Air Quality by Metro Area

AQI data for 496 U.S. metropolitan areas from EPA AQS (2024).

Metro Area Good % Median AQI
Aberdeen, SD 87.1% 25
Aberdeen, WA 97.9% 19
Adrian, MI 77.3% 41
Akron, OH 62.2% 45
Albany, GA 55.6% 46
Albany, OR 84.5% 24
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 66.3% 42
Albuquerque, NM 21.5% 61
Alexandria, LA 79.0% 35
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 65.6% 43
Altoona, PA 71.9% 41
Amarillo, TX 75.7% 43
Anchorage, AK 78.6% 25
Ann Arbor, MI 76.0% 41
Appleton, WI 78.5% 38
Ardmore, OK 65.3% 47
Arkadelphia, AR 97.5% 35
Asheville, NC 68.1% 46
Ashtabula, OH 81.2% 43
Athens, OH 80.3% 33
Athens, TN 77.5% 37
Athens-Clarke County, GA 66.7% 44
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 45.3% 52
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 79.6% 38
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 47.6% 51
Augusta-Waterville, ME 83.5% 36
Austin-Round Rock, TX 41.0% 53
Bakersfield, CA 23.8% 61
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 62.2% 47
Bangor, ME 86.1% 34
Baraboo, WI 79.6% 34
Barnstable Town, MA 92.5% 38
Bartlesville, OK 65.6% 44
Baton Rouge, LA 35.0% 54
Bay City, MI 71.8% 38
Beatrice, NE 74.0% 36
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 35.4% 53
Beaver Dam, WI 76.4% 39
Bellingham, WA 96.6% 30
Bemidji, MN 88.8% 37
Bend-Redmond, OR 93.4% 22
Bennington, VT 82.9% 39
Berlin, NH-VT 85.4% 40
Billings, MT 86.7% 39
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 51.9% 50
Bishop, CA 40.7% 54
Bismarck, ND 75.8% 42
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 92.4% 39
Bloomington, IL 64.1% 44
Bloomington, IN 70.1% 42
Boise City, ID 64.7% 47
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 68.3% 44
Boulder, CO 50.9% 50
Bowling Green, KY 81.2% 41
Bozeman, MT 99.1% 14
Brainerd, MN 84.4% 39
Branson, MO 100.0% 26
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 96.2% 21
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 66.8% 44
Brookings, SD 53.0% 48
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 31.7% 55
Brunswick, GA 81.9% 39
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 61.3% 44
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 91.2% 40
Butte-Silver Bow, MT 82.9% 27
Cadillac, MI 89.5% 38
Cambridge, MD 84.4% 40
Canton-Massillon, OH 49.5% 51
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 74.4% 42
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM 46.9% 51
Carson City, NV 79.3% 45
Casper, WY 85.6% 44
Cañon City, CO 91.1% 25
Cedar City, UT 70.0% 46
Cedar Rapids, IA 61.2% 44
Centralia, WA 93.3% 18
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA 93.0% 37
Champaign-Urbana, IL 63.7% 44
Charleston, WV 79.6% 40
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 58.2% 48
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 46.9% 51
Charlottesville, VA 77.9% 41
Chattanooga, TN-GA 53.9% 48
Cheyenne, WY 69.8% 47
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 34.3% 54
Chico, CA 66.1% 47
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 26.6% 57
Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT 81.3% 38
Clarksburg, WV 73.3% 32
Clarksville, TN-KY 76.8% 41
Clearlake, CA 100.0% 17
Cleveland, MS 70.3% 44
Cleveland-Elyria, OH 42.6% 54
Clinton, IA 59.9% 45
Coeur d'Alene, ID 88.4% 24
College Station-Bryan, TX 63.4% 43
Colorado Springs, CO 58.2% 49
Columbia, MO 89.1% 41
Columbia, SC 57.3% 48
Columbus, GA-AL 58.8% 47
Columbus, IN 69.2% 44
Columbus, OH 39.0% 54
Concord, NH 95.9% 38
Cookeville, TN 88.6% 30
Corning, NY 80.2% 40
Corpus Christi, TX 35.0% 55
Corsicana, TX 58.1% 48
Crescent City, CA 81.0% 33
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 92.7% 37
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 26.3% 59
Dalton, GA 90.7% 39
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 72.2% 42
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 58.4% 45
Dayton, OH 56.2% 48
Decatur, AL 81.1% 42
Decatur, IL 63.7% 44
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 78.4% 42
Deming, NM 79.5% 19
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 21.9% 61
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 58.5% 46
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 45.1% 53
Dickinson, ND 80.3% 40
Dodge City, KS 89.4% 26
Douglas, GA 69.1% 44
Dover, DE 70.2% 44
Duluth, MN-WI 90.1% 38
Durango, CO 53.3% 50
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 70.7% 44
Dyersburg, TN 79.4% 34
Eagle Pass, TX 59.9% 41
East Stroudsburg, PA 93.3% 35
Eau Claire, WI 77.9% 38
Effingham, IL 95.7% 35
El Centro, CA 27.4% 64
El Dorado, AR 44.0% 52
El Paso, TX 12.7% 74
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 72.4% 44
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 61.0% 44
Elko, NV 90.8% 19
Ellensburg, WA 84.8% 22
Emporia, KS 88.9% 22
Erie, PA 81.4% 31
Española, NM 79.9% 45
Eugene, OR 64.6% 42
Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA 83.2% 36
Evanston, WY 100.0% 10
Evansville, IN-KY 61.6% 46
Fairbanks, AK 61.5% 42
Fairmont, WV 72.9% 34
Fallon, NV 81.0% 43
Fargo, ND-MN 73.2% 39
Farmington, NM 58.2% 49
Fayetteville, NC 68.9% 44
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 83.2% 41
Fernley, NV 83.9% 44
Flagstaff, AZ 62.5% 48
Flint, MI 83.2% 38
Florence, SC 60.6% 48
Fond du Lac, WI 91.3% 39
Fort Collins, CO 40.1% 54
Fort Dodge, IA 54.5% 48
Fort Payne, AL 78.6% 42
Fort Smith, AR-OK 72.0% 42
Fort Wayne, IN 55.7% 47
Fresno, CA 40.1% 54
Gadsden, AL 63.5% 45
Gainesville, FL 90.1% 37
Gainesville, GA 55.0% 46
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 90.9% 22
Gettysburg, PA 73.8% 42
Gillette, WY 77.3% 43
Glenwood Springs, CO 68.9% 44
Grand Island, NE 80.2% 37
Grand Junction, CO 67.4% 47
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 58.9% 47
Grants Pass, OR 76.2% 31
Greeley, CO 42.7% 52
Green Bay, WI 77.9% 38
Greenfield Town, MA 72.8% 40
Greensboro-High Point, NC 73.6% 44
Greenville, NC 88.8% 38
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 53.5% 49
Guayama, PR 100.0% 18
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 57.1% 48
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 76.6% 42
Hailey, ID 99.4% 22
Hammond, LA 82.3% 38
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 39.8% 53
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 60.4% 44
Harrison, AR 93.0% 38
Harrisonburg, VA 76.9% 41
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 66.3% 44
Hattiesburg, MS 62.4% 46
Havre, MT 94.6% 13
Heber, UT 58.9% 48
Helena, MT 65.4% 45
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR 79.6% 39
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 66.9% 45
Hilo, HI 81.1% 30
Hobbs, NM 61.5% 47
Holland, MI 71.2% 43
Homosassa Springs, FL 67.8% 44
Hot Springs, AR 52.8% 49
Houghton, MI 100.0% 7
Houma-Thibodaux, LA 60.4% 47
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 8.0% 64
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 67.0% 44
Huntsville, AL 75.1% 42
Idaho Falls, ID 83.4% 44
Indiana, PA 67.5% 42
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 40.7% 53
Iowa City, IA 71.0% 36
Ithaca, NY 91.6% 38
Jackson, MS 43.4% 52
Jackson, TN 79.6% 33
Jackson, WY-ID 79.2% 45
Jacksonville, FL 49.8% 51
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY 88.6% 39
Janesville-Beloit, WI 72.8% 42
Jasper, IN 67.2% 39
Jefferson City, MO 85.6% 42
Johnstown, PA 77.7% 37
Joplin, MO 78.4% 42
Juneau, AK 85.1% 21
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 96.1% 22
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 74.0% 40
Kalispell, MT 82.1% 40
Kansas City, MO-KS 50.8% 49
Keene, NH 76.9% 38
Kennewick-Richland, WA 86.0% 36
Killeen-Temple, TX 61.3% 47
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 78.2% 42
Kingsville, TX 51.7% 49
Kinston, NC 96.7% 37
Klamath Falls, OR 71.3% 32
Knoxville, TN 55.3% 49
Kokomo, IN 61.5% 46
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 88.0% 40
La Grande, OR 92.8% 22
Laconia, NH 87.9% 34
Lafayette, LA 59.3% 47
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 68.2% 43
Lake Charles, LA 61.5% 47
Lake City, FL 56.4% 48
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 93.4% 19
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 94.4% 34
Lancaster, PA 60.0% 46
