The Most Polluted Major Cities in America

THE MOST POLLUTED MAJOR CITIES IN AMERICA INDEX TOP 100 MOST POPULATED CITIES BY THEIR POLLUTION INDEX >200 175 - 200 150 - 175 125 - 150 100 - 125 <100 14 148.85 148.42 15 Spokane- Spokane Valley, WA Dallas- Fort Worth- Arlington, TX 144.41 17 Chicago- Naperville- Elgin, IL 140.87 Philadelphia- Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE 19 22 139.34 Salt Lake City, UT 206.70 Riverside-San Bernardino- Ontario, CA 142.07 Provo- Orem, UT 13 Wichita, KS 146.12 St. Louis, MO 149.47 195.60 Bakersfield, CA 21 139.82 Ogden- Clearfield, UT 48 70 201.76 (3 62 156.96 39 Fresno, CA 65 Albuquerque, 30 35 161.69 Stockton- Lodi, CA 53 32 86 136.31 San Jose- Sunnyvale- Santa Clara, СА 25 89 202.08 Modesto, CA 83 44 149.96 Oxnard- Thousand Oaks- Ventura, CA 45 34 23 Los Angeles- Long Beach- Anaheim, CA 138.73 195.17 Phoenix-Mesa- Scottsdale, AZ 157.00 El Paso, TX 140.78 79 151.30 Houston-The Woodlands- Sugar Land, TX 11 156.71 155.11 San Diego- Carlsbad, CA Las Vegas- Henderson- Paradise, NV San Antonio- New Braunfels, TX 136.72 24 McAllen- Edinburg- Mission, TX INDEX ) 2010 Population PM25 Tap Water Contaminants Ozone Design Values 1 11 16 21 O4,224,851 O 299 07 O 5,920,416 O 80 O10 O0.077 O 151.3 O 2,787,701 e 125 09 O0.068 O 146.12 O 685,306 Riverside-San Bernardino- O0.107 Ontario, CA Houston-The Woodlands- Sugar Land, TX O 597,159 Ogden- e 107 08 O0.072 0 139.82 Stockton-Lodi, 159 09 St. Louis, MO O 0.077 0 161.69 Clearfield, UT CA 0 206.70 12 17 22 O9,461,105 514,453 112 O16 O0.084 0 202.08 O 804,123 O 104 O11 O 0.071 0157 O 1,087,873 Salt Lake City, e 87 08 Uf 00.076 O 139.34 O 823,318 Modesto, СА Oxnard- Thousand Oaks 9 133 08 Ventura, CA C0.077 Chicago- e 108 09 Naperville- Elgin, IL El Paso, TX O0.07 O 144.41 0149.96 13 18 23 O 12,828,837 Los Angeles e11 05 O 887,077 O930,450 164 O13 O0.092 0 201.76 O 630,919 e 129 O10 O 0.064 O 149.47 O 526,810 Albuquerque, 126 O11 Provo-Orem, e 88 09 Long Beach- Fresno, CA Wichita, KS NM O 0.066 O 156.96 Anaheim, CA O0.09 O 138.73 UT O.0.072 0142.07 24 O 5,965,343 O 839,631 O 203 O11 00.09 O 195.6 O 527,753 O 224 07 O 0.062 0 148.85 O 1,951,269 Philadelphia e 69 O9 Camden- Las Vegas- Henderson- 9 119 O10 Paradise, NV 0.074 0 156.71 Spokane- Spokane Valley, WA McAllen- Edinburg- Mission, TX O 774,769 e 49 O12 O 0.055 0 136.72 Bakersfield, СА O0.075 Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE O 140.87 15 20 25 O4,192,887 e 416 06 O0.075 O 3,095,313 San Diego- O 67 O10 Carlsbad, ČA 00.084 O 155.11 Dallas- Fort Worth- Arlington, O 6,426,214 e 38 O12 O0.07 TX O 2,142,508 e 73 09 O0.074 O 140.78 San Jose- Sunnyvale- Santa Clara, O 1,836,911 e 74 09 O 0.069 O 136.31 Phoenix- Mesa- San Antonio- New Braunfels, TX Scottsdale, AZ CA O 195.17 O 148.42 71 110.39 Madison, WI 72 110.30 Tulsa, OK 26 136.21 Santa Rosa, CA 123.56 Oklahoma City, OK 56 116.55 Columbia, SC 86 96.30 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 27 135.46 Denver-Aurora- Lakewood, CO 42 123.52 Raleigh, NC 43 123.31 Greensboro-High Point, NC 57 115.39 Dayton, OH 87 95.17 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 58 115.14 Bridgeport-Stamford- Norwalk, CT 59 115.09 Worcester, MA 60 114.74 Springfield, MA 73 109.75 Baton Rouge, LA 28 135.26 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 29 134.05 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 88 92.36 Providence-Warwick, RI 44 122.71 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 45 122.33 Tucson, AZ 74 108.82 Lancaster, PA 30 133.78 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 3) 131.97 Воise City, ID 75 107.38 