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 2010.

Table

Rank	Jurisdiction	Annual CO2 emissions (in thousands of metric tons)	Percentage of total emissions	Population (known population in 2010)	Percentage of total population	CO2 emissions per capita (in metric tons)
-	[States Total]	6,821,821	100.00%	308,745,538	100.00%	22.10
01	Texas	653,245	11.65%	25,145,561	8.14%	25.98
02	California	370,890	6.61%	37,253,956	12.07%	9.96
03	Pennsylvania	253,699	4.52%	12,702,379	4.11%	19.97
04	Ohio	247,975	4.42%	11,536,504	3.74%	21.49
05	Florida	244,580	4.36%	18,801,310	6.09%	13.01
06	Illinois	230,701	4.11%	12,830,632	4.16%	17.98
07	Indiana	215,804	3.85%	6,483,802	2.10%	33.28
08	Louisiana	210,982	3.76%	4,533,372	1.47%	46.54
09	New York	173,825	3.10%	19,378,102	6.28%	8.97
10	Georgia	172,989	3.08%	9,687,653	3.14%	17.86
11	Michigan	165,688	2.95%	9,883,640	3.20%	16.76
12	Kentucky	150,220	2.68%	4,339,367	1.41%	34.62
13	North Carolina	142,123	2.53%	9,535,483	3.09%	14.90
14	Missouri	135,471	2.42%	5,988,927	1.94%	22.62
15	Alabama	132,096	2.36%	4,779,736	1.55%	27.64
16	New Jersey	118,219	2.11%	8,791,894	2.85%	13.45
17	Virginia	109,710	1.96%	8,001,024	2.59%	13.71
18	Tennessee	108,252	1.93%	6,346,105	2.06%	17.06
19	Oklahoma	103,073	1.84%	3,751,351	1.22%	27.48
20	Wisconsin	99,146	1.77%	5,686,986	1.84%	17.43
21	West Virginia	98,656	1.76%	1,852,994	0.60%	53.24
22	Arizona	95,607	1.70%	6,392,017	2.07%	14.96
23	Colorado	95,497	1.70%	5,029,196	1.63%	18.99
24	Minnesota	93,204	1.66%	5,303,925	1.72%	17.57
25	Iowa	90,247	1.61%	3,046,355	0.99%	29.62
26	South Carolina	85,205	1.52%	4,625,364	1.50%	18.42
27	Washington	76,637	1.37%	6,724,540	2.18%	11.40
28	Kansas	73,198	1.31%	2,853,118	0.92%	25.66
29	Massachusetts	73,171	1.30%	6,547,629	2.12%	11.18
30	Maryland	70,616	1.26%	5,773,552	1.87%	12.23
31	Arkansas	66,187	1.18%	2,915,918	0.94%	22.70
32	Mississippi	65,690	1.17%	2,967,297	0.96%	22.14
33	Wyoming	64,813	1.16%	563,626	0.18%	114.99
34	Utah	63,451	1.13%	2,763,885	0.90%	22.96
35	New Mexico	54,376	0.97%	2,059,179	0.67%	26.41
36	North Dakota	48,748	0.87%	672,591	0.22%	72.48
37	Nebraska	47,848	0.85%	1,826,341	0.59%	26.20
38	Oregon	40,311	0.72%	3,831,074	1.24%	10.52
39	Alaska	38,451	0.69%	710,231	0.23%	54.14
40	Nevada	38,050	0.68%	2,700,551	0.87%	14.09
41	Connecticut	37,027	0.66%	3,574,097	1.16%	10.36
42	Montana	34,795	0.62%	989,415	0.32%	35.17
43	Hawaii	18,616	0.33%	1,360,301	0.44%	13.68
44	Maine	18,520	0.33%	1,328,361	0.43%	13.94
45	New Hampshire	16,923	0.30%	1,316,470	0.43%	12.85
46	Idaho	16,318	0.29%	1,567,582	0.51%	10.41
47	South Dakota	15,139	0.27%	814,180	0.26%	18.59
48	Delaware	12,164	0.22%	897,934	0.29%	13.55
49	Rhode Island	11,158	0.20%	1,052,567	0.34%	10.60
50	Vermont	6,034	0.11%	625,741	0.20%	9.64
51	District of Columbia	3,291	0.06%	601,723	0.19%	5.47

See also

• Climate change
• Comparisons of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
• Global warming
• Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita
• List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions

Notes

• The States Total value represents the sum of CO₂ emissions from the 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. This value differs from total U.S. CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion reported in the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The U.S. inventory value is larger because it includes emissions from U.S. territories and protectorates; it also uses a different approach for estimating emissions from non-energy uses of fossil fuels (which are not included in the combustion-related values shown in this table).

• Nationally, CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion represented the largest source (78%) of total GWP–weighted emissions from all emission sources in 2010 (EPA 2012). Similarly, CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions within a state.

External links

• EPA website
• State carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion from 1990 through 2010