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 81.9% 39
Laramie, WY 51.9% 50
Laredo, TX 51.6% 48
Las Cruces, NM 19.4% 70
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 25.6% 64
Lawrence, KS 90.7% 41
Lawrenceburg, TN 80.8% 34
Lawton, OK 63.8% 45
Lebanon, PA 62.3% 44
Lewiston, ID-WA 72.2% 38
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 85.5% 35
Lexington-Fayette, KY 74.3% 41
Lima, OH 65.9% 43
Lincoln, NE 77.7% 36
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 32.9% 54
Logan, UT-ID 61.2% 46
Longview, TX 88.9% 36
Longview, WA 91.6% 21
Los Alamos, NM 100.0% 10
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 10.9% 77
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 51.0% 50
Lubbock, TX 89.9% 25
Ludington, MI 89.2% 36
Lynchburg, VA 84.2% 30
Macon, GA 49.5% 51
Madera, CA 69.2% 43
Madison, WI 70.7% 41
Manchester-Nashua, NH 82.5% 38
Manitowoc, WI 88.0% 37
Mankato-North Mankato, MN 82.7% 38
Marietta, OH 86.7% 41
Marquette, MI 87.0% 18
Marshall, MN 84.5% 37
Marshall, TX 62.1% 45
Mayaguez, PR 96.9% 12
McAlester, OK 57.9% 48
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 36.2% 54
Medford, OR 74.0% 42
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 54.6% 48
Merced, CA 64.4% 43
Meridian, MS 94.8% 35
Miami, OK 53.1% 49
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 47.1% 51
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 62.3% 44
Middlesborough, KY 63.5% 43
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 66.5% 44
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 69.2% 44
Minot, ND 78.2% 38
Missoula, MT 83.4% 38
Mobile, AL 69.7% 43
Modesto, CA 68.3% 45
Monroe, LA 61.0% 46
Montgomery, AL 65.4% 44
Morehead City, NC 94.2% 37
Morgantown, WV 79.1% 43
Morristown, TN 88.5% 42
Moscow, ID 99.3% 24
Moses Lake, WA 89.7% 26
Mount Vernon, IL 66.5% 43
Mount Vernon, OH 84.1% 40
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 97.1% 22
Muncie, IN 63.4% 44
Muscatine, IA 68.4% 41
Muskegon, MI 83.5% 39
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 79.8% 41
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 67.4% 43
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 51.1% 50
New Castle, IN 68.8% 38
New Haven-Milford, CT 68.5% 44
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 45.6% 52
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 47.0% 52
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 80.9% 41
Nogales, AZ 63.6% 45
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 59.0% 48
Norwich-New London, CT 79.0% 40
Ocala, FL 67.3% 46
Odessa, TX 64.6% 43
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 52.5% 50
Oklahoma City, OK 42.0% 53
Olympia-Tumwater, WA 98.1% 26
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 60.9% 45
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 67.9% 45
Othello, WA 94.7% 19
Owensboro, KY 67.4% 43
Oxford, NC 91.5% 40
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 52.8% 50
Paducah, KY-IL 81.8% 39
Pahrump, NV 91.2% 24
Palatka, FL 96.0% 21
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 89.7% 37
Panama City, FL 60.6% 46
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 83.5% 39
Payson, AZ 52.0% 50
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 60.4% 47
Peoria, IL 57.8% 47
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 57.6% 47
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 15.8% 77
Pierre, SD 94.4% 14
Pittsburgh, PA 45.3% 52
Pittsfield, MA 71.6% 41
Platteville, WI 72.4% 37
Pocatello, ID 91.5% 31
Ponca City, OK 68.4% 38
Ponce, PR 90.9% 5
Port Angeles, WA 88.5% 26
Port St. Lucie, FL 75.8% 41
Portland-South Portland, ME 73.7% 41
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 80.7% 39
Portsmouth, OH 58.6% 45
Prescott, AZ 58.7% 49
Price, UT 62.9% 47
Prineville, OR 80.7% 24
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 64.7% 44
Provo-Orem, UT 54.0% 49
Pueblo, CO 65.6% 48
Pullman, WA 93.8% 20
Quincy, IL-MO 94.4% 38
Racine, WI 83.7% 41
Raleigh, NC 64.5% 45
Rapid City, SD 60.8% 48
Reading, PA 65.6% 44
Red Bluff, CA 80.7% 36
Red Wing, MN 84.3% 41
Redding, CA 84.9% 44
