50 US Cities - Dirtiest Air to Cleanest [2005]

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49

1

Riverside, California

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

17

2

Los Angeles, California

Location

36.67% (33 of 90 votes)

28

3

Chicago, Illinois

Location

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

38

4

Sacramento, California

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

37

5

St. Louis, Missouri

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

7

6

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

20

7

Houston, Texas

Location

32.24% (49 of 152 votes)

50

8

Birmingham, Alabama

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

24

9

Cleveland, Ohio

Location

18.18% (2 of 11 votes)

11

10

Detroit, Michigan

Location

59.38% (57 of 96 votes)

16

11

New York City, New York

Location

42.52% (54 of 127 votes)

25

12

Las Vegas, Nevada

Location

11.11% (2 of 18 votes)

29

13

San Diego, California

Location

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

23

14

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location

29.84% (37 of 124 votes)

1

15

Atlanta, Georgia

Location

100% (2 of 2 votes)

34

16

Baltimore, Maryland

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

30

17

Phoenix, Arizona

Location

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

5

19

Kansas City, Missouri

Location

100% (27 of 27 votes)

18

19

Cincinnati, Ohio

Location

34.06% (47 of 138 votes)

2

20

Dallas, Texas

Location

100% (3 of 3 votes)

31

21

Louisville, Kentucky

Location

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

4

22

Memphis, Tennessee

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

21

23

Indianapolis, Indiana

Location

32.00% (24 of 75 votes)

41

24

Columbus, Ohio

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

25

Washington, D.C.

Location

59.65% (68 of 114 votes)

26

26

Salt Lake City, Utah

Location

10.53% (2 of 19 votes)

35

27

Denver, Colorado

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

43

28

Charlotte, North Carolina

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

32

29

Boston, Massachusetts

Location

5.00% (2 of 40 votes)

42

30

Nashville, Tennessee

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

31

Richmond, Virginia

Location

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

44

32

Hartford, Connecticut

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

27

33

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Location

6.67% (2 of 30 votes)

15

34

Buffalo, New York

Location

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

46

35

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

22

36

Seattle, Washington

Location

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

33

37

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

36

39

New Orleans, Louisiana

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

39

Providence, Rhode Island

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

40

Tampa, Florida

Location

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

48

41

San Jose, California

Location

0% (0 of 2 votes)

6

42

San Antonio, Texas

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

39

43

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

40

44

Austin, Texas

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

13

45

Jacksonville, Florida

Location

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

45

46

Rochester, New York

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

19

47

San Francisco, California

Location

32.69% (34 of 104 votes)

3

48

Orlando, Florida

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

12

49

Portland, Oregon

Location

51.36% (113 of 220 votes)

10

50

Miami, Florida

Location

59.46% (66 of 111 votes)