The Most Popular Cocktail in Every State

We've all been taking part in Zoom happy hours with friends, family, and coworkers this past year, which has led to us honing in on our bartending skills to go along with all of the banana bread we've been making. Staying at home the past year has led to an increase in alcohol sales across the United States as people have become their own bartenders. Home bar carts are stocked with unique glasses, shakers, favorite brands of tequila and bourbon, and all the extras to make a perfect cocktail. While the perfect cocktail is usually any cocktail enjoyed with friends, we've found out every state's favorite umbrella-laden drink.

According to Google Trends data from March 2020 to March 2021, compiled by UpgradedPoints, Americans have indulged in quite a few mojitos, piña coladas, and mimosas over the past year. What was your home state's favorite cocktail during the pandemic? Keep reading to find out.

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Make it with Prosecco wine and peach purée.

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Make this drink with vodka, Kahlúa, and cream.

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Make it with Jack Daniels whiskey and Coca-Cola.

Make it with mint, ice, lime, sugar, white rum, and club soda.

Make it with salt, grapefruit, lime juice, sugar, tequila, and club soda.

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Make it with orange juice and champagne.

Make it with dark spiced rum, cinnamon, sweetened condensed milk, cream of coconut, coconut milk, nutmeg, and vanilla extract.

Make it with bourbon, sweet vermouth, and bitters.

Make it with ice, pineapple, pineapple juice, coconut cream, white rum, and dark rum.

This fruity drink is perfect to accompany a Southern brunch spread.

Make it with white rum, orange curaçao, lime juice, orgeat, and dark rum.

Make it with dark brown sugar, unsalted butter, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, spiced rum, and boiling water.

No brunch in Illinois is complete without a Champagne-orange juice blend.

Make it with tequila, orange juice, and grenadine.

Make it with peach schnapps and orange juice.

Make it with wine and ginger ale.

There's just something comforting about sitting on a Southern front porch, wine cooler in hand.

Make it with light rum, lime juice, and demerara sugar syrup.

Make it with scotch and Drambuie.

Maryland residents know a good mimosa is the key to Sunday Funday.

Make it with rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and cream of coconut.

Make it with Seagram's Seven Crown and 7-Up soda.

This vodka-coffee cocktail is an acquired taste, but Minnesotans can't get enough of it.

Make it with sugar, bitters, water, and bourbon.

Make it with blanco tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, and agave syrup.

Make it with rum, lime juice, and ginger beer.

Make it with vodka, lime juice, ice, and ginger beer.

Make it with lemon-lime soda, cherries, ice, and grenadine.

Whether the cocktail is frozen or traditional, New Hampshire residents know that you can't go wrong with a margarita.

New Jersey residents love this fun, fruity drink.

Pineapple juice and coconut transport New Mexico residents to the tropics with this classic cocktail.

Make it with club soda, vodka, simple syrup, and lime juice.

North Carolina's strict liquor laws won't stop residents from indulging in a nice mimosa from time to time.

Make it with vodka, peach schnapps, crème de cassis, orange juice, and cranberry juice.

Make it with beer and lemonade.

Like Alabama, Oklahoma knows the value of a good bellini.

Make it with vodka, triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup.

Pennsylvania residents like to relax with a wine cooler now and then.

This drink sounds ominous, but the ginger beer gives it a sweet, pleasant flavor.

Make it with gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, and club soda.

Make it with orange juice and vodka.

A mimosa is the perfect complement to a plate of Nashville hot chicken.

We like to think that the slogan "everything's bigger in Texas" applies to the margaritas, too.

Make it with gin, club soda, and lime juice.

Make it with citrus vodka, Cointreau, lime juice, and cranberry juice.

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Washington state residents love this minty drink.

West Virginians are fans of this cream-based cocktail.

Wisconsin residents keep things classic, with the old-fashioned being the cocktail of their choice.

Make it with vodka, white rum, silver tequila, gin, triple sec, simple syrup, lemon juice, and cola.