15.9Cumberland County: 15.8 %Cumberland County15.8Juniata County: 15.8 %Juniata County15.8Lancaster County: 15.8 %Lancaster County15.8Lycoming County: 15.8 %Lycoming County15.8Allegheny County: 19.1 %Allegheny County19.1Centre County: 17.8 %Centre County17.8Butler County: 17.4 %Butler County17.4Union County: 17.4 %Union County17.4Bucks County: 17 %Bucks County17Northampton County: 17 %Northampton County17Indiana County: 16.9 %Indiana County16.9Philadelphia County: 16.9 %Philadelphia County16.9Wyoming County: 16.8 %Wyoming County16.8Adams County: 16.6 %Adams County16.6Chester County: 16.6 %Chester County16.6Erie County: 16.6 %Erie County16.6Huntingdon County: 16.6 %Huntingdon County16.6Snyder County: 16.6 %Snyder County16.6Lehigh County: 16.5 %Lehigh County16.5Clinton County: 16.4 %Clinton County16.4Greene County: 16.4 %Greene County16.4Montgomery County: 16.4 %Montgomery County16.4Somerset County: 16.4 %Somerset County16.4Washington County: 16.4 %Washington County16.4Westmoreland County: 16.4 %Westmoreland County16.4Forest County: 16.3 %Forest County16.3Jefferson County: 16.3 %Jefferson County16.3Clarion County: 16.2 %Clarion County16.2Clearfield County: 16.2 %Clearfield County16.2Perry County: 16.2 %Perry County16.2Columbia County: 16.1 %Columbia County16.1Franklin County: 16.1 %Franklin County16.1Lebanon County: 16.1 %Lebanon County16.1Schuylkill County: 16.1 %Schuylkill County16.1Beaver County: 16 %Beaver County16Fulton County: 16 %Fulton County16Lawrence County: 16 %Lawrence County16Blair County: 15.9 %Blair County15.9McKean County: 15.9 %McKean County15.9York County: 15.9 %York County15.9Cumberland County: 15.8 %Cumberland County15.8Juniata County: 15.8 %Juniata County15.8Lancaster County: 15.8 %Lancaster County15.8Lycoming County: 15.8 %Lycoming 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 (%)
1Allegheny County19.1
2Centre County17.8
3Butler County17.4
3Union County17.4
5Bucks County17
5Northampton County17
7Indiana County16.9
7Philadelphia County16.9
9Wyoming County16.8
10Adams County16.6
10Chester County16.6
10Erie County16.6
10Huntingdon County16.6
10Snyder County16.6
15Lehigh County16.5
16Clinton County16.4
16Greene County16.4
16Montgomery County16.4
16Somerset County16.4
16Washington County16.4
16Westmoreland County16.4
22Forest County16.3
22Jefferson County16.3
24Clarion County16.2
24Clearfield County16.2
24Perry County16.2
27Columbia County16.1
27Franklin County16.1
27Lebanon County16.1
27Schuylkill County16.1
31Beaver County16
31Fulton County16
31Lawrence County16
34Blair County15.9
34McKean County15.9
34York County15.9
37Cumberland County15.8
37Juniata County15.8
37Lancaster County15.8
37Lycoming County15.8
37Mercer County15.8
37Wayne County15.8
43Montour County15.7
43Northumberland County15.7
45Armstrong County15.6
45Carbon County15.6
45Dauphin County15.6
45Tioga County15.6
49Bedford County15.5
49Cambria County15.5
49Elk County15.5
49Susquehanna County15.5
53Lackawanna County15.4
53Luzerne County15.4
55Fayette County15.3
55Warren County15.3
57Crawford County15.2
57Delaware County15.2
59Berks County15.1
59Bradford County15.1
59Mifflin County15.1
59Pike County15.1
63Monroe County15
63Potter County15
65Venango County14.8
66Sullivan County14.4
67Cameron 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Allegheny 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?

Cameron 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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