This statistic displays the highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state. During this time, Maryland had a carbon footprint of 16.9 global acres per capita. The carbon footprint converts the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into an amount of productive land and sea area needed to sequester these emissions. In the United States, 67 percent of the ecological footprint is comprised of the carbon footprint.
Highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state (in global acres per capita)*
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Global Footprint Network. (July 7, 2015). Highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state (in global acres per capita)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/495023/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-major-us-state/
Global Footprint Network. "Highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state (in global acres per capita)*." Chart. July 7, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495023/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-major-us-state/
Global Footprint Network. (2015). Highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state (in global acres per capita)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495023/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-major-us-state/
Global Footprint Network. "Highest Carbon Footprint per Capita in The United States in 2015, by State (in Global Acres per Capita)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495023/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-major-us-state/
Global Footprint Network, Highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state (in global acres per capita)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495023/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-major-us-state/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Highest carbon footprint per capita in the United States in 2015, by state (in global acres per capita)* [Graph], Global Footprint Network, July 7, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/495023/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-major-us-state/
