"Among people aged 12 or older in 2023, 47.5 percent (or 134.7 million people) drank alcohol in the past month (Figures 7 and 8 and Table A.1B). The percentage was highest among adults aged 26 or older (51.9 percent or 116.1 million people), followed by young adults aged 18 to 25 (49.6 percent or 16.9 million people). The percentage was lowest among adolescents aged 12 to 17 (6.9 percent or 1.8 million people).
"By Race/Ethnicity
"Among people aged 12 or older in 2023, 52.3 percent of White people drank alcohol in the past month (Table B.4B). This percentage was higher than the percentages of people in other racial or ethnic groups. Multiracial (46.5 percent), Black (42.5 percent), or Hispanic people (41.2 percent) had a higher estimate of past month alcohol use compared with Asian (32.5 percent) or American Indian or Alaska Native people (30.0 percent). The estimate of current alcohol use could not be calculated with sufficient precision for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people.15"
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2024). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (HHS Publication No. PEP24-07-021, NSDUH Series H-59). Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
