American Lung Association's Most Polluted U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Year-round Particles - Soot [2006]

Places Pollution

Missing: * Visalia-Porterville, CA (4) * Madera, CA (5) * Hanford-Corcoran, CA (7) * Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (12) * York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA (13) * Massillon, OH (18) * Merced, CA (18) * Martinsburg, WV (22) * Reading, PA (22)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

10

1

Los Angeles, California

Location

36.67% (33 of 90 votes)

8

2

Bakersfield, Califonia

Location

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

2

3

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

19

5

Fresno, California

Location

0% (0 of 3 votes)

7

6

Detroit, Michigan

Location

59.38% (57 of 96 votes)

13

8

Cleveland, Ohio

Location

18.18% (2 of 11 votes)

1

9

Atlanta, Georgia

Location

100% (2 of 2 votes)

20

9

Birmingham, Alabama

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

11

Chicago, Illinois

Location

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

11

13

Cincinnati, Ohio

Location

34.06% (47 of 138 votes)

17

13

St. Louis, Missouri

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

21

13

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

16

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

9

16

New York City, New York

Location

42.52% (54 of 127 votes)

4

18

Canton, Ohio

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

16

20

Charleston, West Virginia

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

6

21

Washington, D.C.

Location

59.65% (68 of 114 votes)

18

21

Baltimore, Maryland

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

5

22

Hagerstown, Maryland

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

12

24

Indianapolis, Indiana

Location

32.00% (24 of 75 votes)

15

25

Louisville, Kentucky

Location

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)