While we should all strive for healthier coping mechanisms, it seems like there’s plenty of reasons to drink these days — and according to a new study, some cities have more than others.

An analysis by 24/7 Wall St. determined the “drunkest city in every state,” using data from the 2023 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps . Researchers reviewed the percentage of adults who report “heavy or binge drinking” in each state’s metropolitan areas, then singled out regions with the highest rates.

The threshold for what is considered alcohol abuse might surprise you.

“Binge drinking” is classified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as four or more drinks in one occasion for women, and five or more drinks for men. “Heavy drinking” is considered eight or more drinks per week for women, and 15 or more drinks for men.

A drink is defined as one 12-ounce bottle of beer, a 5-ounce pour of wine, or a standard shot glass of hard liquor.

Which cities are the drunkest?

When compared to other regions, the Gulf Coast actually reports lower drinking rates than most — except for the state of Louisiana, that is.

In what may come as a surprise to hard-partying New Orleanians, the drunkest metropolitan area in Louisiana is Houma-Thibodaux.

22.7% of adults in the swampy city report drinking heavily, making it the 7th highest in the U.S.

“What else are you gonna do in Thibodaux?” wrote one ruthless Redditor.

Countrywide, the least-drunk “drunkest city” is Salt Lake City, Utah, with “only” 14% of adults reporting heavy drinking.

Meanwhile, the “drunkest city in all of America” is the Wausau-Weston area of Wisconsin, with 27.2% of adults drinking in excess. The MidWest region of the U.S., as a whole, reports the highest rates of alcohol abuse.

Alabama: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, 19.0%

Alaska: Anchorage, 21.6%

Arizona: Lake Havasu City-Kingman, 22.3%

Arkansas: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, 18.0%

California: Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 23.2%

Colorado: Fort Collins, 22.2%

Connecticut: Norwich-New London, 20.8%

Delaware: Dover, 16.1%

Florida: Homosassa Springs, 21.6%

Georgia: Gainesville, 17.5%

Hawaii: Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, 21.5%

Idaho: Lewiston, 20.3%

Illinois: Kankakee, 17.2%

Indiana: Bloomington, 19.4%

Iowa: Dubuque, 27.4%

Kansas: Lawrence, 20.6%

Kentucky: Louisville/Jefferson County 18.1%

Louisiana: Houma-Thibodaux, 22.7%

Maine: Portland-South Portland, 20.3%

Maryland: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, 17.1%

Massachusetts: Barnstable Town, 24.2%

Michigan: Bay City, 23.8%

Minnesota: Duluth, 24.2%

Mississippi: Gulfport-Biloxi, 18.3%

Missouri: Cape Girardeau, 20.8%

Montana: Missoula, 24.9%

Nebraska: Lincoln, 24.1%

Nevada: Reno, 22.6%

New Hampshire: Manchester-Nashua, 20.7%

New Jersey: Ocean City, 23.3%

New Mexico: Albuquerque, 17.0%

New York: Glens Falls, 22.3%

North Carolina: Wilmington, 20.3%

North Dakota: Bismarck, 23.1%

Ohio: Columbus, 20.5%

Oklahoma: Enid, 15.2%

Oregon: Bend, 22.6%

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, 23.0%

Rhode Island: Providence-Warwick, 20.0%

South Carolina: Charleston-North Charleston, 21.8%

South Dakota: Rapid City, 21.1%

Tennessee: Rashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, 17.3%

Texas: Sherman-Denison, 21.1%

Utah: Salt Lake City, 14.0%

Vermont: Burlington-South Burlington, 20.7%

Virginia: Staunton, 18.9%

Washington: Bellingham, 22.9%

West Virginia: Wheeling, 16.8%

Wisconsin: Wausau-Weston, 27.2%

Wyoming: Casper, 19.0%