List of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions

This is a list of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity. The data presented below corresponds to emissions in 2007.

Rank	Jurisdiction	Annual CO2 emissions (in thousands of metric tons)	Percentage of total emissions	Population (known population in 2007)	Percentage of total population	CO2 emissions per capita (in metric tons)
-	United States	5,978,280	100.00%	301,290,332	100.00%	19.84
1	Texas	676,750	11.32%	23,843,432	7.91%	28.38
2	California	402,770	6.74%	36,377,534	12.07%	11.07
3	Pennsylvania	274,300	4.59%	12,419,930	4.12%	22.09
4	Ohio	267,670	4.48%	11,477,641	3.81%	23.32
5	Florida	256,270	4.29%	18,199,526	6.04%	14.08
6	Illinois	242,830	4.06%	12,825,809	4.26%	18.93
7	Indiana	230,830	3.86%	6,335,862	2.10%	36.43
8	New York	201,250	3.37%	19,429,316	6.45%	10.36
9	Louisiana	194,930	3.26%	4,373,310	1.45%	44.57
10	Georgia	184,040	3.08%	9,523,297	3.16%	19.33
11	Michigan	182,980	3.06%	10,049,790	3.34%	18.21
12	Kentucky	156,800	2.62%	4,236,308	1.41%	37.01
13	North Carolina	153,560	2.57%	9,041,594	3.00%	16.98
14	Alabama	145,240	2.43%	4,626,595	1.54%	31.39
15	Missouri	140,040	2.34%	5,878,399	1.95%	23.82
16	New Jersey	134,290	2.25%	8,653,126	2.87%	15.52
17	Tennessee	128,390	2.15%	6,149,116	2.04%	20.88
18	Virginia	127,950	2.14%	7,698,775	2.56%	16.62
19	West Virginia	116,380	1.95%	1,809,836	0.60%	64.30
20	Oklahoma	109,300	1.83%	3,608,123	1.20%	30.29
21	Wisconsin	104,380	1.75%	5,598,893	1.86%	18.64
22	Arizona	101,510	1.70%	6,353,421	2.11%	15.98
23	Minnesota	99,860	1.67%	5,182,360	1.72%	19.27
24	Colorado	98,120	1.64%	4,842,770	1.61%	20.26
25	South Carolina	89,340	1.49%	4,404,914	1.46%	20.28
26	Iowa	85,190	1.42%	2,983,360	0.99%	28.56
27	Washington	82,560	1.38%	6,449,511	2.14%	12.80
28	Massachusetts	79,900	1.34%	6,467,915	2.15%	12.35
29	Kansas	78,460	1.31%	2,777,382	0.92%	28.25
30	Maryland	77,940	1.30%	5,618,899	1.86%	13.87
31	Utah	69,230	1.16%	2,668,925	0.89%	25.94
32	Mississippi	67,810	1.13%	2,921,030	0.97%	23.21
33	Wyoming	64,750	1.08%	523,252	0.17%	123.40
34	Arkansas	63,700	1.07%	2,830,557	0.94%	22.50
35	New Mexico	58,550	0.98%	1,964,402	0.65%	29.81
36	North Dakota	48,980	0.82%	637,904	0.21%	76.78
37	Nebraska	43,870	0.73%	1,769,473	0.59%	24.79
38	Oregon	43,520	0.73%	3,735,549	1.24%	11.65
39	Alaska	43,150	0.72%	681,111	0.23%	63.35
40	Nevada	41,600	0.70%	2,554,344	0.85%	16.29
41	Connecticut	40,240	0.67%	3,489,868	1.16%	11.53
42	Montana	37,700	0.63%	956,624	0.32%	39.41
43	Hawaii	24,170	0.40%	1,277,356	0.42%	18.92
44	Maine	19,930	0.33%	1,315,398	0.44%	15.15
45	New Hampshire	19,020	0.32%	1,312,256	0.44%	14.49
46	Delaware	17,380	0.29%	861,953	0.29%	20.16
47	Idaho	16,280	0.27%	1,496,145	0.50%	10.88
48	South Dakota	13,780	0.23%	795,689	0.26%	17.32
49	Rhode Island	11,100	0.19%	1,053,136	0.35%	10.54
50	Vermont	6,490	0.11%	620,748	0.21%	10.46
51	District of Columbia	3,380	0.06%	587,868	0.20%	5.75

See also

• Climate change
• Comparisons of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
• Global warming
• Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States
• State carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion from 1990 through 2009
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita
• List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions