[consum03.htm, updated 11/07]
State or other geographic area
Per capita consumption
U.S. decile for all beverages
Beer
Wine
Spirits
All beverages
Alabama
2005
1.18
0.20
0.53
1.91
9
2004
1.19
0.52
1.90
2003
0.19
1.89
2002
0.21
1.92
2001
1.16
0.17
1.86
2000
0.18
0.51
1.88
1999
1.87
1998
1.85
1997
1.14
0.15
1.81
1996
1.17
1995
1994
0.54
1993
0.56
1992
1.02
0.59
1.79
10
1991
1.00
1.76
1990
1.12
0.61
1989
1.10
0.60
1988
1987
1986
1.09
0.64
1985
1.06
0.67
1984
0.69
1983
1.01
0.71
1982
0.72
1981
0.73
1980
0.96
0.16
0.74
1979
0.98
0.12
0.84
1.94
1978
0.88
1.97
1977
0.99
0.13
1.96
1976
0.89
0.86
1975
0.85
1974
0.83
0.81
1.80
1973
0.79
0.10
1.69
1972
0.09
0.78
1.61
1971
0.66
0.76
1.52
1970
0.70
1.38
Alaska
1.24
0.43
2.65
2
1.32
0.45
2.73
1.27
0.37
2.43
3
1.36
1.08
2.87
1
1.34
0.40
0.97
2.71
1.35
0.92
2.63
1.45
2.82
1.37
0.39
2.74
1.31
0.36
2.56
0.38
0.94
2.86
1.53
3.03
0.32
2.55
0.41
3.02
1.54
3.11
1.62
0.46
1.25
3.33
1.57
3.27
1.60
0.49
1.23
3.32
1.64
1.29
3.46
1.68
3.51
0.58
3.78
1.73
1.56
3.86
1.70
4.06
1.75
1.74
4.05
1.71
0.57
1.82
4.10
1.55
0.50
3.76
1.50
0.47
1.65
3.62
1.39
3.52
0.42
3.31
1.48
2.06
4.03
1.49
2.17
4.13
1.41
1.98
1.26
3.55
1.22
3.50
1.33
2.15
3.91
2.07
Arizona
2.47
0.33
4
2.48
1.46
2.49
1.47
2.50
0.31
0.34
2.51
1.44
0.68
2.44
2.58
0.29
1.58
0.27
2.62
0.80
2.69
0.35
1.59
2.77
2.89
2.94
1.67
2.99
1.77
0.91
3.14
3.12
3.08
0.44
3.06
3.13
1.78
3.22
3.42
3.25
1.05
3.10
3.17
1.63
3.00
1.07
2.91
Arkansas
0.14
1.72
0.11
1.13
0.65
0.48
1.03
0.63
0.93
1.66
0.82
0.77
1.43
California
2.23
6
2.24
2.22
2.20
2.19
0.62
2.18
5
1.11
2.35
1.28
0.75
2.54
2.46
0.87
2.78
2.79
2.90
3.19
3.23
1.21
3.36
1.42
3.38
3.40
1.30
3.21
3.16
Colorado
2.70
0.95
2.68
2.60
0.90
2.64
2.45
2.53
2.57
1.40
2.52
2.61
2.39
2.72
2.80
3.15
1.51
3.09
3.28
3.35
3.54
3.01
3.29
3.24
3.05
2.93
2.92
2.75
Connecticut
2.13
2.30
2.29
1.15
1.20
2.84
1.04
2.67
2.66
Delaware
3.26
2.81
2.76
2.95
0.25
0.24
0.26
2.98
3.04
3.07
3.18
District of Columbia
3.84
3.93
3.67
3.61
3.53
3.45
3.75
3.63
3.74
3.89
4.14
4.22
2.02
4.48
2.37
4.85
4.75
2.42
4.94
5.34
5.41
5.39
5.49
5.42
5.51
5.53
3.57
5.86
3.71
6.00
6.04
6.21
4.16
6.40
4.45
6.74
4.44
6.64
Florida
2.59
2.96
3.34
0.30
Georgia
2.01
8
2.11
2.12
7
2.10
2.14
2.16
0.22
0.23
2.31
2.40
2.38
1.95
Hawaii
2.28
2.33
2.26
2.34
2.32
2.88
2.97
3.43
Idaho
2.36
2.25
2.00
0.55
2.27
2.09
2.04
Illinois
2.21
2.83
2.85
Indiana
1.93
2.05
Iowa
1.84
1.99
2.08
0.08
0.07
0.06
1.83
Kansas
Kentucky
2.03
Louisiana
2.41
0.28
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
3.56
3.66
3.60
3.72
4.00
4.25
4.31
4.78
4.83
4.91
4.99
5.05
5.19
5.22
5.25
5.59
5.82
6.44
3.65
6.69
3.85
6.84
4.01
6.92
3.94
6.77
3.69
6.49
6.36
3.41
5.95
5.69
5.58
New Hampshire
4.11
4.07
3.98
4.04
4.12
4.38
4.30
4.37
4.33
4.41
4.51
4.73
5.08
4.81
4.92
5.76
5.20
5.46
5.32
5.43
5.52
5.40
5.27
4.82
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
3.30
3.59
3.44
3.68
3.73
3.79
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
3.47
Wyoming
Northeast region
Midwest region
South region
West region
3.20
United States
Decile values apply only to state-level data. Numbers may not sum due to rounding. Conversion factors for ethanol vary for some years.
Sources: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Lakins, N.E.; LaVallee, R.A.; Williams, G.D.; and Yi, H. Surveillance Report #82: Apparent Per Capita Alcohol Consumption: National, State, and Regional Trends, 1970–2005. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (August 2007).
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Nephew, T.M., Yi, H., Williams, G.D., Stinson, F.S., and Dufour, M.C. U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual, Vol. 1, 4th ed. U.S. Apparent Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Based on State Sales, Taxation, or Receipt Data. Washington, DC: NIAAA. NIH Publication No. 04-5563 (June 2004).