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US states by binge drinking in adults

District of Columbia had the highest binge drinking in adults of 50 states in 2024, at 25.3%. Utah had the lowest, at 11.3%. The median was 15.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest25.3District of Columbia
Lowest11.3Utah
Median15.550 states

Map of states, 2024

Alabama: 15.1 %Alaska: 18.6 %Arizona: 15.7 %Arkansas: 14.3 %California: 15.4 %Colorado: 17.6 %Connecticut: 15.1 %Delaware: 13.1 %District of Columbia: 25.3 %Florida: 14.3 %Georgia: 13.4 %Hawaii: 16 %Idaho: 13.9 %Illinois: 18.4 %Indiana: 14.7 %Iowa: 20.4 %Kansas: 16.4 %Kentucky: 13.6 %Louisiana: 17.3 %Maine: 14.6 %Maryland: 13 %Massachusetts: 15.7 %Michigan: 15.3 %Minnesota: 18.1 %Mississippi: 13.3 %Missouri: 16.3 %Montana: 20.4 %Nebraska: 19.7 %Nevada: 15.5 %New Hampshire: 15.6 %New Jersey: 14.8 %New Mexico: 15.2 %New York: 15.2 %North Carolina: 13.3 %North Dakota: 19.4 %Ohio: 16.2 %Oklahoma: 12.8 %Oregon: 14.6 %Pennsylvania: 16.4 %Rhode Island: 16.9 %South Carolina: 15.6 %South Dakota: 18 %Texas: 16.4 %Utah: 11.3 %Vermont: 16.6 %Virginia: 13.9 %Washington: 14.6 %West Virginia: 13.3 %Wisconsin: 19.1 %Wyoming: 16.5 %
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%, 2024. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

