Earth Day Network
 Urban Environment Report: How Does Your City Rank?
 
OVERALL
 
Overall Rank
(1 is best, 72 is worst)		 City, State Overall Score
(1 is best, 10 is worst)
1 Fargo*, ND 2.73
2 Burlington*, VT 2.79
3 Portland, OR 2.81
3 Colorado Springs, CO 2.81
5 Sioux Falls*, SD 2.83
6 Boise*, ID 2.85
7 Seattle, WA 2.86
8 Portland*, ME 2.87
9 Minneapolis, MN 2.98
10 Anchorage, AK 3.03
11 Honolulu, HI 3.09
12 Cheyenne*, WY 3.17
13 Denver, CO 3.19
14 Billings*, MT 3.21
15 Des Moines*, IA 3.22
16 Mesa, AZ 3.24
17 Manchester*, NH 3.28
18 Albuquerque, NM 3.29
18 Lexington, KY 3.29
20 Virginia Beach, VA 3.31
21 Tucson, AZ 3.35
22 Omaha, NE 3.37
23 Columbia*, SC 3.42
23 Boston, MA 3.42
25 Charlotte, NC 3.46
26 Las Vegas, NV 3.49
27 Kansas City, MO 3.51
28 San Francisco, CA 3.54
28 Jacksonville, FL 3.54
30 Phoenix, AZ 3.56
31 San Diego, CA 3.57
32 Milwaukee, WI 3.65
33 Salt Lake City*, UT 3.66
34 San Jose, CA 3.67
35 Oklahoma City, OK 3.74
36 Sacramento, CA 3.76
37 Wilmington*, DE 3.77
37 Little Rock*, AR 3.77
39 Austin, TX 3.80
40 Arlington, TX 3.81
41 Tulsa, OK 3.83
42 Wichita, KS 3.84
43 Nashville-Davidson, TN 3.85
43 Charleston*, WV 3.85
45 Oakland, CA 3.98
45 Washington, DC 3.98
47 Long Beach, CA 4.03
48 Columbus, OH 4.04
49 Providence*, RI 4.11
50 Memphis, TN 4.16
51 Fort Worth, TX 4.20
52 Philadelphia, PA 4.21
53 Indianapolis, IN 4.22
54 New York City, NY 4.23
54 Fresno, CA 4.23
54 Bridgeport*, CT 4.23
57 Baltimore City, MD 4.29
58 Louisville-Jefferson County*, KY 4.30
59 Chicago, IL 4.31
60 San Antonio, TX 4.33
61 Birmingham*, AL 4.47
62 Los Angeles, CA 4.58
63 Dallas, TX 4.62
64 Atlanta, GA 4.67
65 Jackson*, MS 4.73
66 Newark, NJ 4.76
67 New Orleans, LA 4.95
68 Houston, TX 5.06
69 El Paso, TX 5.13
70 Cleveland, OH 5.20
71 Miami, FL 5.29
72 Detroit, MI 5.49

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'.

• 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.