Apparent per capita ethanol consumption for the United States, 1850–2006. (Gallons of ethanol, based on population age 15 and older prior to 1970 and on population age 14 and other thereafter).

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Year	Beer	Wine	Spirits	Total
2006	1.19	0.37	0.71	2.27
2005	1.18	0.36	0.70	2.23
2004	1.20	0.35	0.68	2.23
2003	1.21	0.34	0.67	2.22
2002	1.23	0.33	0.65	2.20
2001	1.23	0.31	0.64	2.18
2000	1.22	0.31	0.65	2.18
1999	1.23	0.31	0.63	2.16
1998	1.22	0.30	0.62	2.14
1997	1.22	0.30	0.62	2.14
1996	1.23	0.30	0.63	2.16
1995	1.23	0.29	0.63	2.15
1994	1.25	0.28	0.65	2.18
1993	1.26	0.28	0.68	2.23
1992	1.29	0.30	0.71	2.30
1991	1.29	0.30	0.71	2.30
1990	1.34	0.33	0.77	2.45
1989	1.31	0.34	0.77	2.42
1988	1.33	0.36	0.79	2.48
1987	1.34	0.38	0.82	2.54
1986	1.34	0.39	0.84	2.58
1985	1.33	0.38	0.90	2.62
1984	1.35	0.37	0.94	2.65
1983	1.37	0.36	0.96	2.69
1982	1.38	0.36	0.98	2.72
1981	1.39	0.35	1.02	2.76
1980	1.38	0.34	1.04	2.76
1979	1.37	0.32	1.06	2.75
1978	1.33	0.31	1.07	2.71
1977	1.29	0.29	1.06	2.64
1976	1.27	0.32	1.10	2.69
1975	1.26	0.32	1.11	2.69
1974	1.25	0.31	1.11	2.67
1973	1.20	0.31	1.10	2.62
1972	1.17	0.30	1.09	2.56
1971	1.15	0.31	1.12	2.59
1970	1.14	0.27	1.11	2.52
1969	1.12	0.26	1.13	2.51
1968	1.09	0.26	1.10	2.45
1967	1.07	0.25	1.05	2.37
1966	1.06	0.24	1.02	2.32
1965	1.04	0.24	0.99	2.27
1964	1.04	0.24	0.95	2.23
1963	1.01	0.23	0.91	2.15
1962	0.99	0.22	0.90	2.11
1961	0.97	0.23	0.86	2.06
1960	0.99	0.22	0.86	2.07
1959	1.00	0.22	0.84	2.06
1958	0.96	0.22	0.80	1.98
1957	0.97	0.22	0.80	1.99
1956	1.00	0.22	0.81	2.03
1955	1.01	0.22	0.77	2.00
1954	1.01	0.21	0.74	1.96
1953	1.04	0.20	0.77	2.01
1952	1.04	0.21	0.73	1.98
1951	1.03	0.20	0.78	2.01
1950	1.04	0.23	0.77	2.04
1949	1.06	0.22	0.70	1.98
1948	1.07	0.20	0.70	1.97
1947	1.11	0.16	0.76	2.03
1946	1.07	0.24	0.99	2.30
1945	1.17	0.20	0.88	2.25
1944	1.13	0.18	0.76	2.07
1943	1.00	0.17	0.66	1.83
1942	0.90	0.22	0.85	1.97
1941	0.81	0.18	0.71	1.70
1940	0.73	0.16	0.67	1.56
1939	0.75	0.14	0.62	1.51
1938	0.75	0.13	0.59	1.47
1937	0.82	0.13	0.64	1.59
1936	0.79	0.12	0.59	1.50
1935	0.68	0.09	0.43	1.20
1934	0.61	0.07	0.29	0.97
(Prohibition)
1916–1919	1.08	0.12	0.76	1.96
1911–1915	1.48	0.14	0.94	2.56
1906–1910	1.47	0.17	0.96	2.60
1901–1905	1.31	0.13	0.95	2.39
1896–1900	1.19	0.10	0.77	2.06
1891–1895	1.17	0.11	0.95	2.23
1881–1890	0.90	0.14	0.95	1.99
1871–1880	0.56	0.14	1.02	1.72
1870	0.44	0.10	1.53	2.07
1860	0.27	0.10	2.16	2.53
1850	0.14	0.08	1.88	2.10

Numbers may not sum to totals due to rounding.

Sources: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Lakins, N.E.; LaVallee, R.A.; Williams, G.D.; and Yi, H. Surveillance Report #85: Apparent Per Capita Alcohol Consumption: National, State, and Regional Trends, 1970–2006. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (November 2008).

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).

Note: Data prior to 1977 are from: Hyman, M.; Zimmerman, M.; Gurioli, C.; and Helrich, A. Drinkers, Drinking and Alcohol-Related Mortality and Hospitalizations: A Statistical Compendium, 1980 edition. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, 1980.