Greenville-Anderson- Mauldin, SC 89 91.97 Nashville-Davidson- Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN 90 91.93 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 46 121.72 Augusta-Richmond County, GA 61 113.85 Knoxville, TN 62 113.11 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 76 106.67 Lexington-Fayette, KY 77 106.48 North Port-Sarasota- Bradenton, FL 91 91.38 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 47 121.56 Pittsburgh, PA 48 120.50 Buffalo-Cheektowaga- Niagara Falls, NY 49 120.45 New Haven-Milford, CT 32 130.58 Sacramento-Roseville-Arden- Arcade, CA 22 90.98 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 63 111.96 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA 78 104.06 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 33 129.06 Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, DC-VA 34 128.95 Austin-Round Rock, TX 93 88.18 San Francisco-Oakland- Hayward, CA 94 87.50 Memphis, TN 64 111.54 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 79 102.73 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 50 120.10 Charlotte-Concord- Gastonia, NC 51 119.66 Allentown-Bethlehem- Easton, PA 52 119.34 Virginia Beach-Norfolk- Newport News, VA 53 117.37 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre- Hazleton, PA 54 117.19 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 55 116.87 Atlanta-Sandy Springated by: Roswell, GA 35 128.37 Indianapolis-Carmel- Anderson, IN 36 127.42 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 37 127.26 Каnsas City, MO-KS 65 111.23 Youngstown-Warren- Boardman, OH 66 111.21 Winston-Salem, NC 67 111.13 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY 80 100.71 Richmond, VA 95 86.37 | Colorado Springs, CO 81 100.61 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 96 85.47 Deltona-Daytona Beach- Ormond Beach, FL 97 85.14 Palm Bay-Melbourne- Titusville, FL 98 83.18 Honolulu, HI 82 100.40 Jackson, MS 68 111.06 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 83 98.06 Jacksonville, FL 38 126.91 Cincinnati, OH 84 98.06 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 69 110.59 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 70 110.39 Rochester, NY 39 125.15 Minneapolis- St.Paul-Bloomington, MN 99 82.54 Portland-South Portland, ME 85 97.14 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL 40 123.56 Columbus, OH 100 82.16 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-most-polluted-major-cities-in-america/ 5 CITIES WITH THE WORST AIR QUALITY 5 CITIES WITH THE 5 CITIES WITH THE *PM2.5 Weighted Annual Mean Concentration MOST CONTAMINATED TAP WATER HIGHEST EPA OZONE DESIGN VALUES *Contaminants Detected Above Health Guidelines (Largest Provider) *EPA Ozone Design Values (8-Hour) Las Cruces, NM.. .475 Riverside-San Bernardino- Modesto, CA .16 El Centro, CA .425 Ontario, CA ..0.107 2 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH .14 Fresno, CA .0.092 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ...416 3 Fresno, CA .13 Bakersfield, CA. .0.09 4 Yuma, AZ .302 4 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX .12 4 Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim, CA 5 Visalia-Porterville, CA Riverside-San Bernardino- Ontario, CA. .299 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX..12 .0.089 .0.084 Source: https://www.epa.gov/airtrends/air-quality-cities-and-counties https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/ https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/air-quality-design-values#report Created by: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-most-polluted-major-cities-in-america/