This Indiana City Was Just Ranked the Drunkest in the State

Many folks here in Indiana like to enjoy adult beverages, but where in the Hoosier State are they drinking the most?

Indiana towns are really a hot topic lately. When it comes to Indiana, we have no shortage of small towns with a few big cities scattered in there too. Everyone has small-town pride nowadays. Recently we have covered many of these towns in articles such as the worst small towns in Indiana, an Indiana small town that makes you feel like you are in a Hallmark movie, the best must-visit small town in Indiana, the best small town in Indiana, HGTV naming this Indiana town as the most charming in the state, and the most expensive place to live in Indiana.

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Now, we're going to talk about something a little different. I recently saw a post from 247WallSt regarding the drunkest city in each state. The article says that one in six American adults indulges in excessive drinking on a single occasion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC defines binge drinking as "consuming five or more drinks on one occasion for men or four or more drinks for women. "

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A city can easily get a reputation for being a "party town" or a place where there's a lot of drinking because of several factors including an abundance of pubs/bars, college towns, or events and festivals centered around alcohol consumption. All of these factors could contribute to a city being known as a "drunk town". 247WallSt reviewed the percentage of men and women over 18 who reported heavy or binge drinking in each state’s metropolitan areas, then singled out the city or metropolitan area with the highest rate. So, which Indiana city is the drunkest? Let's find out!

This Indiana City Was Just Ranked the Drunkest in the Entire State

247WallSt analyzed all of the data and determined that the drunkest city in Indiana is a very busy college town, the home of the University of Indiana, Bloomington. The city of Bloomington with about 19.4 percent of adults who say they drink excessively and 12.3 percent of the automobile deaths countywide were alcohol-related.

Are you surprised by this at all? A booming college town named the drunkest in the state? The question here is do you contribute this to the college students or are the residents of Bloomington just as drunk? To see the drunkest city in every U.S. state, CLICK HERE.

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Outside the major cities, the Hoosier state is full of tiny little towns you've probably passed through on your way to one of those cities. Most of them are likely 100 to 150 years old, or older, and have been around far longer than the large metropolitan areas such as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Evansville. Typically, they were started by early settlers who found their way to the state and decided to make it home. Eventually, others would join them, and a community was formed. Over time, as the surrounding areas grew, most of them were folded into those areas and governed by the nearest city or county's governing body officially making them "unincorporated," meaning they did not have their own formally organized municipal government.

A scroll through Wikipedia's long list of unincorporated communities in Indiana shows several of them have names that by today's standards would be considered weird, quirky, or just downright right funny. These are my 40 favorities.

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According to High School.com, there are 682 high schools in Indiana. 555 of those are public schools, while the remaining 127 are private. A majority of those schools have chosen typical mascots to represent them, like eagles, tigers, lions, jets, patriots, and so on and so forth. But, these 30 schools decided to go, well, a different direction.

List Source: "List of High Schools in Indiana" Wikipedia

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