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This is a list of U.S. states by [[carbon dioxide]] emissions due to human activity. The data presented below from the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] and the [[US Energy Information Administration]] corresponds to emissions in |
This is a list of U.S. states by [[carbon dioxide]] emissions due to human activity. The data presented below from the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] and the [[US Energy Information Administration]] corresponds to emissions in 2014.<ref name="EPA">{{cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/us-greenhouse-gas-inventory-report-1990-2014|title=U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report: 1990-2014|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=US Environmental Protection Agency|access-date=|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> |
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[[File:Map of states showing CO2 emission per capita.svg|thumb|CO<sub>2</sub> emission per capita per year per state (2011 data).]] |
[[File:Map of states showing CO2 emission per capita.svg|thumb|CO<sub>2</sub> emission per capita per year per state (2011 data).]] |
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!style="width: 25px;"|'''Rank''' |
!style="width: 25px;"|'''Rank''' |
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!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Jurisdiction''' |
!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Jurisdiction''' |
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!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Annual CO<sub>2</sub> emissions''' <br/><small>(in millions of metric tons)</small><ref>{{cite web |
!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Annual CO<sub>2</sub> emissions''' <br/><small>(in millions of metric tons)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/state-energy-co2-emissions|title=State Energy CO2 Emissions|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=US Environmental Protection Agency|access-date=|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref> |
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!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Percentage <br> of total <br> emissions''' |
!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Percentage <br> of total <br> emissions''' |
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!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Population''' <br/><small>(population estimate in 2014)</small><ref>{{cite web |
!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Population''' <br/><small>(population estimate in 2014)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2014/|title=Population Estimates: State Totals: Vintage 2014|last=|first=|date=|website=Census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=|accessdate=13 September 2016}}</ref> |
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!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Percentage <br> of total <br> population''' |
!!style="width: 25px;"|'''Percentage <br> of total <br> population''' |
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!!style="width: 15px;"| '''CO<sub>2</sub> emissions <br> per capita'''<br /><small>(in metric tons)</small> |
!!style="width: 15px;"| '''CO<sub>2</sub> emissions <br> per capita'''<br /><small>(in metric tons)</small> |
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| States Total |
| States Total |
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| align="right" | 5, |
| align="right" | 5,434 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 100.00% |
| valign="top" align=right | 100.00% |
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| align="right" | 318,857,056 |
| align="right" | 318,857,056 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 01 |
| valign="top" align=right | 01 |
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| [[Texas]] |
| [[Texas]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" |709 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 13.04% |
| valign="top" align=right | 13.04% |
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| align="right" | 26,956,958 |
| align="right" | 26,956,958 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 02 |
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| [[California]] |
| [[California]] |
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| align="right" | 359 |
| align="right" | 359 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 6.61% |
| valign="top" align=right | 6.61% |
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| align="right" | 38,802,500 |
| align="right" | 38,802,500 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 03 |
| valign="top" align=right | 03 |
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| [[Pennsylvania]] |
| [[Pennsylvania]] |
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| align="right" | 242 |
| align="right" | 242 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 4.46% |
| valign="top" align=right | 4.46% |
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| align="right" | 12,787,209 |
| align="right" | 12,787,209 |
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| align="right" | 18.94 |
| align="right" | 18.94 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | |
| valign="top" align="right" | 04 |
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| [[Illinois]] |
| [[Illinois]] |
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| align="right" | 233 |
| align="right" | 233 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 4.29% |
| valign="top" align="right" | 4.29% |
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| align="right" | 12,880,580 |
| align="right" | 12,880,580 |
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| align="right" | 18.12 |
| align="right" | 18.12 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 05 |
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| [[Ohio]] |
| [[Ohio]] |
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| align="right" | 229 |
| align="right" | 229 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 4.21% |
| valign="top" align="right" | 4.21% |
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| align="right" | 11,594,163 |
| align="right" | 11,594,163 |
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| align="right" | 19.75 |
| align="right" | 19.75 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 06 |
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| [[Florida]] |
| [[Florida]] |
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| align="right" | 227 |
| align="right" | 227 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 4.18% |
| valign="top" align="right" | 4.18% |
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| align="right" | 19,893,297 |
| align="right" | 19,893,297 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 07 |
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| [[Louisiana]] |
| [[Louisiana]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 207 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 3,81% |
| valign="top" align=right | 3,81% |
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| align="right" | 4,649,676 |
| align="right" | 4,649,676 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 08 |
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| [[Indiana]] |
| [[Indiana]] |
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| align="right" | 203 |
| align="right" | 203 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 3.74% |
| valign="top" align=right | 3.74% |
