Rank
(1 is best, 72 is worst) |
City, State |
Score
(1 is best, 5 is worst) |
| 1 |
Providence*, RI |
1.2*** |
| 2 |
Sioux Falls*, SD |
1.3*** |
| 3 |
Lexington, KY |
1.3*** |
| 4 |
Charleston*, WV |
1.4*** |
| 5 |
Kansas City, MO |
1.4*** |
| 6 |
Portland*, ME |
1.5*** |
| 7 |
Portland, OR |
1.5*** |
| 8 |
Tulsa, OK |
1.6*** |
| 9 |
Fargo*, ND |
1.7*** |
| 9 |
Columbia*, SC |
1.7*** |
| 9 |
Wilmington*, DE |
1.7*** |
| 12 |
Memphis, TN |
1.8*** |
| 13 |
Anchorage, AK |
1.8*** |
| 14 |
Louisville-Jefferson County*, KY |
1.8*** |
| 14 |
Birmingham*, AL |
1.8*** |
| 16 |
Boston, MA |
1.9 |
| 17 |
Manchester*, NH |
1.9 |
| 18 |
Charlotte, NC |
1.9*** |
| 19 |
Des Moines*, IA |
1.9*** |
| 20 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
1.9*** |
| 21 |
Indianapolis, IN |
2.0*** |
| 22 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
2.0*** |
| 23 |
Miami, FL |
2.1*** |
| 23 |
Philadelphia, PA |
2.1*** |
| 25 |
Jacksonville, FL |
2.1*** |
| 26 |
Cheyenne*, WY |
2.1*** |
| 27 |
Cleveland, OH |
2.1*** |
| 28 |
Denver, CO |
2.2 |
| 29 |
Little Rock*, AR |
2.2*** |
| 30 |
Billings*, MT |
2.2*** |
| 31 |
Tucson, AZ |
2.2*** |
| 31 |
Seattle, WA |
2.2*** |
| 33 |
Mesa, AZ |
2.2*** |
| 33 |
Fort Worth, TX |
2.2*** |
| 33 |
Arlington, TX |
2.2*** |
| 36 |
Austin, TX |
2.3*** |
| 37 |
Newark, NJ |
2.4 |
| 38 |
Minneapolis, MN |
2.4*** |
| 39 |
Nashville-Davidson, TN |
2.4*** |
| 39 |
Milwaukee, WI |
2.4*** |
| 41 |
Oakland, CA |
2.4*** |
| 41 |
San Antonio, TX |
2.4*** |
| 41 |
Columbus, OH |
2.4*** |
| 44 |
Albuquerque, NM |
2.5 |
| 45 |
San Francisco, CA |
2.5 |
| 46 |
Omaha, NE |
2.5*** |
| 47 |
Chicago, IL |
2.6 |
| 48 |
Detroit, MI |
2.6 |
| 49 |
Boise*, ID |
2.6*** |
| 49 |
Sacramento, CA |
2.6*** |
| 49 |
Long Beach, CA |
2.6*** |
| 52 |
Dallas, TX |
2.7*** |
| 53 |
Salt Lake City*, UT |
2.8*** |
| 54 |
San Jose, CA |
2.8*** |
| 55 |
El Paso, TX |
2.8*** |
| 56 |
Phoenix, AZ |
2.9 |
| 57 |
Las Vegas, NV |
2.9*** |
| 58 |
Burlington*, VT |
2.9*** |
| 59 |
Fresno, CA |
3.0*** |
| 60 |
Bridgeport*, CT |
3.1*** |
| 61 |
Honolulu, HI |
3.2*** |
| 61 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
3.2*** |
| 61 |
San Diego, CA |
3.2*** |
| 64 |
Houston, TX |
3.3 |
| 64 |
Washington, DC |
3.3 |
| 66 |
New York City, NY |
3.3*** |
| 67 |
Baltimore City, MD |
3.5 |
| 68 |
Wichita, KS |
3.5*** |
| 69 |
New Orleans, LA |
3.6 |
| 70 |
Atlanta, GA |
3.6 |
| 71 |
Jackson*, MS |
3.6*** |
| 72 |
Los Angeles, CA |
3.8 |
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.
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