New Hampshire and Delaware are bucking the national sobriety trend, recording the highest per capita alcohol consumption in the United States even as overall drinking rates hit a record low. Latest data from 2025 shows the Granite State at 4.67 gallons (17.67 litres) of ethanol per person and the First State at 3.52 gallons (13.32 litres), far above the national average of 2.48 gallons (9.38 litres) recorded in 2023.
This comes as only 54 per cent of American adults report consuming alcohol, the lowest figure since Gallup began tracking in 1939, down from 58 per cent the previous year.
