Counties in Texas by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate
Loving County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 254 counties in 2022, at 25%. Jeff Davis County had the lowest, at 12.2%. The median was 17%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Map of counties, 2022
- Under 16
- 16 to 17
- 17 to 18
- 18 to 19
- 19 and over
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving County | 25 | +1.4 pts |
| 2 | Travis County | 22.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 3 | Garza County | 21.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 4 | Glasscock County | 20.8 | +2.7 pts |
| 5 | Guadalupe County | 20.5 | +2.9 pts |
| 6 | Parker County | 20.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 6 | Rockwall County | 20.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 8 | Hays County | 20.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 9 | Chambers County | 20.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 9 | Erath County | 20.1 | +1.8 pts |
| 9 | Wichita County | 20.1 | +1.6 pts |
| 12 | Hartley County | 20 | +0.1 pts |
| 12 | Nueces County | 20 | +1.7 pts |
| 12 | Sterling County | 20 | +1.8 pts |
| 15 | Comal County | 19.7 | +1.7 pts |
| 16 | Coryell County | 19.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 16 | Johnson County | 19.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 18 | Gaines County | 19.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 19 | Bee County | 19.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 19 | Jones County | 19.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 19 | Kaufman County | 19.3 | +1 pts |
| 19 | Randall County | 19.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 23 | Madison County | 19.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 23 | Midland County | 19.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 25 | Lubbock County | 19.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 25 | Reagan County | 19.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 25 | Williamson County | 19.1 | +2.5 pts |
| 28 | Anderson County | 19 | +0.9 pts |
| 28 | Andrews County | 19 | +1 pts |
| 28 | Ector County | 19 | +1.5 pts |
| 28 | Mitchell County | 19 | +0.8 pts |
| 28 | Waller County | 19 | +1.2 pts |
| 33 | Brazos County | 18.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 33 | Howard County | 18.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 35 | Childress County | 18.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 35 | Taylor County | 18.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 35 | Tom Green County | 18.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 35 | Walker County | 18.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 39 | Martin County | 18.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 40 | Brazoria County | 18.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 40 | Carson County | 18.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 40 | Denton County | 18.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 40 | Hutchinson County | 18.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 40 | Jack County | 18.6 | +1 pts |
| 40 | Karnes County | 18.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 40 | Somervell County | 18.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 47 | Bexar County | 18.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 47 | Dallam County | 18.5 | +1.8 pts |
| 49 | El Paso County | 18.4 | +2.5 pts |
| 49 | Hudspeth County | 18.4 | +3 pts |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 18.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 49 | Orange County | 18.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 49 | Reeves County | 18.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 49 | Sherman County | 18.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 55 | Fannin County | 18.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 56 | Callahan County | 18.2 | +1.5 pts |
| 56 | Hood County | 18.2 | +2.4 pts |
| 56 | Winkler County | 18.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 59 | Bastrop County | 18.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 59 | Ellis County | 18.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 59 | Franklin County | 18.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 59 | Hansford County | 18.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 59 | Hardin County | 18.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 59 | Irion County | 18.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 59 | Wilson County | 18.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 59 | Wise County | 18.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 67 | Crane County | 18 | +0.4 pts |
| 67 | Hemphill County | 18 | +0.4 pts |
| 67 | Hunt County | 18 | +1.1 pts |
| 67 | Jefferson County | 18 | +2.8 pts |
| 67 | Kendall County | 18 | +0.4 pts |
| 67 | Rusk County | 18 | +0.6 pts |
| 67 | Scurry County | 18 | +0.6 pts |
| 67 | Shackelford County | 18 | +1.4 pts |
| 75 | Borden County | 17.9 | +1 pts |
| 75 | Cooke County | 17.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 75 | Frio County | 17.9 | 0 pts |
| 75 | La Salle County | 17.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 75 | Yoakum County | 17.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 80 | Galveston County | 17.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 80 | Lampasas County | 17.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 80 | Oldham County | 17.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 80 | Pecos County | 17.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 80 | Roberts County | 17.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 85 | Armstrong County | 17.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 85 | Stephens County | 17.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 85 | Ward County | 17.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 88 | Bailey County | 17.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 88 | Gray County | 17.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 88 | Hockley County | 17.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 88 | Medina County | 17.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 88 | Ochiltree County | 17.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 88 | Smith County | 17.6 | +1.1 pts |
| 94 | Archer County | 17.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 94 | Baylor County | 17.5 | +1.7 pts |
| 94 | Caldwell County | 17.5 | +1 pts |
| 94 | Dallas County | 17.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 94 | Liberty County | 17.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 99 | Atascosa County | 17.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 99 | Brown County | 17.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 99 | Delta County | 17.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 99 | Grayson County | 17.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 99 | Moore County | 17.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 99 | San Patricio County | 17.4 | 0 pts |
| 99 | San Saba County | 17.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 106 | Hopkins County | 17.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 106 | Kleberg County | 17.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 106 | McLennan County | 17.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 106 | Montague County | 17.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 106 | Val Verde County | 17.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 106 | Young County | 17.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 112 | Clay County | 17.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 112 | Collin County | 17.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 112 | Dawson County | 17.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 112 | Donley County | 17.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 112 | Nacogdoches County | 17.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 112 | Van Zandt County | 17.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 112 | Webb County | 17.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 119 | Bell County | 17.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 119 | Grimes County | 17.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 119 | Hale County | 17.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 119 | Harrison County | 17.1 | +1 pts |
| 119 | Jackson County | 17.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 119 | Parmer County | 17.1 | +1 pts |
| 119 | Runnels County | 17.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 126 | Crockett County | 17 | +0.8 pts |
| 126 | Panola County | 17 | +0.9 pts |
| 126 | Tarrant County | 17 | +0.5 pts |
| 126 | Terry County | 17 | +0.9 pts |
| 126 | Upshur County | 17 | +0.8 pts |
| 126 | Victoria County | 17 | +0.7 pts |
| 132 | Hill County | 16.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 132 | Kent County | 16.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 132 | Navarro County | 16.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 132 | Wharton County | 16.9 | +1 pts |
