Earth Day Network
 Urban Environment Report: How Does Your City Rank?
 
PARKS & RECREATION, Baseline Rank
 
Rank
(1 is best, 72 is worst)		 City, State Score
(1 is best, 5 is worst)
1 Columbia*, SC      1.0***
2 Birmingham*, AL      2.0***
2 Burlington*, VT      2.0***
2 Charleston*, WV      2.0***
5 San Diego, CA 2.3
6 Minneapolis, MN 2.4
6 Seattle, WA 2.4
8 Phoenix, AZ 2.6
9 Honolulu, HI      2.6***
10 Virginia Beach, VA 2.7
10 Milwaukee, WI 2.7
10 San Jose, CA 2.7
13 Denver, CO 2.8
13 Baltimore City, MD 2.8
13 Portland, OR 2.8
16 Sacramento, CA 2.9
17 Los Angeles, CA 3.0
17 Jacksonville, FL 3.0
17 Kansas City, MO 3.0
17 Charlotte, NC 3.0
17 Nashville-Davidson, TN 3.0
22 Wilmington*, DE      3.0***
22 Boise*, ID      3.0***
22 Lexington, KY      3.0***
22 Portland*, ME      3.0***
22 Fargo*, ND      3.0***
27 Indianapolis, IN 3.1
27 Mesa, AZ 3.1
27 Long Beach, CA 3.1
30 Washington, DC 3.2
30 Las Vegas, NV 3.2
30 New York City, NY 3.2
30 Philadelphia, PA 3.2
30 Tucson, AZ 3.2
30 Colorado Springs, CO 3.2
36 Chicago, IL 3.3
36 Columbus, OH 3.3
36 Oklahoma City, OK 3.3
36 Arlington, TX 3.3
36 Austin, TX 3.3
36 Fort Worth, TX 3.3
42 Boston, MA 3.4
42 Dallas, TX 3.4
44 Fresno, CA      3.4***
44 Oakland, CA      3.4***
44 San Antonio, TX      3.4***
47 El Paso, TX      3.4***
48 Albuquerque, NM      3.5***
49 Atlanta, GA 3.6
49 Louisville-Jefferson County*, KY 3.6
51 Omaha, NE      3.6***
52 San Francisco, CA      3.6***
53 Houston, TX 3.9
53 Miami, FL 3.9
55 Memphis, TN 4.0
56 Little Rock*, AR      4.0***
56 Des Moines*, IA      4.0***
56 Jackson*, MS      4.0***
56 Manchester*, NH      4.0***
56 Sioux Falls*, SD      4.0***
56 Salt Lake City*, UT      4.0***
56 Cheyenne*, WY      4.0***
63 New Orleans, LA 4.1
63 Tulsa, OK 4.1
65 Wichita, KS      4.1***
65 Detroit, MI      4.1***
67 Cleveland, OH 4.6
68 Bridgeport*, CT      5.0***
68 Billings*, MT      5.0***
68 Newark, NJ      5.0***
68 Providence*, RI      5.0***
72 Anchorage, AK Not Available

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'.

• Scores followed by ‘***’ indicate partial scores, e.g. at least one scored indicator was not available
   or reported for this city.

• 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.