50 US Cities - Most Hazardous Waste to Least [2005]

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16

1

New York City, New York

Location

42.52% (54 of 127 votes)

23

2

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location

29.84% (37 of 124 votes)

17

3

Los Angeles, California

Location

36.67% (33 of 90 votes)

28

4

Chicago, Illinois

Location

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

32

5

Boston, Massachusetts

Location

5.00% (2 of 40 votes)

47

6

St. Louis, Missouri

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

49

7

Providence, Rhode Island

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

10

8

Miami, Florida

Location

59.46% (66 of 111 votes)

43

9

Hartford, Connecticut

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

11

10

Detroit, Michigan

Location

59.38% (57 of 96 votes)

1

11

Atlanta, Georgia

Location

100% (2 of 2 votes)

5

13

Kansas City, Missouri

Location

100% (27 of 27 votes)

9

13

Washington, D.C.

Location

59.65% (68 of 114 votes)

26

14

Salt Lake City, Utah

Location

10.53% (2 of 19 votes)

22

15

Seattle, Washington

Location

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

19

16

San Francisco, California

Location

32.69% (34 of 104 votes)

13

17

Tampa, Florida

Location

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

20

19

Houston, Texas

Location

32.24% (49 of 152 votes)

35

19

Denver, Colorado

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

20

Jacksonville, Florida

Location

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

50

21

San Jose, California

Location

0% (0 of 2 votes)

30

22

Phoenix, Arizona

Location

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

7

23

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

34

24

Baltimore, Maryland

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

45

25

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

26

Buffalo, New York

Location

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

42

27

Charlotte, North Carolina

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

40

28

Birmingham, Alabama

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

4

29

Memphis, Tennessee

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

2

31

Dallas, Texas

Location

100% (3 of 3 votes)

24

31

Cleveland, Ohio

Location

18.18% (2 of 11 votes)

12

32

Portland, Oregon

Location

51.36% (113 of 220 votes)

46

33

Riverside, California

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

34

Richmond, Virginia

Location

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

27

35

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Location

6.67% (2 of 30 votes)

3

38

Orlando, Florida

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

18

38

Cincinnati, Ohio

Location

34.06% (47 of 138 votes)

33

38

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

31

39

Louisville, Kentucky

Location

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

48

40

Sacramento, California

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

38

41

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)

29

42

San Diego, California

Location

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

44

43

Rochester, New York

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

44

Indianapolis, Indiana

Location

32.00% (24 of 75 votes)

37

45

Columbus, Ohio

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

41

46

Nashville, Tennessee

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

47

San Antonio, Texas

Location

100% (1 of 1 votes)

36

48

New Orleans, Louisiana

Location

0% (0 of 0 votes)

25

49

Las Vegas, Nevada

Location

11.11% (2 of 18 votes)

39

50

Austin, Texas

Location

0% (0 of 1 votes)