Parental substance use by county
Adults reporting excessive drinking (stand-in). 2025 compared with 2024. Weak ●○○
Select a column heading to sort. Blank means the publisher did not report that area; "suppressed" means the publisher withheld a small number; "not shown" means this site withheld it (fewer than 30 survey respondents).
County figures describe where students live. To find a school district's county, use the district-to-county table; a city district is matched to the county where its office is.
| County | 2025 | 2024 | Change | Years with data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 15.9% | 14.6% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Atkinson County | 14.9% | 14.2% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Bacon County | 16.5% | 15.0% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Baker County | 14.7% | 11.9% | +2.8% | 8 |
| Baldwin County | 15.7% | 15.4% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Banks County | 18.8% | 16.4% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Barrow County | 17.1% | 17.3% | -0.3% | 8 |
| Bartow County | 18.5% | 16.7% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Ben Hill County | 15.3% | 13.2% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Berrien County | 16.4% | 15.2% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Bibb County | 14.1% | 13.8% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Bleckley County | 17.0% | 14.6% | +2.4% | 8 |
| Brantley County | 17.6% | 15.0% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Brooks County | 14.2% | 13.1% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Bryan County | 19.2% | 18.8% | +0.4% | 8 |
| Bulloch County | 16.5% | 16.9% | -0.4% | 8 |
| Burke County | 15.1% | 14.3% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Butts County | 17.9% | 16.3% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Calhoun County | 14.8% | 14.1% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Camden County | 18.6% | 17.4% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Candler County | 16.0% | 13.6% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Carroll County | 17.9% | 16.7% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Catoosa County | 20.4% | 17.2% | +3.2% | 8 |
| Charlton County | 16.6% | 15.7% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Chatham County | 17.6% | 16.7% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Chattahoochee County | 16.3% | 21.2% | -4.8% | 8 |
| Chattooga County | 16.8% | 15.2% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Cherokee County | 18.4% | 17.2% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Clarke County | 16.0% | 18.6% | -2.6% | 8 |
| Clay County | 13.5% | 11.0% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Clayton County | 12.8% | 14.3% | -1.5% | 8 |
| Clinch County | 14.7% | 13.3% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Cobb County | 19.6% | 16.1% | +3.5% | 8 |
| Coffee County | 16.2% | 15.3% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Colquitt County | 16.0% | 13.4% | +2.6% | 8 |
| Columbia County | 17.3% | 16.5% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Cook County | 15.9% | 14.5% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Coweta County | 18.4% | 17.8% | +0.6% | 8 |
| Crawford County | 18.3% | 15.0% | +3.2% | 8 |
| Crisp County | 15.2% | 12.7% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Dade County | 19.8% | 17.0% | +2.8% | 8 |
| Dawson County | 20.6% | 17.9% | +2.8% | 8 |
| DeKalb County | 16.9% | 14.9% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Decatur County | 15.4% | 14.4% | +1.0% | 8 |
| Dodge County | 15.5% | 14.6% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Dooly County | 15.6% | 13.5% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Dougherty County | 12.7% | 13.5% | -0.8% | 8 |
| Douglas County | 14.9% | 14.9% | +0.0% | 8 |
| Early County | 14.6% | 12.6% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Echols County | 17.9% | 15.7% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Effingham County | 17.6% | 17.6% | -0.0% | 8 |
| Elbert County | 16.2% | 14.1% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Emanuel County | 16.7% | 14.7% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Evans County | 15.9% | 13.7% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Fannin County | 18.6% | 14.1% | +4.5% | 8 |
| Fayette County | 17.2% | 15.7% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Floyd County | 16.5% | 14.8% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Forsyth County | 19.1% | 17.0% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Franklin County | 17.7% | 16.3% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Fulton County | 18.9% | 17.7% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Gilmer County | 18.2% | 15.3% | +2.9% | 8 |
| Glascock County | 18.2% | 15.9% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Glynn County | 17.5% | 16.8% | +0.7% | 8 |
| Gordon County | 18.1% | 15.8% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Grady County | 15.9% | 14.5% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Greene County | 17.0% | 13.6% | +3.4% | 8 |
| Gwinnett County | 16.2% | 14.4% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Habersham County | 17.2% | 15.7% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Hall County | 18.5% | 16.8% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Hancock County | 14.3% | 12.0% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Haralson County | 18.4% | 17.2% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Harris County | 19.6% | 18.6% | +1.0% | 8 |
