Cities with the Cleanest Air
EPA Air Quality Index summaries for the city's county: typical AQI, bad-air days and the share of days with good air. Only counties with air monitors are ranked.
95 cities ranked in the United States.
| Rank | City | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port St. Lucie, FL St. Lucie County | 258,575 | 95.7 |
| 2 | Norfolk, VA Norfolk city | 231,105 | 95.6 |
| 3 | Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach city | 454,808 | 93.6 |
| 4 | Richmond, VA Richmond city | 233,655 | 93.3 |
| 5 | Lincoln, NE Lancaster County | 300,619 | 93.2 |
| 6 | Lubbock, TX Lubbock County | 272,086 | 90.4 |
| 7 | Portland, OR Multnomah County | 635,749 | 90.3 |
| 8 | Cape Coral, FL Lee County | 233,025 | 89.7 |
| 9 | Greensboro, NC Guilford County | 307,381 | 88.2 |
| 10 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Fayette County | 329,437 | 88.0 |
| 11 | New Orleans, LA Orleans Parish | 362,701 | 86.4 |
| 12 | Anchorage, AK Anchorage Municipality | 289,600 | 85.7 |
| 13 | Huntsville, AL Madison County | 230,402 | 85.3 |
| 14 | Durham, NC Durham County | 301,870 | 85.1 |
| 15 | Boise City, ID Ada County | 237,963 | 82.7 |
| 16 | Boston, MA Suffolk County | 673,458 | 81.8 |
| 17 | Raleigh, NC Wake County | 499,825 | 81.5 |
| 18 | New York, NY Kings County | 8,478,072 | 80.8 |
| 19 | Seattle, WA King County | 780,995 | 79.0 |
| 20 | Orlando, FL Orange County | 334,854 | 78.6 |
| 21 | St. Petersburg, FL Pinellas County | 267,102 | 77.2 |
| 22 | Jersey City, NJ Hudson County | 302,824 | 76.4 |
| 23 | Omaha, NE Douglas County | 489,265 | 74.2 |
| 24 | Winston-Salem, NC Forsyth County | 255,769 | 73.7 |
| 25 | St. Paul, MN Ramsey County | 307,465 | 72.2 |
| 26 | Colorado Springs, CO El Paso County | 493,554 | 71.1 |
| 27 | Stockton, CA San Joaquin County | 324,975 | 69.5 |
| 28 | Miami, FL Miami-Dade County | 487,014 | 69.2 |
| 29 | Hialeah, FL Miami-Dade County | 235,388 | 69.2 |
| 30 | Baltimore, MD Baltimore city | 568,271 | 68.7 |
| 31 | Spokane, WA Spokane County | 230,609 | 68.1 |
| 32 | Wichita, KS Sedgwick County | 400,991 | 66.1 |
| 33 | Madison, WI Dane County | 285,300 | 65.8 |
| 34 | Charlotte, NC Mecklenburg County | 943,476 | 64.3 |
| 35 | Kansas City, MO Jackson County | 516,032 | 62.8 |
| 36 | Nashville-Davidson, TN Davidson County | 704,963 | 62.3 |
| 37 | Tampa, FL Hillsborough County | 414,547 | 61.9 |
| 38 | Fort Wayne, IN Allen County | 273,203 | 61.8 |
| 39 | Aurora, CO Arapahoe County | 403,130 | 58.8 |
| 40 | Memphis, TN Shelby County | 610,919 | 58.1 |
| 41 | Atlanta, GA Fulton County | 520,070 | 57.4 |
| 42 | Jacksonville, FL Duval County | 1,009,833 | 56.1 |
| 43 | Buffalo, NY Erie County | 276,617 | 55.6 |
| 44 | Reno, NV Washoe County | 281,714 | 54.3 |
| 45 | Minneapolis, MN Hennepin County | 428,579 | 52.6 |
| 46 | Tulsa, OK Tulsa County | 415,154 | 52.0 |
| 47 | Sacramento, CA Sacramento County | 535,798 | 50.8 |
| 48 | Plano, TX Collin County | 293,286 | 50.2 |
| 49 | Frisco, TX Collin County | 235,208 | 50.2 |
| 50 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Jefferson County | 640,796 | 50.0 |