| 136 | Bowie County | 16.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 136 | Calhoun County | 16.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 136 | Castro County | 16.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 136 | Gregg County | 16.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 136 | Lee County | 16.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 136 | Milam County | 16.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 136 | Tyler County | 16.8 | +1 pts |
| 143 | Gonzales County | 16.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 143 | Haskell County | 16.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 143 | Kinney County | 16.7 | +1.5 pts |
| 143 | Live Oak County | 16.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 143 | Rains County | 16.7 | +1 pts |
| 148 | Burleson County | 16.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 148 | DeWitt County | 16.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 148 | Maverick County | 16.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 148 | Palo Pinto County | 16.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 148 | Potter County | 16.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 148 | Swisher County | 16.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 154 | Cherokee County | 16.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 154 | Deaf Smith County | 16.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 154 | Eastland County | 16.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 154 | Freestone County | 16.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 154 | Hardeman County | 16.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 154 | Lipscomb County | 16.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 154 | Titus County | 16.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 154 | Upton County | 16.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 154 | Uvalde County | 16.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 163 | Blanco County | 16.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 163 | Burnet County | 16.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 163 | Comanche County | 16.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 163 | Jim Wells County | 16.4 | +1 pts |
| 163 | Lamb County | 16.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 163 | Lynn County | 16.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 163 | Washington County | 16.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 170 | Collingsworth County | 16.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 170 | Knox County | 16.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 170 | Lamar County | 16.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 173 | Brewster County | 16.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 173 | Duval County | 16.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 173 | Fisher County | 16.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 173 | Harris County | 16.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 173 | Lavaca County | 16.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 173 | Polk County | 16.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 173 | Robertson County | 16.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 173 | Willacy County | 16.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 181 | Goliad County | 16.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 181 | Hidalgo County | 16.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 181 | San Jacinto County | 16.1 | +1 pts |
| 184 | Colorado County | 16 | +0.9 pts |
| 184 | Mills County | 16 | +1.1 pts |
| 184 | Nolan County | 16 | +0.4 pts |
| 184 | Schleicher County | 16 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Wheeler County | 16 | +0.6 pts |
| 189 | Austin County | 15.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 189 | Brooks County | 15.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 189 | Henderson County | 15.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 189 | Limestone County | 15.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 189 | Matagorda County | 15.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 194 | Bandera County | 15.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 194 | Bosque County | 15.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 194 | Camp County | 15.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 194 | Coleman County | 15.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 194 | Hamilton County | 15.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 194 | McCulloch County | 15.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 194 | Motley County | 15.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 201 | Fayette County | 15.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 201 | Floyd County | 15.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 201 | Morris County | 15.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 201 | Starr County | 15.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 201 | Throckmorton County | 15.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 201 | Wilbarger County | 15.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 201 | Wood County | 15.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 208 | Angelina County | 15.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 208 | Cass County | 15.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 208 | Crosby County | 15.6 | +1 pts |
| 208 | Gillespie County | 15.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 208 | Kerr County | 15.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 208 | Leon County | 15.6 | +1 pts |
| 208 | Refugio County | 15.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 215 | Jasper County | 15.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 215 | Shelby County | 15.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 217 | Aransas County | 15.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 217 | Falls County | 15.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 217 | Mason County | 15.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 217 | Sutton County | 15.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 221 | Coke County | 15.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 221 | Culberson County | 15.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 221 | Hall County | 15.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 221 | Terrell County | 15.3 | +3.1 pts |
| 225 | Cochran County | 15.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 225 | Fort Bend County | 15.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 225 | Stonewall County | 15.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 225 | Trinity County | 15.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 225 | Zavala County | 15.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 230 | Concho County | 15.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 231 | Houston County | 15 | +0.4 pts |
| 232 | Dickens County | 14.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 232 | Red River County | 14.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 234 | Cameron County | 14.8 | -1 pts |
| 235 | McMullen County | 14.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 235 | Newton County | 14.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 235 | Zapata County | 14.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 238 | Foard County | 14.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 238 | Kimble County | 14.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 240 | King County | 14.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 240 | Sabine County | 14.4 | +1 pts |
| 242 | Jim Hogg County | 14.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 242 | Marion County | 14.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 244 | Llano County | 14.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 245 | Cottle County | 14 | +0.8 pts |
| 246 | Menard County | 13.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 247 | Briscoe County | 13.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 248 | Real County | 13.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 249 | Dimmit County | 13.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 250 | Edwards County | 13.2 | +0.4 pts |
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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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Questions
Which county has the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?
Loving County, with 25% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which county has the lowest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?
Jeff Davis County, with 12.2% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
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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