District of Columbia: 25.3 %District of Columbia25.3Iowa: 20.4 %Iowa20.4Montana: 20.4 %Montana20.4Nebraska: 19.7 %Nebraska19.7North Dakota: 19.4 %North Dakota19.4Wisconsin: 19.1 %Wisconsin19.1Alaska: 18.6 %Alaska18.6Illinois: 18.4 %Illinois18.4Minnesota: 18.1 %Minnesota18.1South Dakota: 18 %South Dakota18Colorado: 17.6 %Colorado17.6Louisiana: 17.3 %Louisiana17.3Rhode Island: 16.9 %Rhode Island16.9Vermont: 16.6 %Vermont16.6Wyoming: 16.5 %Wyoming16.5Texas: 16.4 %Texas16.4Kansas: 16.4 %Kansas16.4Pennsylvania: 16.4 %Pennsylvania16.4Missouri: 16.3 %Missouri16.3Ohio: 16.2 %Ohio16.2Hawaii: 16 %Hawaii16Massachusetts: 15.7 %Massachusetts15.7Arizona: 15.7 %Arizona15.7South Carolina: 15.6 %South Carolina15.6New Hampshire: 15.6 %New Hampshire15.6Nevada: 15.5 %Nevada15.5California: 15.4 %California15.4Michigan: 15.3 %Michigan15.3New Mexico: 15.2 %New Mexico15.2New York: 15.2 %New York15.2Alabama: 15.1 %Alabama15.1Connecticut: 15.1 %Connecticut15.1New Jersey: 14.8 %New Jersey14.8Indiana: 14.7 %Indiana14.7Washington: 14.6 %Washington14.6Oregon: 14.6 %Oregon14.6Maine: 14.6 %Maine14.6Florida: 14.3 %Florida14.3Arkansas: 14.3 %Arkansas14.3Virginia: 13.9 %Virginia13.9Idaho: 13.9 %Idaho13.9Kentucky: 13.6 %Kentucky13.6Georgia: 13.4 %Georgia13.4West Virginia: 13.3 %West Virginia13.3North Carolina: 13.3 %North Carolina13.3Mississippi: 13.3 %Mississippi13.3Delaware: 13.1 %Delaware13.1Maryland: 13 %Maryland13Oklahoma: 12.8 %Oklahoma12.8Utah: 11.3 %Utah11.3District of Columbia: 25.3 %District of Columbia25.3Iowa: 20.4 %Iowa20.4Montana: 20.4 %Montana20.4Nebraska: 19.7 %Nebraska19.7North Dakota: 19.4 %North Dakota19.4Wisconsin: 19.1 %Wisconsin19.1Alaska: 18.6 %Alaska18.6Illinois: 18.4 %Illinois18.4Minnesota: 18.1 %Minnesota18.1South Dakota: 18 %South Dakota18Colorado: 17.6 %Colorado17.6Louisiana: 17.3 %Louisiana17.3Rhode Island: 16.9 %Rhode Island16.9Vermont: 16.6 %Vermont16.6Wyoming: 16.5 %Wyoming16.5Texas: 16.4 %Texas16.4Kansas: 16.4 %Kansas16.4Pennsylvania: 16.4 %Pennsylvania16.4Missouri: 16.3 %Missouri16.3Ohio: 16.2 %Ohio16.2Hawaii: 16 %Hawaii16Massachusetts: 15.7 %Massachusetts15.7Arizona: 15.7 %Arizona15.7South Carolina: 15.6 %South Carolina15.6New Hampshire: 15.6 %New Hampshire15.6Nevada: 15.5 %Nevada15.5California: 15.4 %California15.4Michigan: 15.3 %Michigan15.3New Mexico: 15.2 %New Mexico15.2New York: 15.2 %New York15.2Alabama: 15.1 %Alabama15.1Connecticut: 15.1 %Connecticut15.1New Jersey: 14.8 %New Jersey14.8Indiana: 14.7 %Indiana14.7Washington: 14.6 %Washington14.6Oregon: 14.6 %Oregon14.6Maine: 14.6 %Maine14.6Florida: 14.3 %Florida14.3Arkansas: 14.3 %Arkansas14.3Virginia: 13.9 %Virginia13.9Idaho: 13.9 %Idaho13.9Kentucky: 13.6 %Kentucky13.6Georgia: 13.4 %Georgia13.4West Virginia: 13.3 %West Virginia13.3North Carolina: 13.3 %North Carolina13.3Mississippi: 13.3 %Mississippi13.3Delaware: 13.1 %Delaware13.1Maryland: 13 %Maryland13Oklahoma: 12.8 %Oklahoma12.8Utah: 11.3 %Utah11.3
%. Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2024 (%)Change on 2023
1District of Columbia25.3-1.8 pts
2Iowa20.4-0.1 pts
3Montana20.4+0.9 pts
4Nebraska19.7+0.7 pts
5North Dakota19.4-1.8 pts
6Wisconsin19.1+0.7 pts
7Alaska18.6+1.6 pts
8Illinois18.4+0.3 pts
9Minnesota18.1+1.1 pts
10South Dakota18-1.8 pts
11Colorado17.6-0.4 pts
12Louisiana17.3+1.4 pts
13Rhode Island16.9+0.5 pts
14Vermont16.6+0.9 pts
15Wyoming16.5+2 pts
16Texas16.4-0.6 pts
17Kansas16.4+0.4 pts
17Pennsylvania16.4n/a
19Missouri16.3-0.1 pts
20Ohio16.2+0.5 pts
21Hawaii16-2.2 pts
22Massachusetts15.7-0.7 pts
23Arizona15.7+1.2 pts
24South Carolina15.6+1.1 pts
25New Hampshire15.6+0.1 pts
26Nevada15.5-0.4 pts
27California15.4+1.2 pts
28Michigan15.3+0.1 pts
29New Mexico15.2+2.7 pts
30New York15.2+0.3 pts
31Alabama15.1+2.2 pts
32Connecticut15.1+0.3 pts
33New Jersey14.8+0.2 pts
34Indiana14.7-0.5 pts
35Washington14.6-1 pts
36Oregon14.6+0.1 pts
37Maine14.6-0.4 pts
38Florida14.30 pts
39Arkansas14.3+0.8 pts
40Virginia13.9+0.9 pts
41Idaho13.9-0.9 pts
42Kentucky13.6n/a
43Georgia13.4-0.5 pts
44West Virginia13.3+0.8 pts
45North Carolina13.3-0.3 pts
46Mississippi13.3+0.2 pts
47Delaware13.1-0.5 pts
48Maryland13+0.1 pts
49Oklahoma12.8-0.9 pts
50Utah11.3-0.6 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who had 5 or more drinks (men) or 4 or more drinks (women) on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey of adults, crude prevalence. States and DC only: BRFSS publishes the median of the states rather than a national prevalence, so no national value is served. A state that did not meet BRFSS data standards in a year has no value, and CDC withholds estimates from fewer than 50 respondents or with a relative standard error above 0.3. The dataset also publishes 95% confidence intervals. The series starts in 2011, when BRFSS changed its weighting and added cell phones. BRFSS variable _RFBING5 to 2021 and _RFBING6 from 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. 1 states with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. 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. (2026). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall (US states by binge drinking in adults, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall, US states by binge drinking in adults, 2024. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 Sept. 2026, https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate/us-states?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2026. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall. US states by binge drinking in adults, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate/us-states?period=2024.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2026) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall, US states by binge drinking in adults, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate/us-states?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest binge drinking in adults?

District of Columbia, with 25.3% in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which state has the lowest binge drinking in adults?

Utah, with 11.3% in 2024.

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, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 states have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.

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