Data / Rankings / Binge drinking in adults, local model estimate / Counties in Washington

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

Whitman County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 39 counties in 2021, at 18%. Jefferson County had the lowest, at 12%. The median was 15.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest18Whitman County
Lowest12Jefferson County
Median15.139 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 14.4 %Asotin County: 15 %Benton County: 16.9 %Chelan County: 15.6 %Clallam County: 14.2 %Clark County: 17.2 %Columbia County: 13.2 %Cowlitz County: 15.1 %Douglas County: 16.4 %Ferry County: 13 %Franklin County: 16.7 %Garfield County: 14.3 %Grant County: 16.1 %Grays Harbor County: 14.2 %Island County: 14.7 %Jefferson County: 12 %King County: 16.8 %Kitsap County: 16.3 %Kittitas County: 17.5 %Klickitat County: 15.4 %Lewis County: 14.4 %Lincoln County: 15.2 %Mason County: 15 %Okanogan County: 14.4 %Pacific County: 13.1 %Pend Oreille County: 14.6 %Pierce County: 16.5 %San Juan County: 13.6 %Skagit County: 15.3 %Skamania County: 15.3 %Snohomish County: 14.9 %Spokane County: 17.4 %Stevens County: 13.4 %Thurston County: 15.8 %Wahkiakum County: 13.2 %Walla Walla County: 16.4 %Whatcom County: 16.8 %Whitman County: 18 %Yakima County: 14.9 %
  • Under 14
  • 14 to 15
  • 15 to 16
  • 16 to 17
  • 17 and over
%, 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.

All counties, 2021

Whitman County: 18 %Whitman County18Kittitas County: 17.5 %Kittitas County17.5Spokane County: 17.4 %Spokane County17.4Clark County: 17.2 %Clark County17.2Benton County: 16.9 %Benton County16.9King County: 16.8 %King County16.8Whatcom County: 16.8 %Whatcom County16.8Franklin County: 16.7 %Franklin County16.7Pierce County: 16.5 %Pierce County16.5Douglas County: 16.4 %Douglas County16.4Walla Walla County: 16.4 %Walla Walla County16.4Kitsap County: 16.3 %Kitsap County16.3Grant County: 16.1 %Grant County16.1Thurston County: 15.8 %Thurston County15.8Chelan County: 15.6 %Chelan County15.6Klickitat County: 15.4 %Klickitat County15.4Skagit County: 15.3 %Skagit County15.3Skamania County: 15.3 %Skamania County15.3Lincoln County: 15.2 %Lincoln County15.2Cowlitz County: 15.1 %Cowlitz County15.1Asotin County: 15 %Asotin County15Mason County: 15 %Mason County15Snohomish County: 14.9 %Snohomish County14.9Yakima County: 14.9 %Yakima County14.9Island County: 14.7 %Island County14.7Pend Oreille County: 14.6 %Pend Oreille County14.6Adams County: 14.4 %Adams County14.4Lewis County: 14.4 %Lewis County14.4Okanogan County: 14.4 %Okanogan County14.4Garfield County: 14.3 %Garfield County14.3Clallam County: 14.2 %Clallam County14.2Grays Harbor County: 14.2 %Grays Harbor County14.2San Juan County: 13.6 %San Juan County13.6Stevens County: 13.4 %Stevens County13.4Columbia County: 13.2 %Columbia County13.2Wahkiakum County: 13.2 %Wahkiakum County13.2Pacific County: 13.1 %Pacific County13.1Ferry County: 13 %Ferry County13Jefferson County: 12 %Jefferson County12Whitman County: 18 %Whitman County18Kittitas County: 17.5 %Kittitas County17.5Spokane County: 17.4 %Spokane County17.4Clark County: 17.2 %Clark County17.2Benton County: 16.9 %Benton County16.9King County: 16.8 %King County16.8Whatcom County: 16.8 %Whatcom County16.8Franklin County: 16.7 %Franklin County16.7Pierce County: 16.5 %Pierce County16.5Douglas County: 16.4 %Douglas County16.4Walla Walla County: 16.4 %Walla Walla County16.4Kitsap County: 16.3 %Kitsap County16.3Grant County: 16.1 %Grant County16.1Thurston County: 15.8 %Thurston County15.8Chelan County: 15.6 %Chelan County15.6Klickitat County: 15.4 %Klickitat County15.4Skagit County: 15.3 %Skagit County15.3Skamania County: 15.3 %Skamania County15.3Lincoln County: 15.2 %Lincoln County15.2Cowlitz County: 15.1 %Cowlitz County15.1Asotin County: 15 %Asotin County15Mason County: 15 %Mason County15Snohomish County: 14.9 %Snohomish County14.9Yakima County: 14.9 %Yakima County14.9Island County: 14.7 %Island County14.7Pend Oreille County: 14.6 %Pend Oreille County14.6Adams County: 14.4 %Adams County14.4Lewis County: 14.4 %Lewis County14.4Okanogan County: 14.4 %Okanogan County14.4Garfield County: 14.3 %Garfield County14.3Clallam County: 14.2 %Clallam County14.2Grays Harbor County: 14.2 %Grays Harbor County14.2San Juan County: 13.6 %San Juan County13.6Stevens County: 13.4 %Stevens County13.4Columbia County: 13.2 %Columbia County13.2Wahkiakum County: 13.2 %Wahkiakum County13.2Pacific County: 13.1 %Pacific County13.1Ferry County: 13 %Ferry County13Jefferson County: 12 %Jefferson County12
%. 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 (%)
1Whitman County18
2Kittitas County17.5
3Spokane County17.4
4Clark County17.2
5Benton County16.9
6King County16.8
6Whatcom County16.8
8Franklin County16.7
9Pierce County16.5
10Douglas County16.4
10Walla Walla County16.4
12Kitsap County16.3
13Grant County16.1
14Thurston County15.8
15Chelan County15.6
16Klickitat County15.4
17Skagit County15.3
17Skamania County15.3
19Lincoln County15.2
20Cowlitz County15.1
21Asotin County15
21Mason County15
23Snohomish County14.9
23Yakima County14.9
25Island County14.7
26Pend Oreille County14.6
27Adams County14.4
27Lewis County14.4
27Okanogan County14.4
30Garfield County14.3
31Clallam County14.2
31Grays Harbor County14.2
33San Juan County13.6
34Stevens County13.4
35Columbia County13.2
35Wahkiakum County13.2
37Pacific County13.1
38Ferry County13
39Jefferson County12

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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 Washington by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

MLA 9

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 Washington 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/washington-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Washington 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/washington-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

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 Washington 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/washington-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{centers_counties_in_washington_by_2021,
  author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  title = {{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 Washington by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.cdc.gov/places/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/washington-counties?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TI  - 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 Washington by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2021
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/04
PB  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.cdc.gov/places/
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/washington-counties?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/washington-counties?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Washington by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"adult_binge_drinking_rate_modelled","level":"province","within":"Washington","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=adult_binge_drinking_rate_modelled&level=province&within=Washington&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Whitman County, with 18% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Jefferson County, with 12% in 2021.

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.

Binge drinking in adults, local model estimate: other rankings

Counties in Washington: more rankings