Ohioans Love Their Booze
August 25th, 2006 Tagged as: survey
According to a report from Forbes.com, Milwaukee, WI is the "drunkest" city in America. However, according to the study, Columbus, OH has the third highest number of heavy drinkers, giving it a rank of 3rd drunkest city in America, and Cleveland has the second highest number of alcoholics, giving it a rank of 7th. Cincinnati was all the way down at 16. Ohio was the only state to manage getting two cities into the top ten. I’m not sure if I should be proud of that or not. I bet the OU (top ten party school) students love it.
For those of you too lazy to try to find the actual rankings (they are hidden pretty well), here is a rundown: (Note: All rankings out of 35 except state laws, which is on a scale of 1 to 8.)
| Overall Ranking | City | State | State Laws | Drinkers | Heavy Drinkers | Binge Drinkers | Alchoholism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | WI | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Minneapolis – St. Paul | MN | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Columbus | OH | 7 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Boston | MA | 1 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Austin | TX | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Chicago | IL | 5 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Cleveland | OH | 7 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | PA | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Philadelphia | PA | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 30 |
| Providence | RI | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 29 | |
| 11 | St. Louis | MO | 4 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 12 | San Antonio | TX | 3 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| Seattle | WA | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | |
| 14 | Las Vegas | NV | 4 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| 15 | Denver/Boulder | CO | 3 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 13 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | OH | 7 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 22 |
| Kansas City | MO | 4 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 1 | |
| 18 | Houston | TX | 3 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 7 |
| 19 | Portland | OR | 8 | 15 | 21 | 28 | 9 |
| 20 | San Francisco/Oakland | CA | 9 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 28 |
| Washington D.C./Baltimore | MD | 4 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 16 | |
| 22 | Phoenix | AZ | 6 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 10 |
| 23 | Los Angeles | CA | 8 | 29 | 12 | 20 | 23 |
| 24 | New Orleans | LA | 4 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Tampa | FL | 6 | 15 | 12 | 31 | 33 | |
| 26 | Norfolk | VA | 5 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 35 |
| 27 | Dallas – Fort Worth | TX | 3 | 27 | 33 | 31 | 8 |
| 28 | Atlanta | GA | 8 | 30 | 16 | 26 | 25 |
| Detroit | MI | 6 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 15 | |
| 30 | Indianapolis | IN | 6 | 30 | 32 | 23 | 20 |
| 31 | Orlando | FL | 6 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 24 |
| 32 | New York | NY | 8 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 32 |
| 33 | Miami | FL | 6 | 25 | 21 | 34 | 31 |
| 34 | Charlotte | NC | 7 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 27 |
| 35 | Nashville | TN | 2 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 34 |
