1.613. 9. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA. 1.630. 10. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. 1.754. 11. Sacramento--Arden-A
Per Capita Carbon Footprints This table ranks the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas based on their percapita carbon emissions in 2005. To read more on metropolitan areas' performance on key indicators of productive, inclusive, and sustainable growth, please see the recent Brookings report, "MetroPolicy: Shaping a New Federal Partnership for a Metropolitan Nation," available at www.blueprintprosperity.org. Metro Metric tons of carbon emissions per capita, 2005 Honolulu, HI 1.356 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1.413 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1.446 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1.495 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1.507 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1.556 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1.573 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1.585 El Paso, TX 1.613 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1.630 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1.754 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1.768 Greenville, SC 1.859 Rochester, NY 1.908 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1.965 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1.995 Tucson, AZ 2.000 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2.013 Stockton, CA 2.016 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2.024 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2.072 Fresno, CA 2.076 Lancaster, PA 2.091 New Haven-Milford, CT 2.097 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 2.133 Colorado Springs, CO 2.134 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2.137 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2.156 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 2.162 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 2.181 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2.235 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2.257 San Antonio, TX 2.270 Pittsburgh, PA 2.276 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 2.292 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2.340 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2.350 Albuquerque, NM 2.355 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 2.364 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 2.368 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 2.381 Denver-Aurora, CO 2.392 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 2.429 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2.436 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2.440 Springfield, MA 2.446 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2.499 Baton Rouge, LA 2.511
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Metro Worcester, MA Salt Lake City, UT Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Columbia, SC Bakersfield, CA Orlando, FL Austin-Round Rock, TX Greensboro-High Point, NC Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Durham, NC Akron, OH Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Trenton-Ewing, NJ Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Wichita, KS Syracuse, NY Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Baltimore-Towson, MD Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Lansing-East Lansing, MI Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Des Moines, IA Dayton, OH Raleigh-Cary, NC Memphis, TN-MS-AR Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Birmingham-Hoover, AL Jacksonville, FL Madison, WI Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL Columbus, OH Kansas City, MO-KS Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Richmond, VA Jackson, MS Chattanooga, TN-GA Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Tulsa, OK Knoxville, TN Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Oklahoma City, OK St. Louis, MO-IL Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN Louisville, KY-IN Toledo, OH Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Indianapolis, IN Lexington-Fayette, KY
Metric tons of carbon emissions per capita, 2005 2.517 2.522 2.524 2.534 2.540 2.551 2.567 2.576 2.582 2.599 2.604 2.609 2.610 2.637 2.660 2.660 2.676 2.681 2.682 2.682 2.714 2.739 2.754 2.757 2.758 2.765 2.769 2.795 2.870 2.885 2.901 2.905 2.914 2.914 2.952 2.969 3.009 3.039 3.063 3.110 3.115 3.124 3.134 3.190 3.204 3.217 3.222 3.233 3.240 3.281 3.364 3.455
100-metro average
2.235
United States
2.602
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These figures report the per-capita carbon emissions from passenger and freight transportation and from residential energy consumption—sources of roughly half of all national emissions. Excluded are emissions from commercial buildings, industry, and other modes of transportation such as planes, transit, and trains. Source: Marilyn Brown, Frank Southworth, and Andrea Sarzynski, "Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America" (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2008). Available at www.blueprintprosperity.org
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