Rank
(1 is best, 72 is worst) |
City, State |
Score
(1 is best, 5 is worst) |
| 1 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
2.5 |
| 2 |
Anchorage, AK |
2.5*** |
| 3 |
Fargo*, ND |
2.5*** |
| 4 |
Boise*, ID |
2.5*** |
| 5 |
Seattle, WA |
2.5*** |
| 5 |
Portland, OR |
2.5*** |
| 7 |
Honolulu, HI |
2.6 |
| 8 |
Portland*, ME |
2.6*** |
| 9 |
Burlington*, VT |
2.6*** |
| 10 |
Sioux Falls*, SD |
2.6*** |
| 11 |
Salt Lake City*, UT |
2.6*** |
| 12 |
Austin, TX |
2.7 |
| 13 |
Denver, CO |
2.7 |
| 13 |
Albuquerque, NM |
2.7 |
| 15 |
Charlotte, NC |
2.7 |
| 16 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
2.7 |
| 16 |
Arlington, TX |
2.7 |
| 18 |
Cheyenne*, WY |
2.7*** |
| 19 |
Charleston*, WV |
2.7*** |
| 20 |
Lexington, KY |
2.7*** |
| 21 |
Manchester*, NH |
2.7*** |
| 21 |
Billings*, MT |
2.7*** |
| 23 |
Kansas City, MO |
2.7*** |
| 24 |
Tulsa, OK |
2.8 |
| 25 |
San Francisco, CA |
2.8 |
| 26 |
Minneapolis, MN |
2.8 |
| 26 |
Las Vegas, NV |
2.8 |
| 26 |
San Antonio, TX |
2.8 |
| 26 |
Omaha, NE |
2.8 |
| 30 |
San Diego, CA |
2.8 |
| 31 |
Des Moines*, IA |
2.8*** |
| 32 |
Little Rock*, AR |
2.8*** |
| 33 |
Nashville-Davidson, TN |
2.8*** |
| 34 |
Jacksonville, FL |
2.9 |
| 35 |
Washington, DC |
2.9 |
| 35 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
2.9 |
| 35 |
El Paso, TX |
2.9 |
| 38 |
Milwaukee, WI |
2.9 |
| 39 |
Columbus, OH |
2.9 |
| 40 |
Indianapolis, IN |
2.9 |
| 41 |
Wichita, KS |
2.9*** |
| 42 |
Mesa, AZ |
2.9*** |
| 43 |
Columbia*, SC |
2.9*** |
| 44 |
Fort Worth, TX |
2.9*** |
| 45 |
San Jose, CA |
2.9*** |
| 46 |
New York City, NY |
3.0 |
| 46 |
Boston, MA |
3.0 |
| 48 |
Louisville-Jefferson County*, KY |
3.0*** |
| 49 |
Wilmington*, DE |
3.0*** |
| 50 |
Phoenix, AZ |
3.0*** |
| 51 |
Chicago, IL |
3.0*** |
| 52 |
New Orleans, LA |
3.0*** |
| 53 |
Dallas, TX |
3.1 |
| 54 |
Houston, TX |
3.1 |
| 55 |
Sacramento, CA |
3.1 |
| 56 |
Atlanta, GA |
3.1 |
| 57 |
Tucson, AZ |
3.1*** |
| 58 |
Bridgeport*, CT |
3.1*** |
| 59 |
Fresno, CA |
3.2 |
| 60 |
Baltimore City, MD |
3.2 |
| 61 |
Jackson*, MS |
3.2*** |
| 62 |
Providence*, RI |
3.2*** |
| 63 |
Memphis, TN |
3.2*** |
| 64 |
Birmingham*, AL |
3.3 |
| 64 |
Philadelphia, PA |
3.3 |
| 66 |
Oakland, CA |
3.3 |
| 67 |
Long Beach, CA |
3.3 |
| 68 |
Los Angeles, CA |
3.3 |
| 68 |
Miami, FL |
3.3 |
| 70 |
Cleveland, OH |
3.3 |
| 71 |
Newark, NJ |
3.5 |
| 72 |
Detroit, MI |
3.5*** |
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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