US Number of Adult Arrests for Liquor laws Offenses By State in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 57,705 adult 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 adult arrests for liquor laws offenses: Texas (4,449), Wisconsin (4,175), Minnesota (4,132), South Carolina (2,952), and Ohio (2,919).
You can see similar information for juvenile and total 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 adult 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4449 | 7.71 |
| Wisconsin | 4175 | 7.24 |
| Minnesota | 4132 | 7.16 |
| South Carolina | 2952 | 5.12 |
| Ohio | 2919 | 5.06 |
| Michigan | 2701 | 4.68 |
| Alabama | 2524 | 4.37 |
| Colorado | 2436 | 4.22 |
| Utah | 2023 | 3.51 |
| Missouri | 1929 | 3.34 |
| North Dakota | 1734 | 3.01 |
| Tennessee | 1707 | 2.96 |
| Nebraska | 1575 | 2.73 |
| Arizona | 1503 | 2.61 |
| Georgia | 1444 | 2.50 |
| North Carolina | 1357 | 2.35 |
| Hawaii | 1341 | 2.32 |
| New Hampshire | 1293 | 2.24 |
| Iowa | 1152 | 2.00 |
| South Dakota | 1099 | 1.91 |
| Nevada | 1034 | 1.79 |
| Virginia | 1013 | 1.76 |
| Kansas | 961 | 1.67 |
| Arkansas | 937 | 1.62 |
| Indiana | 897 | 1.55 |
| Idaho | 830 | 1.44 |
| New Mexico | 667 | 1.16 |
| Oregon | 651 | 1.13 |
| Wyoming | 642 | 1.11 |
| Montana | 611 | 1.06 |
| Massachusetts | 604 | 1.05 |
| Louisiana | 600 | 1.04 |
| Oklahoma | 596 | 1.03 |
| Maine | 457 | 0.79 |
| Illinois | 386 | 0.67 |
| Rhode Island | 341 | 0.59 |
| Washington | 339 | 0.59 |
| Delaware | 333 | 0.58 |
| Mississippi | 266 | 0.46 |
| Maryland | 262 | 0.45 |
| District of Columbia | 233 | 0.40 |
| West Virginia | 179 | 0.31 |
| Alaska | 112 | 0.19 |
| California | 97 | 0.17 |
| Connecticut | 58 | 0.10 |
| New York | 55 | 0.10 |
| New Jersey | 34 | 0.06 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 0.06 |
| Kentucky | 20 | 0.04 |
| Vermont | 12 | 0.02 |
| Florida | 1 | 0.00 |
