# US states by apparent beer consumption per person 14 and over, 2024

All 51 values come from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `alcohol_consumption_gallons_per_capita_beer`
- Unit: US gallons of ethanol per person
- Definition: Gallons of pure ethanol from beer sold during the year, per person aged 14 and over. Apparent consumption: alcoholic beverage sales, tax receipts or shipments reported by the states or by industry sources, converted to gallons of pure ethanol with fixed alcohol contents (since 1977: 4.5% by volume for beer, 12.9% for wine and 41.1% for spirits) and divided by the resident population aged 14 and over (Census Bureau estimates). Alcohol drunk by tourists or bought by residents of neighbouring states counts where it was sold, which raises the figures of states such as New Hampshire and Nevada and of the District of Columbia; home production and illicit alcohol are not counted.
- Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states (https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-institute-on-alcohol-abuse-and-alcoholism
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Apparent per capita alcohol consumption by State and type of beverage (AEDS data file pcyr1970), beer, gallons of ethanol per capita age 14 and older, United States and states. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/pcyr1970-2024_final.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/apparent-beer-consumption-per-capita/us-states

| Rank | Place | US gallons of ethanol per person |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New Hampshire | 1.49 |
| 2 | Montana | 1.48 |
| 3 | Vermont | 1.45 |
| 4 | North Dakota | 1.29 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 1.29 |
| 6 | Nevada | 1.21 |
| 7 | Louisiana | 1.18 |
| 8 | Hawaii | 1.15 |
| 9 | Maine | 1.15 |
| 10 | South Dakota | 1.14 |
| 11 | Iowa | 1.13 |
| 12 | Texas | 1.11 |
| 13 | New Mexico | 1.09 |
| 14 | California | 1.08 |
| 15 | Oregon | 1.08 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 1.06 |
| 17 | Colorado | 1.06 |
| 18 | Wyoming | 1.06 |
| 19 | District of Columbia | 1.02 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 1.02 |
| 21 | Kansas | 1.01 |
| 22 | Ohio | 1 |
| 23 | West Virginia | 0.98 |
| 24 | Missouri | 0.97 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 0.97 |
| 26 | North Carolina | 0.96 |
| 27 | Florida | 0.93 |
| 28 | Nebraska | 0.93 |
| 29 | Illinois | 0.93 |
| 30 | Arizona | 0.93 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 0.92 |
| 32 | Delaware | 0.92 |
| 33 | Indiana | 0.91 |
| 34 | Alaska | 0.89 |
| 35 | South Carolina | 0.88 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 0.86 |
| 37 | Michigan | 0.86 |
| 38 | Oklahoma | 0.84 |
| 39 | Alabama | 0.84 |
| 40 | Kentucky | 0.84 |
| 41 | Virginia | 0.82 |
| 42 | Georgia | 0.8 |
| 43 | New York | 0.78 |
| 44 | Washington | 0.76 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | 0.71 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 0.68 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 0.67 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 0.66 |
| 49 | Maryland | 0.64 |
| 50 | Idaho | 0.64 |
| 51 | Utah | 0.43 |