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Counties in West Virginia by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate

Monongalia County had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 55 counties in 2021, at 14.9%. McDowell County had the lowest, at 10%. The median was 11.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest14.9Monongalia County
Lowest10McDowell County
Median11.955 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Barbour County: 12.1 %Berkeley County: 13.5 %Boone County: 11.7 %Braxton County: 11 %Brooke County: 12.6 %Cabell County: 12.6 %Calhoun County: 10.4 %Clay County: 10.9 %Doddridge County: 13 %Fayette County: 11.9 %Gilmer County: 13.8 %Grant County: 12.2 %Greenbrier County: 11.5 %Hampshire County: 12.2 %Hancock County: 12.3 %Hardy County: 11.5 %Harrison County: 12.2 %Jackson County: 12.1 %Jefferson County: 13.5 %Kanawha County: 12 %Lewis County: 12.4 %Lincoln County: 11.7 %Logan County: 11.3 %McDowell County: 10 %Marion County: 13.6 %Marshall County: 12.6 %Mason County: 11.8 %Mercer County: 10.9 %Mineral County: 12.7 %Mingo County: 11.1 %Monongalia County: 14.9 %Monroe County: 11.2 %Morgan County: 12.2 %Nicholas County: 11.3 %Ohio County: 12.7 %Pendleton County: 11 %Pleasants County: 13.7 %Pocahontas County: 11 %Preston County: 12.1 %Putnam County: 13.1 %Raleigh County: 11.1 %Randolph County: 12.3 %Ritchie County: 11.5 %Roane County: 11.2 %Summers County: 10.5 %Taylor County: 12.2 %Tucker County: 11.6 %Tyler County: 11.9 %Upshur County: 12.1 %Wayne County: 11.8 %Webster County: 10.7 %Wetzel County: 11.8 %Wirt County: 11.5 %Wood County: 12.2 %Wyoming County: 11 %
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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.

