These are the drunkest cities in the United States
24/7 Wall St. has created a list of the cities with the highest average alcohol consumption in each of the 50 states in the country.
One in 10 deaths among U.S. adults is related to excessive drinking, an unhealthy habit that cost the country around $250 billion in 2010, according to a 2015 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The average alcohol consumption varies greatly among the states, however. People in Dubuque, Iowa, (the city with the highest alcohol consumption in the country) drink more than those who live in the state of Mississippi, for example.
Diseases related to excessive drinking are not the only risk factor. In states like Montana, around 52.2 percent of the fatal car accidents are alcohol related.
24/7 Wall St. has created a list of the cities with the highest average alcohol consumption in each of the 50 states in the country:
Alabama: Auburn-Opelika.
Alaska: Fairbanks.
Arizona: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale.
Arkansas: Hot Springs.
California: Napa.
Colorado: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood.
Connecticut: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk.
Delaware: Dover.
Florida: Sebastian-Vero Beach.
Georgia: Hinesville.
Hawaii: Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina.
Idaho: Lewiston.
Illinois: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin.
Indiana: Michigan City-La Porte.
Iowa: Dubuque.
Kansas: Lawrence.
Kentucky: Louisville/Jefferson County.
Louisiana: Lafayette.
Maine: Portland-South Portland.
Maryland: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson.
Massachusetts: Pittsfield.
Michigan: Monroe.
Minnesota: Duluth.
Mississippi: Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula.
Missouri: St. Louis.
Montana: Missoula.
Nebraska: Omaha-Council Bluffs.
Nevada: Reno.
New Hampshire: Manchester-Nashua.
New Jersey: Atlantic City-Hammonton.
New Mexico: Las Cruces.
New York: Kingston.
North Carolina: Jacksonville.
North Dakota: Fargo.
Ohio: Toledo.
Oklahoma: Lawton.
Oregon: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro.
Pennsylvania: East Stroudsburg.
Rhode Island: Providence-Warwick.
South Carolina: Charleston-North Charleston.
South Dakota: Sioux Falls.
Tennessee: Clarksville.
Texas: Corpus Christi.
Utah: Salt Lake City.
Vermont: Burlington-South Burlington.
Virginia: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News.
Washington: Longview.
West Virginia: Weirton-Steubenville.
Wisconsin: Appleton.
Wyoming: Casper.
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