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Binge drinking: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Binge drinking. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Smoking, drinking, obesity and exercise by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
Download full table CSVSource: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)
Washington: 14.6Idaho: 13.9Montana: 20.4North Dakota: 19.4Minnesota: 18.1Michigan: 15.3Ohio: 16.2Pennsylvania: 16.4New York: 15.2Vermont: 16.6New Hampshire: 15.6Maine: 14.6Arizona: 15.7California: 15.4New Mexico: 15.2Texas: 16.4Louisiana: 17.3Mississippi: 13.2Alabama: 15.1Florida: 14.3Georgia: 13.4South Carolina: 15.6North Carolina: 13.3Virginia: 13.9District of Columbia: 25.3Maryland: 13Delaware: 13.1New Jersey: 14.8Connecticut: 15.1Rhode Island: 16.9Massachusetts: 15.7Oregon: 14.6Utah: 11.3Wyoming: 16.5Nevada: 15.5Colorado: 17.6South Dakota: 18Nebraska: 19.7Kansas: 16.4Oklahoma: 12.8Iowa: 20.4Missouri: 16.2Wisconsin: 19.1Illinois: 18.4Kentucky: 13.6Arkansas: 14.3Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 13.3Indiana: 14.7Alaska: 18.6Hawaii: 16

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 11.3 to 13.9 %
  • Group 2: 13.9 to 15.2 %
  • Group 3: 15.2 to 16.2 %
  • Group 4: 16.2 to 18 %
  • Highest: 18 to 25.3 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia25.3
2Iowa20.4
2Montana20.4
4Nebraska19.7
5North Dakota19.4
6Wisconsin19.1
7Alaska18.6
8Illinois18.4
9Minnesota18.1
10South Dakota18
11Colorado17.6
12Louisiana17.3
13Rhode Island16.9
14Vermont16.6
15Wyoming16.5
16Kansas16.4
16Pennsylvania16.4
16Texas16.4
19Missouri16.2
19Ohio16.2
21Hawaii16
22Arizona15.7
22Massachusetts15.7
24New Hampshire15.6
24South Carolina15.6
26Nevada15.5
27California15.4
28Michigan15.3
29New Mexico15.2
29New York15.2
31Alabama15.1
31Connecticut15.1
33New Jersey14.8
34Indiana14.7
35Maine14.6
35Oregon14.6
35Washington14.6
38Arkansas14.3
38Florida14.3
40Idaho13.9
40Virginia13.9
42Kentucky13.6
43Georgia13.4
44North Carolina13.3
44West Virginia13.3
46Mississippi13.2
47Delaware13.1
48Maryland13
49Oklahoma12.8
50Utah11.3

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by binge drinking (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-binge-drinking/

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