A History of U.S. Alcohol Consumption

	Alcohol
1934	0.97
1935	1.2
1936	1.5
1937	1.59
1938	1.47
1939	1.51
1940	1.56
1941	1.7
1942	1.97
1943	1.83
1944	2.07
1945	2.25
1946	2.3
1947	2.03
1948	1.97
1949	1.98
1950	2.04
1951	2.01
1952	1.98
1953	2.01
1954	1.96
1955	2
1956	2.03
1957	1.99
1958	1.98
1959	2.06
1960	2.07
1961	2.06
1962	2.11
1963	2.15
1964	2.23
1965	2.27
1966	2.32
1967	2.37
1968	2.45
1969	2.51
1970	2.52
1971	2.59
1972	2.56
1973	2.62
1974	2.67
1975	2.69
1976	2.69
1977	2.65
1978	2.71
1979	2.75
1980	2.76
1981	2.76
1982	2.72
1983	2.69
1984	2.65
1985	2.62
1986	2.58
1987	2.54
1988	2.48
1989	2.42
1990	2.45
1991	2.3
1992	2.3
1993	2.23
1994	2.18
1995	2.15
1996	2.16
1997	2.14
1998	2.14
1999	2.16
2000	2.18
2001	2.18
2002	2.2
2003	2.22
2004	2.23
2005	2.24
2006	2.28
2007	2.31
2008	2.32
2009	2.3

Apparent per capita ethanol consumption (gallons)

Sources: pubs.niaaa.nih.gov