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. |
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