Cheers, Green Bay! Home of the Packers is named the drunkest city in the country, while Wisconsin takes 10 of the 20 spots
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, was recorded as having the highest 'excessive drinking rate' of any metro area in the US
- 27 percent of adults in the city reported binge drinking in the past 30 days
- Of the study rating the top 20 drunkest cities, Wisconsin cities made up half
Though Packers fans may have suspected this simple fact for years, now it's officially in writing: Green Bay, Wisconsin is the drunkest city in America.
According to financial news and analysis website 24/7 Wall St., the 'excessive drinking rate' in the city is the highest of any metro area in the country.
Twenty-seven percent of adults in Green Bay reported binge drinking in the past 30 days; in comparison, the excessive drinking rate nationwide is 18 percent. There are also 138 bars in the area to choose from.
Self-reported data was collected from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute to come up with these findings, and almost 400 metro areas were sampled.
Green Bay, Wisconsin, was recorded as having the highest 'excessive drinking rate' of any metro area in the US
A new study shows that 27 percent of adults in the city reported binge drinking in the past 30 days
Of the study rating the top 20 drunkest cities, Wisconsin cities - including Appleton and Sheboygan - made up half
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Half of the 20 cities on the list are in Wisconsin, including Eau Claire at number two, Appleton at three (losing ground after winning last year's top spot), Madison at four and Sheboygan at 15.
Minnesota and Iowa also did their best to out-drink their neighbor to the East, each making the list with a handful of different cities.
But with drinking, often comes driving.
According to the study, more than half of all deadly car accidents in Green Bay involve alcohol - there are only four other metro areas in the country where the figure is that high.
On a national scale, roughly 30 percent of driving deaths involve alcohol.
The study made sure to elaborate on the dangers of excessive drinking - for one, the $249 billion cost to the economy in 2015 due to health care fees and loss of workplace productivity - but maintained that heavy drinking isn't always a social ill.
'Heavy drinking cities tend to have better educated, higher earning, and — counterintuitively — healthier populations than cities with the lowest excessive drinking rates,' the article stated.
'The subject of two constitutional amendments and the pillar of a major U.S. industry, alcohol is inextricably tied to America’s political and commercial history.'
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