In 2023, approximately 64 million Americans lived in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution. The number of people exposed to failing grades of daily air pollution has increased annually since 2018. In 2023, 111 counties in 19 states got failing grades for daily spikes in particle pollution.
Number of people living in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution in the United States from 2014 to 2023
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Figures are rounded. A failing grade was assigned to counties that failed to meet the US Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for annual particulate pollution.
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CNN. (April 19, 2023). Number of people living in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution in the United States from 2014 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445830/americans-living-in-counties-with-failing-grades-for-daily-air-pollution/
CNN. "Number of people living in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution in the United States from 2014 to 2023 (in millions)." Chart. April 19, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445830/americans-living-in-counties-with-failing-grades-for-daily-air-pollution/
CNN. (2023). Number of people living in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution in the United States from 2014 to 2023 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445830/americans-living-in-counties-with-failing-grades-for-daily-air-pollution/
CNN. "Number of People Living in Counties with a failing Grade for Daily Spikes in Particle Pollution in The United States from 2014 to 2023 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445830/americans-living-in-counties-with-failing-grades-for-daily-air-pollution/
CNN, Number of people living in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution in the United States from 2014 to 2023 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445830/americans-living-in-counties-with-failing-grades-for-daily-air-pollution/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of people living in counties with a failing grade for daily spikes in particle pollution in the United States from 2014 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph], CNN, April 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445830/americans-living-in-counties-with-failing-grades-for-daily-air-pollution/