| Hart County | 18.2% | 14.5% | +3.7% | 8 |
| Heard County | 18.5% | 15.8% | +2.7% | 8 |
| Henry County | 15.3% | 17.3% | -2.0% | 8 |
| Houston County | 16.7% | 18.1% | -1.4% | 8 |
| Irwin County | 16.2% | 15.3% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Jackson County | 17.9% | 17.6% | +0.3% | 8 |
| Jasper County | 18.2% | 15.4% | +2.8% | 8 |
| Jeff Davis County | 16.2% | 14.6% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Jefferson County | 14.9% | 13.4% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Jenkins County | 14.2% | 13.5% | +0.6% | 8 |
| Johnson County | 16.8% | 14.4% | +2.4% | 8 |
| Jones County | 17.1% | 15.6% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Lamar County | 17.3% | 16.0% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Lanier County | 15.3% | 14.4% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Laurens County | 14.1% | 12.9% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Lee County | 19.1% | 17.5% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Liberty County | 16.2% | 16.9% | -0.8% | 8 |
| Lincoln County | 17.0% | 13.7% | +3.3% | 8 |
| Long County | 17.6% | 16.6% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Lowndes County | 16.0% | 16.2% | -0.2% | 8 |
| Lumpkin County | 19.0% | 17.7% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Macon County | 13.8% | 12.9% | +1.0% | 8 |
| Madison County | 16.8% | 15.6% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Marion County | 16.2% | 13.5% | +2.7% | 8 |
| McDuffie County | 15.9% | 13.9% | +2.0% | 8 |
| McIntosh County | 16.1% | 13.4% | +2.6% | 8 |
| Meriwether County | 16.0% | 14.0% | +1.9% | 8 |
| Miller County | 16.1% | 14.0% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Mitchell County | 15.0% | 13.3% | +1.7% | 8 |
| Monroe County | 17.9% | 15.8% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Montgomery County | 16.3% | 15.1% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Morgan County | 19.0% | 16.7% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Murray County | 18.4% | 16.4% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Muscogee County | 16.1% | 15.2% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Newton County | 16.1% | 16.3% | -0.2% | 8 |
| Oconee County | 21.0% | 18.7% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Oglethorpe County | 18.2% | 16.6% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Paulding County | 18.9% | 17.4% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Peach County | 15.7% | 14.5% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Pickens County | 18.7% | 15.6% | +3.0% | 8 |
| Pierce County | 17.7% | 15.7% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Pike County | 19.1% | 17.7% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Polk County | 16.9% | 16.0% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Pulaski County | 15.4% | 13.4% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Putnam County | 17.2% | 13.9% | +3.3% | 8 |
| Quitman County | 15.2% | 11.4% | +3.8% | 8 |
| Rabun County | 18.4% | 14.6% | +3.8% | 8 |
| Randolph County | 12.2% | 10.3% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Richmond County | 15.3% | 15.6% | -0.3% | 8 |
| Rockdale County | 14.7% | 13.7% | +0.9% | 8 |
| Schley County | 17.3% | 15.1% | +2.2% | 8 |
| Screven County | 15.9% | 14.5% | +1.3% | 8 |
| Seminole County | 15.8% | 13.2% | +2.6% | 8 |
| Spalding County | 15.9% | 14.5% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Stephens County | 17.6% | 15.8% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Stewart County | 16.0% | 16.3% | -0.3% | 8 |
| Sumter County | 15.3% | 13.4% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Talbot County | 14.8% | 12.1% | +2.7% | 8 |
| Taliaferro County | 14.9% | 11.7% | +3.3% | 8 |
| Tattnall County | 15.8% | 15.7% | +0.2% | 8 |
| Taylor County | 14.8% | 12.7% | +2.1% | 8 |
| Telfair County | 14.6% | 13.8% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Terrell County | 13.9% | 12.1% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Thomas County | 16.0% | 14.2% | +1.8% | 8 |
| Tift County | 15.3% | 13.8% | +1.5% | 8 |
| Toombs County | 16.0% | 14.5% | +1.4% | 8 |
| Towns County | 19.0% | 14.3% | +4.7% | 8 |
| Treutlen County | 15.0% | 13.3% | +1.7% | 8 |
| Troup County | 15.4% | 15.4% | +0.0% | 8 |
| Turner County | 15.0% | 13.0% | +2.0% | 8 |
| Twiggs County | 16.3% | 13.9% | +2.4% | 8 |
| Union County | 19.1% | 13.4% | +5.7% | 8 |
| Upson County | 17.2% | 14.7% | +2.5% | 8 |
| Walker County | 17.9% | 15.2% | +2.7% | 8 |
| Walton County | 17.7% | 16.5% | +1.2% | 8 |
| Ware County | 15.1% | 14.0% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Warren County | 14.5% | 12.2% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Washington County | 14.9% | 13.8% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Wayne County | 16.1% | 15.3% | +0.8% | 8 |
| Webster County | 15.0% | 12.3% | +2.8% | 8 |
| Wheeler County | 15.6% | 15.4% | +0.1% | 8 |
| White County | 19.3% | 16.2% | +3.1% | 8 |
| Whitfield County | 16.3% | 15.2% | +1.1% | 8 |
| Wilcox County | 16.1% | 14.6% | +1.6% | 8 |
| Wilkes County | 15.7% | 13.0% | +2.7% | 8 |
| Wilkinson County | 15.7% | 13.4% | +2.3% | 8 |
| Worth County | 16.6% | 14.7% | +2.0% | 8 |
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps analytic data (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), by county and state. A weak stand-in, as the scoping report says: it describes all adults in a county, not parents, and drinking, not substance use broadly. Release year shown; survey data from about two years earlier.