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| align="right" | 6,596,855 |
| align="right" | 6,596,855 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 09 |
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| [[New York (state)|New York]] |
| [[New York (state)|New York]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" |170 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 3.13% |
| valign="top" align=right | 3.13% |
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| align="right" | 19,746,227 |
| align="right" | 19,746,227 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 10 |
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| [[Michigan]] |
| [[Michigan]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 162 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 2.97% |
| valign="top" align=right | 2.97% |
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| align="right" | 9,909,877 |
| align="right" | 9,909,877 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 11 |
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| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 139 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 2.56% |
| valign="top" align=right | 2.56% |
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| align="right" | 10,097,343 |
| align="right" | 10,097,343 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 12 |
| valign="top" align=right | 12 |
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| [[Kentucky]] |
| [[Kentucky]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 138 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 2.53% |
| valign="top" align=right | 2.53% |
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| align="right" | 4,413,457 |
| align="right" | 4,413,457 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 13 |
| valign="top" align=right | 13 |
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| [[Missouri]] |
| [[Missouri]] |
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| align="right" | 131 |
| align="right" | 131 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 2.42% |
| valign="top" align=right | 2.42% |
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| align="right" | 6,063,589 |
| align="right" | 6,063,589 |
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| align="right" | 21.66 |
| align="right" | 21.66 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | |
| valign="top" align="right" | 14 |
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| [[North Carolina]] |
| [[North Carolina]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 126 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 2.31% |
| valign="top" align="right" | 2.31% |
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| align="right" | 9.943.964 |
| align="right" | 9.943.964 |
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| align="right" | 12.64 |
| align="right" | 12.64 |
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|- |
|- |
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| valign="top" align="right" | |
| valign="top" align="right" | 15 |
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| [[Alabama]] |
| [[Alabama]] |
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| align="right" | 121 |
| align="right" | 121 |
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| valign="top" align="right" | 2.24% |
| valign="top" align="right" | 2.24% |
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| align="right" | 4,849,377 |
| align="right" | 4,849,377 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 16 |
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| [[New Jersey]] |
| [[New Jersey]] |
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| align="right" | 114 |
| align="right" | 114 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 2.1% |
| valign="top" align=right | 2.1% |
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| align="right" | 8,938,175 |
| align="right" | 8,938,175 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 17 |
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| [[Oklahoma]] |
| [[Oklahoma]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 104 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.92% |
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| align="right" | 3, |
| align="right" | 3,878,051 |
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| align="right" | 1. |
| align="right" | 1.22% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 26.92 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 18 |
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| [[Tennessee]] |
| [[Tennessee]] |
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| align="right" | 103 |
| align="right" | 103 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.89% |
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| align="right" | 6, |
| align="right" | 6,549,352 |
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| align="right" | 2.05% |
| align="right" | 2.05% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 15.69 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 19 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1.80% |
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| valign="top" align=right | 20 |
| valign="top" align=right | 20 |
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| [[Wisconsin]] |
| [[Wisconsin]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 101 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.85% |
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| align="right" | 5, |
| align="right" | 5,757,564 |
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| align="right" | 1. |
| align="right" | 1.81% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 17.47 |
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|- |
|- |
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| valign="top" align=right | 21 |
| valign="top" align=right | 21 |
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| [[West Virginia]] |
| [[West Virginia]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 97 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.79% |
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| align="right" | 1, |
| align="right" | 1,850,326 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.58% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 52.47 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 22 |
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| [[Arizona]] |
| [[Arizona]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 93 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.71% |
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| align="right" | 6, |
| align="right" | 6,731,484 |
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| align="right" | 2. |
| align="right" | 2.11% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 13.79 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 23 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1.69% |
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| valign="top" align=right | 24 |
| valign="top" align=right | 24 |
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| [[Colorado]] |
| [[Colorado]] |
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| align="right" | 91 |
| align="right" | 91 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.67% |
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| align="right" | 5, |
| align="right" | 5,355,866 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" |1.68% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 16.95 |
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|- |
