US Number of Adult Arrests for Liquor laws Offenses By State in 2022
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2022, there were 69,544 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: Alabama (5,993), Florida (4,907), Wisconsin (4,644), Texas (3,879), and South Carolina (3,178).
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5993 | 8.62 |
| Florida | 4907 | 7.06 |
| Wisconsin | 4644 | 6.68 |
| Texas | 3879 | 5.58 |
| South Carolina | 3178 | 4.57 |
| Ohio | 3037 | 4.37 |
| Michigan | 2541 | 3.65 |
| Utah | 2528 | 3.64 |
| Minnesota | 2383 | 3.43 |
| Arizona | 2271 | 3.27 |
| North Dakota | 1894 | 2.72 |
| California | 1839 | 2.64 |
| Tennessee | 1722 | 2.48 |
| Missouri | 1677 | 2.41 |
| Indiana | 1631 | 2.35 |
| Nebraska | 1563 | 2.25 |
| Colorado | 1559 | 2.24 |
| Georgia | 1518 | 2.18 |
| Virginia | 1463 | 2.10 |
| Illinois | 1294 | 1.86 |
| Kansas | 1281 | 1.84 |
| North Carolina | 1278 | 1.84 |
| Iowa | 1122 | 1.61 |
| South Dakota | 1047 | 1.51 |
| Nevada | 944 | 1.36 |
| Oregon | 872 | 1.25 |
| New Hampshire | 871 | 1.25 |
| Arkansas | 857 | 1.23 |
| Idaho | 852 | 1.23 |
| Louisiana | 852 | 1.23 |
| Hawaii | 828 | 1.19 |
| New Mexico | 733 | 1.05 |
| Oklahoma | 706 | 1.01 |
| Wyoming | 697 | 1.00 |
| Pennsylvania | 649 | 0.93 |
| Massachusetts | 599 | 0.86 |
| Maryland | 538 | 0.77 |
| Montana | 462 | 0.66 |
| Maine | 435 | 0.63 |
| Delaware | 396 | 0.57 |
| Washington | 395 | 0.57 |
| New York | 338 | 0.49 |
| Mississippi | 308 | 0.44 |
| Rhode Island | 278 | 0.40 |
| New Jersey | 233 | 0.34 |
| West Virginia | 162 | 0.23 |
| District of Columbia | 128 | 0.18 |
| Alaska | 106 | 0.15 |
| Connecticut | 25 | 0.04 |
| Kentucky | 19 | 0.03 |
| Vermont | 12 | 0.02 |
