Worst Air Quality Cities in America
US cities with the worst air quality over the past decade, based on EPA AQI monitoring data. These areas have the lowest Air Quality Grades due to high AQI levels, worsening trends, frequent unhealthy days, or persistent fine particulate pollution.
#1Maricopa, Arizona
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#2BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE, Country Of Mexico
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#3Inyo, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#4San Bernardino, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#5Los Angeles, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#6Riverside, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#7San Diego, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#8Plumas, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#9Tulare, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#10Harris, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#11Pinal, Arizona
Primary pollutant: PM10
#12Mono, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#13Bernalillo, New Mexico
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#14El Paso, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#15Salt Lake, Utah
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#16Kern, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#17Clark, Nevada
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#18Catano, Puerto Rico
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#19Imperial, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#20Kings, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#21Placer, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#22Tarrant, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#23Fresno, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#24Stanislaus, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#25Jefferson, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#26Rock Island, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#27Winnebago, Illinois
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#28Weld, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#29Eddy, New Mexico
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#30Asotin, Washington
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#31SONORA, Country Of Mexico
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#32Boulder, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#33Sangamon, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#34Neosho, Kansas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#35Henderson, Kentucky
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#36Sanders, Montana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#37Siskiyou, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#38Douglas, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#39Cook, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#40DuPage, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#41McLean, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#42Jackson, Mississippi
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#43Dona Ana, New Mexico
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#44Butler, Ohio
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#45Codington, South Dakota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#46Uintah, Utah
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#47Valley, Idaho
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#48Pima, Arizona
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#49Chaffee, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#50Delta, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#51Canyon, Idaho
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#52Madison, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#53Sumner, Kansas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#54Wayne, Michigan
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#55Lincoln, Montana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#56Douglas, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#57Klamath, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#58Yakima, Washington
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#59Johnson, Wyoming
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#60Mariposa, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#61Trinity, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#62Archuleta, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#63Larimer, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#64Marion, Indiana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#65Lafourche, Louisiana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#66Bolivar, Mississippi
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#67Cuyahoga, Ohio
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#68Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#69Harney, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#70Bexar, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#71Columbia, Washington
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#72Okanogan, Washington
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#73Madison, Alabama
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#74Mendocino, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#75Denver, Colorado
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#76Bonner, Idaho
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#77Kane, Illinois
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#78Shawnee, Kansas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#79Ottawa, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#80Lane, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#81York, South Carolina
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#82Culberson, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#83Duchesne, Utah
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#84Idaho, Idaho
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#85Cass, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#86Jefferson, Alabama
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#87Nevada, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#88Sacramento, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#89Adams, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#90Johnson, Kansas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#91Scott, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#92St. Louis City, Missouri
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#93Josephine, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#94Arapahoe, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#95Garfield, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#96Broward, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#97Duval, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#98Bannock, Idaho
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#99McHenry, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#100Saint Clair, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#101Hancock, Mississippi
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#102Missoula, Montana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#103Cleveland, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#104McClain, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#105Grant, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#106Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#107Cameron, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#108Denton, Texas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#109Davis, Utah
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#110Stevens, Washington
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#111Horry, South Carolina
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#112Gila, Arizona
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#113Del Norte, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#114Baker, Florida
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#115Washington, Georgia
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#116Ada, Idaho
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#117Lake, Illinois
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#118Becker, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#119Wright, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#120Jackson, Missouri
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#121Stark, Ohio
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#122Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#123Hamilton, Tennessee
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#124Bell, Texas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#125Dallas, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#126Galveston, Texas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#127Travis, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#128Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#129Waukesha, Wisconsin
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#130Ward, North Dakota
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#131Washington, Arkansas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#132Park, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#133Citrus, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#134Columbia, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#135Escambia, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#136Hamilton, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#137Jersey, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#138Macon, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#139Will, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#140Linn, Iowa
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#141Bell, Kentucky
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#142Pittsburg, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#143Tulsa, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#144Jackson, Oregon
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#145Cache, Utah
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#146Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#147Grant, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#148Crittenden, Arkansas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#149Colusa, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#150Madera, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#151Merced, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#152Shasta, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#153Sutter, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#154Tehama, California
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#155Clear Creek, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#156Richmond, Georgia
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#157Johnson, Iowa
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#158Sedgwick, Kansas
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#159Wyandotte, Kansas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#160Jefferson, Kentucky
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#161Kalamazoo, Michigan
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#162Macomb, Michigan
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#163Missaukee, Michigan
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#164Ottawa, Michigan
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#165Dakota, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#166Lyon, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#167Stearns, Minnesota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#168Washoe, Nevada
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#169Hamilton, Ohio
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#170Montgomery, Ohio
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#171Harrison, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#172Montgomery, Texas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#173Tooele, Utah
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#174Richmond City, Virginia
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#175Benton, Washington
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#176Dane, Wisconsin
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#177Grant, Wisconsin
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#178Lincoln, Wyoming
Primary pollutant: PM10
#179Washington, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#180Gilpin, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#181Pulaski, Arkansas
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#182Orange, California
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#183El Paso, Colorado
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#184Bay, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#185Holmes, Florida
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#186Clarke, Georgia
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#187Fulton, Georgia
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#188Benewah, Idaho
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#189Champaign, Illinois
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#190Clark, Indiana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#191Lake, Indiana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#192Bossier, Louisiana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#193Calcasieu, Louisiana
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#194Chippewa, Michigan
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#195Queens, New York
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#196Durham, North Carolina
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#197Burleigh, North Dakota
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#198Love, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: Ozone
#199Sequoyah, Oklahoma
Primary pollutant: PM2.5
#200Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Primary pollutant: PM2.5