US Number of Total Arrests for Liquor laws Offenses By State in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 76,868 total arrests made in the US for liquor laws offenses. This value is the total for all US states and DC.
Among all US states, the following were among the top 5 that had high number of total arrests for liquor laws offenses: Florida (5,993), Wisconsin (5,863), Texas (4,647), Minnesota (4,106), and Arizona (3,567).
You can see similar information for adult and juvenile arrests made in the US for Liquor laws offenses. You can also see similar information for different types of offenses.
The interactive chart below shows the number of total arrests made in the US for liquor laws offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.
| State | Number of Arrests | Percent of US Total (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 5993 | 7.80 |
| Wisconsin | 5863 | 7.63 |
| Texas | 4647 | 6.05 |
| Minnesota | 4106 | 5.34 |
| Arizona | 3567 | 4.64 |
| Colorado | 3396 | 4.42 |
| South Carolina | 3077 | 4.00 |
| Michigan | 2890 | 3.76 |
| Ohio | 2826 | 3.68 |
| California | 2728 | 3.55 |
| North Dakota | 2655 | 3.45 |
| Utah | 2634 | 3.43 |
| South Dakota | 2210 | 2.88 |
| Iowa | 2071 | 2.69 |
| Nevada | 1906 | 2.48 |
| Missouri | 1811 | 2.36 |
| Tennessee | 1633 | 2.12 |
| Oregon | 1617 | 2.10 |
| Kansas | 1568 | 2.04 |
| Virginia | 1512 | 1.97 |
| Wyoming | 1493 | 1.94 |
| New Hampshire | 1406 | 1.83 |
| Montana | 1315 | 1.71 |
| Nebraska | 1130 | 1.47 |
| Louisiana | 1014 | 1.32 |
| Washington | 994 | 1.29 |
| Idaho | 984 | 1.28 |
| New Jersey | 927 | 1.21 |
| Maine | 910 | 1.18 |
| Indiana | 903 | 1.18 |
| Arkansas | 872 | 1.13 |
| North Carolina | 834 | 1.09 |
| New Mexico | 618 | 0.80 |
| District of Columbia | 608 | 0.79 |
| Massachusetts | 598 | 0.78 |
| Oklahoma | 579 | 0.75 |
| Georgia | 569 | 0.74 |
| Maryland | 508 | 0.66 |
| Rhode Island | 428 | 0.56 |
| Alaska | 275 | 0.36 |
| Mississippi | 248 | 0.32 |
| New York | 214 | 0.28 |
| West Virginia | 208 | 0.27 |
| Delaware | 198 | 0.26 |
| Hawaii | 76 | 0.10 |
| Pennsylvania | 63 | 0.08 |
| Connecticut | 59 | 0.08 |
| Vermont | 52 | 0.07 |
| Kentucky | 31 | 0.04 |
| Illinois | 28 | 0.04 |
| Alabama | 16 | 0.02 |