All counties, 2021

Monongalia County: 14.9 %Monongalia County14.9Gilmer County: 13.8 %Gilmer County13.8Pleasants County: 13.7 %Pleasants County13.7Marion County: 13.6 %Marion County13.6Berkeley County: 13.5 %Berkeley County13.5Jefferson County: 13.5 %Jefferson County13.5Putnam County: 13.1 %Putnam County13.1Doddridge County: 13 %Doddridge County13Mineral County: 12.7 %Mineral County12.7Ohio County: 12.7 %Ohio County12.7Brooke County: 12.6 %Brooke County12.6Cabell County: 12.6 %Cabell County12.6Marshall County: 12.6 %Marshall County12.6Lewis County: 12.4 %Lewis County12.4Hancock County: 12.3 %Hancock County12.3Randolph County: 12.3 %Randolph County12.3Grant County: 12.2 %Grant County12.2Hampshire County: 12.2 %Hampshire County12.2Harrison County: 12.2 %Harrison County12.2Morgan County: 12.2 %Morgan County12.2Taylor County: 12.2 %Taylor County12.2Wood County: 12.2 %Wood County12.2Barbour County: 12.1 %Barbour County12.1Jackson County: 12.1 %Jackson County12.1Preston County: 12.1 %Preston County12.1Upshur County: 12.1 %Upshur County12.1Kanawha County: 12 %Kanawha County12Fayette County: 11.9 %Fayette County11.9Tyler County: 11.9 %Tyler County11.9Mason County: 11.8 %Mason County11.8Wayne County: 11.8 %Wayne County11.8Wetzel County: 11.8 %Wetzel County11.8Boone County: 11.7 %Boone County11.7Lincoln County: 11.7 %Lincoln County11.7Tucker County: 11.6 %Tucker County11.6Greenbrier County: 11.5 %Greenbrier County11.5Hardy County: 11.5 %Hardy County11.5Ritchie County: 11.5 %Ritchie County11.5Wirt County: 11.5 %Wirt County11.5Logan County: 11.3 %Logan County11.3Nicholas County: 11.3 %Nicholas County11.3Monroe County: 11.2 %Monroe County11.2Roane County: 11.2 %Roane County11.2Mingo County: 11.1 %Mingo County11.1Raleigh County: 11.1 %Raleigh County11.1Braxton County: 11 %Braxton County11Pendleton County: 11 %Pendleton County11Pocahontas County: 11 %Pocahontas County11Wyoming County: 11 %Wyoming County11Clay County: 10.9 %Clay County10.9Mercer County: 10.9 %Mercer County10.9Webster County: 10.7 %Webster County10.7Summers County: 10.5 %Summers County10.5Calhoun County: 10.4 %Calhoun County10.4McDowell County: 10 %McDowell County10Monongalia County: 14.9 %Monongalia County14.9Gilmer County: 13.8 %Gilmer County13.8Pleasants County: 13.7 %Pleasants County13.7Marion County: 13.6 %Marion County13.6Berkeley County: 13.5 %Berkeley County13.5Jefferson County: 13.5 %Jefferson County13.5Putnam County: 13.1 %Putnam County13.1Doddridge County: 13 %Doddridge County13Mineral County: 12.7 %Mineral County12.7Ohio County: 12.7 %Ohio County12.7Brooke County: 12.6 %Brooke County12.6Cabell County: 12.6 %Cabell County12.6Marshall County: 12.6 %Marshall County12.6Lewis County: 12.4 %Lewis County12.4Hancock County: 12.3 %Hancock County12.3Randolph County: 12.3 %Randolph County12.3Grant County: 12.2 %Grant County12.2Hampshire County: 12.2 %Hampshire County12.2Harrison County: 12.2 %Harrison County12.2Morgan County: 12.2 %Morgan County12.2Taylor County: 12.2 %Taylor County12.2Wood County: 12.2 %Wood County12.2Barbour County: 12.1 %Barbour County12.1Jackson County: 12.1 %Jackson County12.1Preston County: 12.1 %Preston County12.1Upshur County: 12.1 %Upshur County12.1Kanawha County: 12 %Kanawha County12Fayette County: 11.9 %Fayette County11.9Tyler County: 11.9 %Tyler County11.9Mason County: 11.8 %Mason County11.8Wayne County: 11.8 %Wayne County11.8Wetzel County: 11.8 %Wetzel County11.8Boone County: 11.7 %Boone County11.7Lincoln County: 11.7 %Lincoln County11.7Tucker County: 11.6 %Tucker County11.6Greenbrier County: 11.5 %Greenbrier County11.5Hardy County: 11.5 %Hardy County11.5Ritchie County: 11.5 %Ritchie County11.5Wirt County: 11.5 %Wirt County11.5Logan County: 11.3 %Logan County11.3Nicholas County: 11.3 %Nicholas County11.3Monroe County: 11.2 %Monroe County11.2Roane County: 11.2 %Roane County11.2Mingo County: 11.1 %Mingo County11.1Raleigh County: 11.1 %Raleigh County11.1Braxton County: 11 %Braxton County11Pendleton County: 11 %Pendleton County11Pocahontas County: 11 %Pocahontas County11Wyoming County: 11 %Wyoming County11Clay County: 10.9 %Clay County10.9Mercer County: 10.9 %Mercer County10.9Webster County: 10.7 %Webster County10.7Summers County: 10.5 %Summers County10.5Calhoun County: 10.4 %Calhoun County10.4McDowell County: 10 %McDowell County10
%. 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 (%)
1Monongalia County14.9
2Gilmer County13.8
3Pleasants County13.7
4Marion County13.6
5Berkeley County13.5
5Jefferson County13.5
7Putnam County13.1
8Doddridge County13
9Mineral County12.7
9Ohio County12.7
11Brooke County12.6
11Cabell County12.6
11Marshall County12.6
14Lewis County12.4
15Hancock County12.3
15Randolph County12.3
17Grant County12.2
17Hampshire County12.2
17Harrison County12.2
17Morgan County12.2
17Taylor County12.2
17Wood County12.2
23Barbour County12.1
23Jackson County12.1
23Preston County12.1
23Upshur County12.1
27Kanawha County12
28Fayette County11.9
28Tyler County11.9
30Mason County11.8
30Wayne County11.8
30Wetzel County11.8
33Boone County11.7
33Lincoln County11.7
35Tucker County11.6
36Greenbrier County11.5
36Hardy County11.5
36Ritchie County11.5
36Wirt County11.5
40Logan County11.3
40Nicholas County11.3
42Monroe County11.2
42Roane County11.2
44Mingo County11.1
44Raleigh County11.1
46Braxton County11
46Pendleton County11
46Pocahontas County11
46Wyoming County11
50Clay County10.9
50Mercer County10.9
52Webster County10.7
53Summers County10.5
54Calhoun County10.4
55McDowell County10

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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.

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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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Monongalia County, with 14.9% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

McDowell County, with 10% 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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