Earth Day Network
 Urban Environment Report: How Does Your City Rank?
 
TOXICS & WASTE, Baseline Rank
 
Rank
(1 is best, 72 is worst)		 City, State Score
(1 is best, 5 is worst)
1 Washington, DC      1.6***
2 Burlington*, VT 1.8
3 Bridgeport*, CT 1.9
4 Honolulu, HI 2.0
5 Boise*, ID 2.1
5 Sioux Falls*, SD 2.1
7 Fargo*, ND 2.1
7 Boston, MA 2.1
7 Tucson, AZ 2.1
10 Portland, OR 2.2
10 Portland*, ME 2.2
10 Mesa, AZ 2.2
10 Phoenix, AZ 2.2
14 Manchester*, NH 2.3
14 Billings*, MT 2.3
14 Las Vegas, NV 2.3
14 Baltimore City, MD 2.3
14 Newark, NJ 2.3
19 Colorado Springs, CO 2.3
19 Cheyenne*, WY 2.3
21 Albuquerque, NM 2.4
21 Minneapolis, MN 2.4
21 Wilmington*, DE 2.4
21 Providence*, RI 2.4
25 Denver, CO 2.5
26 New York City, NY 2.6
27 Seattle, WA 2.7
27 Des Moines*, IA 2.7
27 Jacksonville, FL 2.7
27 Miami, FL 2.7
31 Anchorage, AK 2.7
31 Omaha, NE 2.7
31 Milwaukee, WI 2.7
34 San Francisco, CA 2.8
34 San Diego, CA 2.8
36 Kansas City, MO 2.9
36 Little Rock*, AR 2.9
36 Sacramento, CA 2.9
36 Fresno, CA 2.9
36 Oakland, CA 2.9
41 Lexington, KY 2.9
42 Wichita, KS 3.0
42 San Jose, CA 3.0
42 Long Beach, CA 3.0
42 Los Angeles, CA 3.0
46 Charleston*, WV 3.1
46 Tulsa, OK 3.1
46 Louisville-Jefferson County*, KY 3.1
49 Salt Lake City*, UT 3.1
50 Oklahoma City, OK 3.2
51 Charlotte, NC 3.3
51 Columbia*, SC 3.3
53 Atlanta, GA 3.3
53 Jackson*, MS 3.3
55 Virginia Beach, VA 3.4
55 Detroit, MI 3.4
57 Nashville-Davidson, TN 3.5
58 Cleveland, OH 3.5
59 Philadelphia, PA 3.6
60 Columbus, OH 3.7
60 Chicago, IL 3.7
60 Memphis, TN 3.7
63 Indianapolis, IN 3.9
64 New Orleans, LA 3.9
65 Austin, TX      3.9***
65 El Paso, TX      3.9***
67 Birmingham*, AL 4.0
68 Arlington, TX      4.0***
68 San Antonio, TX      4.0***
68 Fort Worth, TX      4.0***
68 Dallas, TX      4.0***
72 Houston, TX      4.3***

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.