The following percentages, compiled by C+R Research, show which states have had the largest growth in the number of craft breweries during the past four years. The second number after each state’s percentage indicates the number of breweries per 100,000 residents at least 21 years old. Complete Forbes Article
- New Jersey 44%, 1.3
- Kentucky 43%, 1.6
- Oklahoma 39%, 1
- North Carolina 37%, 3.4
- Virginia 36%, 3
- New Hampshire 33%, 5.6
- Minnesota 31%, 3.9
- Connecticut 31%, 2.2
- Texas 31%, 1.3
- Florida 30%, 1.5
- Louisiana 30%, 1
- California 29%, 2.6
- Massachusetts 29%, 2.5
- West Virginia 29%, 1.7
- Pennsylvania 28%, 2.9
- Tennessee 28%, 1.7
- North Dakota 27%, 2.2
- Ohio 27%, 2.6
- Illinois 26%, 2.1
- South Carolina 26%, 1.6
- Delaware 25%, 2.9
- Maine 24%, 9.6
- Maryland 24%, 1.6
- New Mexico 23%, 4.4
- Arizona 23%, 1.9
- Arkansas 23%, 1.6
- New York 22%, 2.2
- Hawaii 22%, 1.7
- Michigan 21%, 4.5
- Alabama 21%, 0.9
- Indiana 21%, 2.8
- Montana 20%, 9.6
- Georgia 20%, 0.9
- Mississippi 20%, 0.6
- Missouri 19%, 2
- Alaska 18%, 6.8
- Kansas 18%, 1.7
- Nevada 18%, 1.8
- Iowa 18%, 3.3
- Wisconsin 18%, 3.7
- Nebraska 16%, 3.6
- Rhode Island 16%, 2.1
- Utah 15%, 1.5
- Colorado 14%, 8.4
- Washington 13%, 6.7
- Vermont 11%, 11.5
- South Dakota 10%, 2.6
- Idaho 8%, 4.5
- Oregon 7%, 8.5
- Wyoming 3%, 5.7