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Emissions Levels

Emissions Levels of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, 2002, Highest to Lowest*
Thousand Short Tons
Rank State Sulfur Dioxide State Nitrous Oxide State Carbon Dioxide
1 Ohio 1,172 Ohio 385 Texas 269,909
2 Pennsylvania 892 Indiana 354 Ohio 135,181
3 Indiana 786 Texas 347 Florida 131,482
4 Texas 629 Florida 289 Indiana 129,912
5 Georgia 566 West Virginia 243 Pennsylvania 125,225
6 West Virginia 523 Pennsylvania 224 Illinois 101,237
7 Florida 502 Kentucky 199 Kentucky 95,879
8 Kentucky 485 Illinois 191 West Virginia 95,170
9 N. Carolina 483 Alabama 178 Alabama 83,993
10 Alabama 467 Georgia 165 Georgia 83,943
11 Illinois 405 N. Carolina 164 Michigan 79,781
12 Michigan 355 Tennessee 162 Missouri 77,663
13 Tennessee 345 Michigan 154 N. Carolina 77,462
14 Maryland 256 Missouri 142 Tennessee 63,214
15 Virginia 251 Louisiana 116 New York 56,965
16 Missouri 246 Maryland 106 Louisiana 56,112
17 New York 233 Virginia 103 California 52,627
18 Wisconsin 219 Oklahoma 98 Oklahoma 52,549
19 S. Carolina 216 Minnesota 98 Arizona 49,298
20 Louisiana 181 Wisconsin 98 Wyoming 49,117
21 Oklahoma 166 Kansas 95 Wisconsin 49,065
22 Iowa 148 S. Carolina 92 Virginia 46,487
23 North Dakota 144 Wyoming 89 Colorado 44,590
24 Kansas 130 New York 89 Kansas 43,523
25 Minnesota 111 Arizona 88 Iowa 42,069
26 Massachusetts 97 Iowa 86 S. Carolina 40,105
27 Colorado 90 New Mexico 79 Minnesota 40,009
28 Wyoming 87 Colorado 79 Utah 37,173
29 Arkansas 80 North Dakota 77 North Dakota 36,416
30 Mississippi 72 Utah 77 Maryland 34,312
31 Arizona 72 California 72 New Mexico 31,311
32 Nebraska 68 Nebraska 47 Arkansas 29,057
33 New Mexico 51 Mississippi 46 Massachusetts 25,699
34 Utah 51 Nevada 46 Mississippi 25,545
35 Nevada 49 Arkansas 45 Nevada 24,726
36 New Jersey 49 New Jersey 41 Nebraska 22,788
37 California 48 Montana 39 New Jersey 22,339
38 Montana 45 Massachusetts 38 Montana 18,302
39 New Hampshire 44 Washington 21 Washington 12,912
40 Delaware 33 South Dakota 16 Connecticut 9,719
41 Hawaii 29 Hawaii 15 Hawaii 9,028
42 Washington 21 Delaware 12 Oregon 7,555
43 Maine 14 Alaska 11 Maine 7,360
44 Oregon 14 Oregon 11 Delaware 5,989
45 South Dakota 13 Connecticut 10 New Hampshire 4,986
46 Connecticut 11 Maine 9 Alaska 4,205
47 Idaho 5 New Hampshire 8 South Dakota 3,845
48 Alaska 4 Idaho 2 Rhode Island 3,294
49 District of Columbia 1 Rhode Island 1 Idaho 809
50 Rhode Island 0 District of Columbia 1 District of Columbia 288
51 Vermont 0 Vermont 0 Vermont 17
   *States with at least one nuclear power plant appear in bold
   Sources: State Electricity Profiles, Energy Info Admin.
Release Date: June 2004
Next Release Date: September 2005

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