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| valign="top" align=right | 25 |
| valign="top" align=right | 25 |
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| [[Iowa]] |
| [[Iowa]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 83 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.53% |
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| align="right" | 3, |
| align="right" | 3,107,126 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.97% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 26.78 |
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|- |
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| valign="top" align=right | 26 |
| valign="top" align=right | 26 |
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| [[South Carolina]] |
| [[South Carolina]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 74 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.37% |
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| align="right" | 4, |
| align="right" | 4,832,482 |
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| align="right" | 1. |
| align="right" | 1.52% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 15.39 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 27 |
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| align="right" | 73 |
| align="right" | 73 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.35% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 7,061,530 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 2.21% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 10.40 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 28 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 70 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.28% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 2,904,021 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 0.91% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 23.97 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 29 |
| valign="top" align=right | 29 |
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| [[Arkansas]] |
| [[Arkansas]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 69 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1. |
| valign="top" align=right | 1.26% |
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| align="right" | 2, |
| align="right" | 2,966,369 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.93% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 23.13 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 30 |
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| [[Wyoming]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 65 |
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| |
| align="right" valign="top" | 1.20% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 584,153 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 0.18% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 111.55 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 31 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 1.19% |
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| valign="top" align=right | 32 |
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| [[Utah]] |
| [[Utah]] |
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| align="right" | 64 |
| align="right" | 64 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.19% |
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| align="right" | 2, |
| align="right" | 2,942,902 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.92% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 21.90 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 32 |
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| [[ |
| [[Massachusetts]] |
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| align="right" | 64 |
| align="right" | 64 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.18% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 6,745,408 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 2.12% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 9.49 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 33 |
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| [[Mississippi]] |
| [[Mississippi]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 64 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.17% |
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| align="right" | 2, |
| align="right" | 2,994,079 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.94% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 21.28 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 34 |
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| [[ |
| [[Maryland]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 62 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.14% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 5,976,407 |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 1.87% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 10.38 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 35 |
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| [[North Dakota]] |
| [[North Dakota]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 55 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 1.02% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 739,482 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.23% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 74.81 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 36 |
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| [[Nebraska]] |
| [[Nebraska]] |
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| align="right" | 52 |
| align="right" | 52 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 0.95% |
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| align="right" | 1, |
| align="right" | 1,881,503 |
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| align="right" | 0.59% |
| align="right" | 0.59% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 27.51 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 37 |
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| [[ |
| [[New Mexico]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 50 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 0.92% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 2,085,572 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.65% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 24.07 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 38 |
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| [[Oregon]] |
| [[Oregon]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 38 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 0.70% |
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| align="right" | 3, |
| align="right" | 3,970,239 |
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| align="right" | 1. |
| align="right" | 1.25% |
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| align="right" | 9. |
| align="right" | 9.56 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 39 |
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| align="right" | 37 |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 0.68% |
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| align="right" | 0.89% |
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| valign="top" align=right | 40 |
| valign="top" align=right | 40 |
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| [[Connecticut]] |
| [[Connecticut]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 35 |
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| valign="top" align=right | 0. |
| valign="top" align=right | 0.65% |
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| align="right" | 3, |
