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DUI rates in the Midwest are high, but which state is the highest?

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM · 1 min read
DUI rates in the Midwest are high, but which state is the highest? — Wauwatosa Community news

A new study set out to find which states across the country had the highest DUI rates. What they found was that several Midwest states landed at the very top of the list.DUIs in the MidwestTo determine this, a study was done by LendingTree that looked at the number of DUIs per every 1,000 drivers in each state in the U.S.What they found in the Midwest was that four states landed in the top 10 for having the highest DUI rates in the country and seven in the top 20.Landing at the very top of the region was North Dakota, where there are 2 DUIs for every 1,000 drivers across the state, the third-highest in the country. Right behind them was Iowa, with the fourth-highest DUI rate in the country at 1.9.Wisconsin finished sixth in the country at 1.8, followed by Indiana which tied for seventh in the country at 1.7.On the other end, Illinois finished with the lowest DUI rate in the U.S. at 0.5 DUIs for every 1,000 drivers, the second-lowest in the entire country.Check out the full list of DUI

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