Reno, NV 50.0% 51
Richmond, VA 71.1% 44
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 7.7% 97
Riverton, WY 61.3% 48
Roanoke Rapids, NC 74.6% 37
Roanoke, VA 80.3% 39
Rochester, MN 83.1% 36
Rochester, NY 70.8% 42
Rock Springs, WY 70.3% 45
Rockford, IL 67.7% 41
Rockland, ME 97.3% 34
Rocky Mount, NC 82.6% 40
Rome, GA 72.0% 38
Roswell, NM 94.4% 16
Ruidoso, NM 89.5% 11
Rutland, VT 78.9% 38
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 41.0% 54
Salem, OH 100.0% 12
Salem, OR 85.1% 34
Salinas, CA 76.9% 40
Salisbury, MD-DE 79.6% 43
Salt Lake City, UT 36.7% 54
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 38.9% 54
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 42.6% 54
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 100.0% 21
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 90.6% 41
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR 64.1% 44
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 44.0% 51
Sandpoint, ID 71.3% 41
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 81.8% 37
Santa Fe, NM 72.5% 46
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 29.8% 54
Santa Rosa, CA 100.0% 9
Savannah, GA 66.7% 44
Sayre, PA 77.4% 39
Scottsbluff, NE 95.2% 24
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 77.2% 37
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 56.4% 48
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 92.5% 36
Sebring, FL 93.2% 34
Sevierville, TN 94.6% 41
Sheboygan, WI 83.7% 41
Shelton, WA 92.6% 21
Sheridan, WY 84.6% 33
Show Low, AZ 99.6% 12
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 79.1% 42
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 65.6% 46
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 80.8% 39
Sioux Falls, SD 82.4% 36
Somerset, KY 84.0% 41
Somerset, PA 94.2% 37
Sonora, CA 83.3% 40
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 66.8% 43
Spartanburg, SC 52.4% 49
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 65.4% 44
Springfield, IL 70.7% 42
Springfield, MA 71.4% 43
Springfield, MO 71.4% 44
Springfield, OH 59.4% 46
St. Cloud, MN 86.0% 36
St. George, UT 71.0% 45
St. Joseph, MO-KS 64.2% 43
St. Louis, MO-IL 42.1% 52
St. Marys, PA 94.7% 38
State College, PA 71.5% 43
Steamboat Springs, CO 91.6% 23
Stockton-Lodi, CA 65.9% 44
Syracuse, NY 79.5% 39
Tallahassee, FL 46.7% 52
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 47.5% 51
Taos, NM 98.5% 14
Terre Haute, IN 62.0% 45
Texarkana, TX-AR 57.3% 47
The Dalles, OR 92.8% 23
Toledo, OH 46.7% 52
Topeka, KS 64.1% 44
Torrington, CT 81.8% 41
Traverse City, MI 91.1% 35
Trenton, NJ 73.6% 43
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 79.6% 44
Tucson, AZ 37.0% 55
Tulsa, OK 44.9% 51
Tupelo, MS 94.8% 38
Tuscaloosa, AL 76.5% 41
Twin Falls, ID 97.2% 24
Tyler, TX 92.2% 35
Urban Honolulu, HI 95.0% 31
Utica-Rome, NY 80.8% 28
Valdosta, GA 51.9% 49
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 98.9% 34
Vermillion, SD 82.6% 37
Vernal, UT 58.5% 48
Victoria, TX 91.6% 31
Vincennes, IN 93.1% 38
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 73.0% 42
Vineyard Haven, MA 95.2% 37
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 75.9% 43
Visalia-Porterville, CA 29.7% 59
Wabash, IN 93.9% 37
Waco, TX 43.4% 52
Walla Walla, WA 84.4% 40
Warner Robins, GA 61.6% 44
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 63.5% 46
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 55.3% 49
Watertown, SD 82.1% 33
Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 82.6% 41
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 94.1% 36
Wausau, WI 80.0% 36
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 50.5% 50
Wenatchee, WA 87.2% 27
Wheeling, WV-OH 52.5% 48
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI 75.0% 44
Wichita, KS 53.0% 49
Williamsport, PA 73.4% 43
Wilmington, NC 76.6% 41
Wilmington, OH 82.1% 42
Winchester, VA-WV 70.4% 42
Winona, MN 94.1% 19
Winston-Salem, NC 45.8% 51
Worcester, MA-CT 74.2% 42
Yakima, WA 81.1% 34
York-Hanover, PA 65.6% 45
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 58.5% 47
Yuba City, CA 61.3% 48
Yuma, AZ 53.5% 49