People consume alcohol in nearly every corner of the world, but Americans are particularly big drinkers, putting away 2.51 gallons of booze per capita in 2021.
Real Estate Witch compared the 50 most populous cities in the US — on metrics ranging from the percentage of adults that binge drink to the number of bars per 1,000 residents — to find out which drink the most and least alcohol overall. The below map by VinePair shows how these US cities rank in terms of alcohol consumption.
Key Findings:
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The country's booziest spot overall is Milwaukee, also known as "Brew City." The Wisconsin city has three breweries for every 100,000 residents — that's 131 percent more than the average city in the study — as well as an excessive drinking rate of 24.6 percent.
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The city that drinks the least is Memphis, Tennessee, where the rate of alcohol-involved driving deaths rate is just 18.4 percent — an impressive 31.9 percent lower than the national average.
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The rate of driving deaths involving alcohol in Providence, Rhode Island, is 36.2 percent — significantly higher than the country's average of 27 percent. In Cleveland, Ohio, the rate is 40.4 percent, which is worse than anywhere else in the study.
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