| align="right" | 3,596,677 |
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| align="right" | 1. |
| align="right" | 1.13% |
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| align="right" | 9. |
| align="right" | 9.77 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="top" | 41 |
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| [[Alaska]] |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 35 |
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| |
| align="right" valign="top" | 0.64% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 736,732 |
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| align="right" | 0. |
| align="right" | 0.23% |
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| align="right" | |
| align="right" | 47.17 |
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|- |
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| valign="top" align=right | 42 |
| valign="top" align=right | 42 |
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| [[Montana]] |
| [[Montana]] |
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| valign="top" align=right | 0.31% |
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| [[Idaho]] |
| [[Idaho]] |
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| align="right" | 1,634,464 |
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| align="right" | 10.18 |
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| [[South Dakota]] |
| [[South Dakota]] |
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| align="right" | 853,175 |
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| align="right" | 17.91 |
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| [[Delaware]] |
| [[Delaware]] |
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| valign="top" align=right | 0.25% |
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| align="right" | 935,614 |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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* The 'States Total' value represents the sum of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from the 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. This value differs from total U.S. CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from fossil fuel combustion reported in the [http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html 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). |
* The 'States Total' value represents the sum of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from the 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. This value differs from total U.S. CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from fossil fuel combustion reported in the [http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html 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). |
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* Nationally, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from fossil fuel combustion represented the largest source ( |
* Nationally, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from fossil fuel combustion represented the largest source (76%) of total [http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/definitions/gwp.html GWP]–weighted emissions from all emission sources in 2014.<ref name=EPA /> Similarly, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from fossil fuel combustion are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions within a state.<ref name=EPA /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 15:01, 14 September 2016
This is a list of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity. The data presented below from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Energy Information Administration corresponds to emissions in 2014.[1]
Table
Rank | Jurisdiction | Annual CO2 emissions (in millions of metric tons)[2] |
Percentage of total emissions |
Population (population estimate in 2014)[3] |
Percentage of total population |
CO2 emissions per capita (in metric tons) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | States Total | 5,434 | 100.00% | 318,857,056 | 100.00% | 17.04 |
01 | Texas | 709 | 13.04% | 26,956,958 | 8.45% | 26.29 |
02 | California | 359 | 6.61% | 38,802,500 | 12.17% | 9.26 |
03 | Pennsylvania | 242 | 4.46% | 12,787,209 | 4.01% | 18.94 |
04 | Illinois | 233 | 4.29% | 12,880,580 | 4.04% | 18.12 |
05 | Ohio | 229 | 4.21% | 11,594,163 | 3.64% | 19.75 |
06 | Florida | 227 | 4.18% | 19,893,297 | 6.24% | 11.41 |
07 | Louisiana | 207 | 3,81% | 4,649,676 | 1.46% | 44.50 |
08 | Indiana | 203 | 3.74% | 6,596,855 | 2.07% | 30.81 |
09 | New York | 170 | 3.13% | 19,746,227 | 6.19% | 8.61 |
10 | Michigan | 162 | 2.97% | 9,909,877 | 3.11% | 16.31 |
11 | Georgia | 139 | 2.56% | 10,097,343 | 3.17% | 13.76 |
12 | Kentucky | 138 | 2.53% | 4,413,457 | 1.38% | 31.19 |
13 | Missouri | 131 | 2.42% | 6,063,589 | 1.90% | 21.66 |
14 | North Carolina | 126 | 2.31% | 9.943.964 | 3.12% | 12.64 |
15 | Alabama | 121 | 2.24% | 4,849,377 | 1.52% | 25.05 |
16 | New Jersey | 114 | 2.1% | 8,938,175 | 2.80% | 12.78 |
17 | Oklahoma | 104 | 1.92% | 3,878,051 | 1.22% | 26.92 |
18 | Virginia | 103 | 1.90% | 8,326,289 | 2.61% | 12.42 |
19 | Tennessee | 103 | 1.89% | 6,549,352 | 2.05% | 15.69 |
20 | Wisconsin | 101 | 1.85% | 5,757,564 | 1.81% | 17.47 |
21 | West Virginia | 97 | 1.79% | 1,850,326 | 0.58% | 52.47 |
22 | Minnesota | 94 | 1.73% | 5,457,173 | 1.71% | 17.24 |
23 | Arizona | 93 | 1.71% | 6,731,484 | 2.11% | 13.79 |
24 | Colorado | 91 | 1.67% | 5,355,866 | 1.68% | 16.95 |
25 | Iowa | 83 | 1.53% | 3,107,126 | 0.97% | 26.78 |
26 | South Carolina | 74 | 1.37% | 4,832,482 | 1.52% | 15.39 |
27 | Washington | 73 | 1.35% | 7,061,530 | 2.21% | 10.40 |
28 | Kansas | 70 | 1.28% | 2,904,021 | 0.91% | 23.97 |
29 | Arkansas | 69 | 1.26% | 2,966,369 | 0.93% | 23.13 |
30 | Wyoming | 65 | 1.20% | 584,153 | 0.18% | 111.55 |
31 | Utah | 64 | 1.19% | 2,942,902 | 0.92% | 21.90 |
32 | Massachusetts | 64 | 1.18% | 6,745,408 | 2.12% | 9.49 |
33 | Mississippi | 64 | 1.17% | 2,994,079 | 0.94% | 21.28 |
34 | Maryland | 62 | 1.14% | 5,976,407 | 1.87% | 10.38 |
35 | North Dakota | 55 | 1.02% | 739,482 | 0.23% | 74.81 |
36 | Nebraska | 52 | 0.95% | 1,881,503 | 0.59% | 27.51 |
37 | New Mexico | 50 | 0.92% | 2,085,572 | 0.65% | 24.07 |
38 | Oregon | 38 | 0.70% | 3,970,239 | 1.25% | 9.56 |
39 | Nevada | 37 | 0.68% | 2,839,099 | 0.89% | 13.02 |
40 | Connecticut | 35 | 0.65% | 3,596,677 | 1.13% | 9.77 |
41 | Alaska | 35 | 0.64% | 736,732 | 0.23% | 47.17 |
42 | Montana | 32 | 0.59% | 1,023,579 | 0.32% | 31.51 |
43 | Hawaii | 18 | 0.33% | 1,419,561 | 0.45% | 12.82 |
44 | Maine | 17 | 0.31% | 1,330,089 | 0.42% | 12.52 |
45 | Idaho | 17 | 0.31% | 1,634,464 | 0.51% | 10.18 |
46 | South Dakota | 15 | 0.28% | 853,175 | 0.27% | 17.91 |
47 | New Hampshire | 15 | 0.27% | 1,326,813 | 0.42% | 11.25 |
48 | Delaware | 13 | 0.25% | 935,614 | 0.29% | 14.24 |
49 | Rhode Island | 11 | 0.20% | 1,055,173 | 0.33% | 10.08 |
50 | Vermont | 6 | 0.11% | 626,562 | 0.20% | 9.38 |
51 | District of Columbia | 3 | 0.06% | 658,893 | 0.21% | 4.55 |
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 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
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 (76%) of total GWP–weighted emissions from all emission sources in 2014.[1] Similarly, CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions within a state.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report: 1990-2014". US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "State Energy CO2 Emissions". US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Population Estimates: State Totals: Vintage 2014". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 13 September 2016.