IPA section at grocery store

The Prairie State Is Home To The Cheapest Case Of Beer In America

NEWS

By JULIA MULLANEY
The Bean in Chicago, Illinois
If you want to buy a case of beer for cheap, go to the Prairie State, Illinois, where you can purchase an average case of beer (24 cans or bottles) for just $16.43.
Lines of bottled beer
This price averages out to right around 69 cents per beer. The state's inexpensive beer prices likely stem from two things: a large population and more competition among breweries.
Beer cases on store shelves
The average Illinois household spends $579.18 annually on alcohol, but despite having the lowest prices, it doesn’t have the lowest average — that's Oklahoma, at $477.66.