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Air quality.
Explore the data behind it.

Compare U.S. metro and micro areas using EPA air quality data. See where each number comes from, when it was measured, and how complete the observations are.

2025observation year
498areas covered
298with a full year of observations

Find an area

Results: 498
CBSA 10100Partial year

Aberdeen, SD

27median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
56
Maximum AQI
115
Days with AQI above 100
6
Observed: 360 of 365 days
CBSA 10140Full year

Aberdeen, WA

22median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
41
Maximum AQI
76
Days with AQI above 100
0
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10300Full year

Adrian, MI

41median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
66
Maximum AQI
147
Days with AQI above 100
7
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10420Full year

Akron, OH

45median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
71
Maximum AQI
150
Days with AQI above 100
3
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10580Full year

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

41median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
64
Maximum AQI
136
Days with AQI above 100
5
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10500Full year

Albany, GA

46median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
64
Maximum AQI
115
Days with AQI above 100
1
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10540Full year

Albany, OR

27median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
57
Maximum AQI
122
Days with AQI above 100
1
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10740Full year

Albuquerque, NM

61median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
90
Maximum AQI
204
Days with AQI above 100
21
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 10780Partial year

Alexandria, LA

37median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
57
Maximum AQI
67
Days with AQI above 100
0
Observed: 118 of 365 days
CBSA 10900Full year

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

42median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
67
Maximum AQI
122
Days with AQI above 100
3
Observed: 365 of 365 days
CBSA 11020Partial year

Altoona, PA

40median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
60
Maximum AQI
115
Days with AQI above 100
1
Observed: 363 of 365 days
CBSA 11100Full year

Amarillo, TX

42median AQI
typical day
90th percentile AQI
64
Maximum AQI
97
Days with AQI above 100
0
Observed: 365 of 365 days

How to read the numbers

Median AQI

The middle of the observed daily Air Quality Index (AQI) values. Lower AQI values indicate cleaner air.

90th percentile

A measure of higher-pollution days: about 90% of observed daily AQI values are at or below this level.

Days with AQI > 100

Includes days rated unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse. Compare this count alongside the number of days observed.

Source & coverage

EPA AirData · Annual AQI by CBSA

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Observation period
Jan 1, 2025 — Dec 31, 2025
Source file retrieved
Nov 1, 2026
Published on ChooseState
Nov 2, 2026
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Methodology: epa-cbsa-v1

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