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State

Total Employees (in 1000s)

Problem Drinkers

Problem Drinkers Among Family Members

Alcohol-Related Health Care Costs (in dollars)

Alabama

2,152.6

146,377

273,725

$          572,079,281

Alaska

344.9

23,453

43,857

91,661,314

Arizona

2,667.4

181,383

339,187

708,893,559

Arkansas

1,303.8

88,658

165,791

346,500,496

California

17,360.6

1,198,881

2,241,907

4,685,543,517

Colorado

2,471.0

168,028

314,212

656,697,902

Connecticut

1,781.0

121,108

226,472

473,322,122

Delaware

419.2

28,506

53,305

111,407,430

Dist. of Columbia

310.0

21,080

39,420

82,386,220

Florida

8,050.3

547,420

1,023,676

2,139,463,829

Georgia

4,385.8

298,234

557,698

1,165,578,980

Hawaii

605.3

41,160

76,970

160,865,739

Idaho

690.2

46,934

87,766

183,428,932

Illinois

6,403.9

435,465

814,320

1,701,913,272

Indiana

3,203.5

217,838

407,357

851,368,567

Iowa

1,642.2

111,670

208,822

436,434,356

Kansas

1,473.6

100,205

187,383

391,626,883

Kentucky

1,985.9

135,041

252,527

527,776,756

Louisiana

2,043.3

138,944

259,826

543,031,495

Maine

690.8

46,974

87,842

183,588,390

Maryland

2,924.8

198,886

371,918

777,300,698

Massachusetts

3,446.8

234,382

438,295

916,028,462

Michigan

5,125.5

348,534

651,759

1,362,163,131

Minnesota

2,927.1

199,043

372,210

777,911,950

Mississippi

1,330.3

90,460

169,161

353,543,189

Missouri

2,985.0

202,980

379,573

793,299,570

Montana

477.4

32,463

60,706

126,874,779

Nebraska

982.7

66,824

124,960

261,164,317

Nevada

1,115.4

75,847

141,834

296,430,935

New Hampshire

713.7

48,532

90,754

189,674,339

New Jersey

4,418.9

300,485

561,907

1,174,375,702

New Mexico

900.7

61,248

114,533

239,371,833

New York

9,378.4

637,731

1,192,557

2,492,422,341

North Carolina

4,157.4

282,703

528,655

1,104,878,939

North Dakota

348.3

23,684

44,290

92,564,905

Ohio

5,883.1

400,051

748,095

1,563,504,422

Oklahoma

1,725.5

117,354

219,453

458,652,060

Oregon

1,852.6

125,977

235,577

492,350,681

Pennsylvania

6,177.3

420,056

785,505

1,641,691,603

Rhode Island

574.3

39,052

73,028

152,627,117

South Carolina

2,030.5

138,074

258,198

539,629,741

South Dakota

421.6

28,669

53,611

112,045,259

Tennessee

2,912.2

198,030

370,315

773,952,096

Texas

10,991.5

747,422

1,397,679

2,921,123,023

Utah

1,206.9

82,069

153,469

320,748,158

Vermont

353.3

24,024

44,926

93,893,715

Virginia

3,789.5

257,686

481,873

1,007,105,099

Washington

3,100.2

210,814

394,221

823,915,352

West Virginia

802.9

54,597

102,097

213,380,310

Wisconsin

3,099.5

210,766

394,132

825,729,319

Wyoming

276.3

18,788

35,134

73,430,041

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