Earth Day Network
 Urban Environment Report: How Does Your City Rank?
 
OVERALL by Size Classification
 
Rank in Size Class
(1 is best)		 Overall Rank
(1 is best, 72 is worst)		 City, State Overall Score
(1 is best, 10 is worst)
Very Large (> 1,000,000)
1 30 Phoenix, AZ 3.56
2 31 San Diego, CA 3.57
3 52 Philadelphia, PA 4.21
4 54 New York City, NY 4.23
5 59 Chicago, IL 4.31
6 60 San Antonio, TX 4.33
7 62 Los Angeles, CA 4.58
8 63 Dallas, TX 4.62
9 68 Houston, TX 5.06
Large (500,000 to 1,000,000)
1 3 Portland, OR 2.81
2 7 Seattle, WA 2.86
3 13 Denver, CO 3.19
4 21 Tucson, AZ 3.35
5 23 Boston, MA 3.42
6 25 Charlotte, NC 3.46
7 26 Las Vegas, NV 3.49
8 28 Jacksonville, FL 3.54
9 28 San Francisco, CA 3.54
10 32 Milwaukee, WI 3.65
11 34 San Jose, CA 3.67
12 35 Oklahoma City, OK 3.74
13 39 Austin, TX 3.80
14 43 Nashville-Davidson, TN 3.85
15 45 Washington, DC 3.98
16 48 Columbus, OH 4.04
17 50 Memphis, TN 4.16
18 51 Fort Worth, TX 4.20
19 53 Indianapolis, IN 4.22
20 57 Baltimore City, MD 4.29
21 69 El Paso, TX 5.13
22 72 Detroit, MI 5.49
Mid-Size (250,000 to 500,000)
1 3 Colorado Springs, CO 2.81
2 9 Minneapolis, MN 2.98
3 10 Anchorage, AK 3.03
4 11 Honolulu, HI 3.09
5 16Mesa, AZ 3.24
6 18Lexington, KY 3.29
7 18Albuquerque, NM 3.29
8 20Virginia Beach, VA 3.31
9 22Omaha, NE 3.37
10 27Kansas City, MO 3.51
11 36Sacramento, CA 3.76
12 40Arlington, TX 3.81
13 41Tulsa, OK 3.83
14 42Wichita, KS 3.84
15 45Oakland, CA 3.98
16 47Long Beach, CA 4.03
17 54Fresno, CA 4.23
18 58Louisville-Jefferson County*, KY 4.30
19 64Atlanta, GA 4.67
20 66Newark, NJ 4.76
21 67New Orleans, LA 4.95
22 70Cleveland, OH 5.20
23 71Miami, FL 5.29
Small (100,000 to 250,000)
15Sioux Falls*, SD 2.83
2 6Boise*, ID 2.85
3 15Des Moines*, IA 3.22
4 17Manchester*, NH 3.28
5 33Salt Lake City*, UT 3.66
6 37Little Rock*, AR 3.77
7 49Providence*, RI 4.11
8 54Bridgeport*, CT 4.23
9 61Birmington*, AL 4.47
10 65Jackson*, MS 4.73
Very Small (< 100,000)
11Fargo*, ND 2.73
2 2Burlington*, VT 2.79
3 8Portland*, ME 2.87
4 12Cheyenne*, WY 3.17
5 14Billings*, MT 3.21
6 23Columbia*, SC 3.42
7 37Wilmington*, DE 3.77
8 43Charleston*, WV 3.85

Note:

• All rank information is out of 72 cities, though not all cities may have scores/data in every category.
   1 is the 'best' (least polluting, most educated, etc) and 72 is the 'worst'.

• Use of the asterisk (*) after the city name indicates year 2000 data was used in instances where
   2005 or 2004 Census data was not available.