date:Oct 13, 2012
Per capita consumption: 42.2 gallons
Total consumption: 20,711,472 gallons (5th lowest)
Pct. change in consumption '03-'11: -4.5% (15th highest)
Pct. binge drinkers: 23.8% (2nd highest)
Population density: 9.9/sq. mile (4th lowest)
In 2003, North Dakota consumed more beer than any other state in the country, with the average resident guzzling more than 44 gallons per year. But beer-drinking declined 4.5% between 2003 and 2012, with the average North Dakotan now drinking just over 42 gallo