Does Your State Drink the Most Alcohol in the Country?

February 1, 2023 Steve Artressia

According to a new study, the state that drinks the most alcohol per capita is New Hampshire . . . followed by Delaware, and Washington D.C. is third. Coming in dead last was Utah.

Gallons Per Capita

Rank	State	Gallons of Ethanol Per Capita*
1	New Hampshire	4.83
2	Delaware	4.01
3	Washington D.C.	3.79
4	Nevada	3.43
5	Montana	3.32
6	North Dakota	3.26
7	Vermont	3.22
8	Wisconsin	3.11
9	Maine	2.99
10	Colorado	2.97
11	Wyoming	2.94
12	Minnesota	2.85
13	Alaska	2.83
14	Florida	2.74
15	Hawaii	2.71
16	Oregon	2.71
17	Rhode Island	2.71
18	Missouri	2.68
19	California	2.63
20	New Jersey	2.63
21	Massachusetts	2.62
22	Louisiana	2.59
23	Michigan	2.53
24	Connecticut	2.50
25	Illinois	2.42
26	Texas	2.41
27	Mississippi	2.39
28	Indiana	2.34
29	Iowa	2.34
30	South Dakota	2.34
31	Pennsylvania	2.32
32	North Carolina	2.31
33	New Mexico	2.30
34	Tennessee	2.30
35	Virginia	2.27
36	Washington	2.26
37	Arizona	2.24
38	New York	2.22
39	Nebraska	2.17
40	Maryland	2.15
41	Kansas	2.12
42	Kentucky	2.12
43	Ohio	2.12
44	South Carolina	2.12
45	Idaho	2.10
46	Alabama	2.08
47	Arkansas	1.92
48	Georgia	1.91
49	Oklahoma	1.85
50	West Virginia	1.82
51	Utah	1.36

*This data uses an estimate of average ethanol content of sold or shipped spirits into gallons of ethanol (pure alcohol) before calculating per capita consumption estimates. For this data, the alcohol by volume value is 0.129 for wine, 0.045 for beer, and 0.411 for spirits.