From the 2022 CDC Local PLACES for Better Health, an estimate of the adult population that binge drinks per county. Apparently, they like their alcohol in Rensselaer County.
| County | % Binge Drinkers |
|---|---|
| Rensselaer | 19.1% |
| Jefferson | 18.6% |
| New York | 18.5% |
| Cortland | 18.3% |
| Tompkins | 18.1% |
| Franklin | 17.9% |
| St. Lawrence | 17.8% |
| Wyoming | 17.7% |
| Saratoga | 17.7% |
| Albany | 17.6% |
| Genesee | 17.4% |
| Madison | 17.4% |
| Niagara | 17.4% |
| Livingston | 17.3% |
| Oneida | 17.2% |
| Cayuga | 17.1% |
| Clinton | 17.0% |
| Herkimer | 17.0% |
| Monroe | 16.9% |
| Suffolk | 16.9% |
| Putnam | 16.9% |
| Cattaraugus | 16.8% |
| Steuben | 16.8% |
| Chemung | 16.7% |
| Erie | 16.7% |
| Wayne | 16.6% |
| Allegany | 16.6% |
| Oswego | 16.6% |
| Washington | 16.6% |
| Orange | 16.6% |
| Lewis | 16.6% |
| Orleans | 16.5% |
| Essex | 16.4% |
| Ontario | 16.4% |
| Seneca | 16.3% |
| Chautauqua | 16.3% |
| Schenectady | 16.2% |
| Broome | 16.2% |
| Dutchess | 16.2% |
| Ulster | 16.2% |
| Schoharie | 16.1% |
| Tioga | 16.1% |
| Warren | 16.1% |
| Greene | 16.0% |
| Sullivan | 16.0% |
| Yates | 15.9% |
| Fulton | 15.7% |
| Onondaga | 15.6% |
| Schuyler | 15.5% |
| Montgomery | 15.5% |
| Chenango | 15.3% |
| Otsego | 15.2% |
| Richmond | 15.1% |
| Kings | 15.0% |
| Delaware | 15.0% |
| Rockland | 14.8% |
| Columbia | 14.7% |
| Westchester | 14.2% |
| Nassau | 13.8% |
| Hamilton | 13.5% |
| Bronx | 13.1% |
| Queens | 13.1% |
