ATLANTA, Georgia (Telemundo Atlanta) – People in the United States really like to drink alcoholic beverages, although that varies greatly from state to state.
In fact, although Georgia had a consumption of 1.91 liters per head, this puts the state at number 48 of the main consumers of alcoholic beverages in the country, according to research published by the National Institute against Alcohol Abuse. and Alcoholism, released this Monday and whose most recent data is from 2020.
The data also indicate that alcohol consumption has been declining since 1995, reaching 7.900 billion gallons in 2020. That represents an increase of more than a million gallons from the previous year, mainly driven apparently by the COVID 19 pandemic.
The favorite drink in the country was beer, with some 6.4 million gallons consumed, followed by wine and fermented products, with 931 and 635 million, respectively.
The pandemic not only had an impact on the consumption of alcoholic beverages, but also on the different types of them.
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In 2020, fermented consumption was up almost 46 million gallons compared to 2019, while wine consumption was up 22 million, while beer remained unchanged.
When it comes to beverage consumption in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the list is topped by New Hampshire, with annual consumption of about 4.83 gallons each year, which could largely be due to no sales tax. in that state and many residents of neighboring places buy their drinks there.
And unsurprisingly, Utah, where the strictest controls against alcohol use have been imposed, is the state with the least drinking, with just 1.36 gallons per head.
However, the total population must also be taken into account, since it is to be expected that the more people inhabit a state, the greater the regional consumption will be.
In this sense, California leads the list with 85.7 million gallons consumed in a year, while Wyoming and Alaska remain in the last two places, with 1.6 and 1.4 million gallons consumed.
And precisely because of the population, Georgia remains in 11th place, with 16.7 million gallons of alcoholic beverages consumed in a year.
Between these extremes, the consumer lists are as follows:
State Gallons of alcohol 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 Dakota del Sur 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
Total consumption of gallons of alcohol according to population
Position State Total consumption in gallons
1 California 85.7M
2 Texas 56.9M
3 Florida 50.4M
4 New York 36M
5 Illinois 25.3M
6 Pennsylvania 25M
7 Michigan 21M
8 Ohio 20.6M
9 North Carolina 20.4M
10 New Jersey 19.4M
11 Georgia 16.7M
12 Virginia 16.2M
13 Massachusetts 15.9M
14 Wisconsin 15.1M
15 Washington 14.4M
16 Colorado 14.3M
17 Arizona 13.7M
18 Missouri 13.6M
19 Minnesota 13.2M
20 Tennessee 13.1M
21 Indiana 12.9M
22 Maryland 10.7M
23 Louisiana 9.8M
24 Oregon 9.6M
25 South Carolina 9.2M
26 Nevada 8.9M
27 Alabama 8.4M
28 Kentucky 7.8M
29 Connecticut 7.5M
30 Iowa 6.5M
31 Oklahoma 6M
32 Mississippi 5.8M
33 New Hampshire 5.6M
34 Kansas 5M
35 Arkansas 4.7M
36 New Mexico 4M
37 Maine 3.4M
38 Utah 3.4M
39 Nebraska 3.3M
40 Delaware 3.3M
41 Hawaii 3.1M
42 Idaho 3.1M
43 Montana 3M
44 West Virginia 2.7M
45 Rhode Island 2.4M
46 Washington D.C. 2.2M
47 Dakota del Norte 2M
48 Vermont 1.7M
49 Dakota del Sur 1.6M
50 Alaska 1.6M
51 Wyoming 1.4M
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