Cleanest Environment by State

Ranked by number of EPA Superfund sites. Fewer is better.

#	State	Superfund Sites	EPA Facilities	Water Violations
1	Northern Mariana Islands	0	4	165
2	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	7	18
3	American Samoa	1	1	278
4	District of Columbia	1	11	51
5	Guam	2	9	6
6	Nevada	2	153	970
7	North Dakota	2	86	169
8	Wyoming	3	64	713
9	Hawaii	4	35	29
10	South Dakota	4	112	1,192
11	Alaska	9	51	4,613
12	Idaho	12	127	2,204
13	Arizona	13	306	4,821
14	Rhode Island	13	80	186
15	Mississippi	14	325	1,850
16	Vermont	14	34	1,090
17	West Virginia	14	179	2,371
18	Alabama	16	560	485
19	Maine	16	73	799
20	Arkansas	17	359	5,811
21	Connecticut	17	260	749
22	Oklahoma	18	401	28,341
23	Montana	19	66	1,430
24	Nebraska	19	202	2,160
25	Kansas	20	330	3,784
26	Kentucky	20	407	1,788
27	New Mexico	21	90	7,529
28	Oregon	21	282	2,578
29	New Hampshire	22	120	1,402
30	Georgia	23	744	2,663
31	Colorado	24	259	5,332
32	Utah	24	212	1,200
33	Iowa	25	466	729
34	Delaware	26	53	158
35	Maryland	26	157	506
36	Puerto Rico	26	109	2,826
37	Tennessee	26	649	1,091
38	Louisiana	29	406	13,618
39	South Carolina	34	560	647
40	Virginia	35	408	1,855
41	Missouri	39	524	6,246
42	Massachusetts	41	364	1,106
43	North Carolina	42	774	2,788
44	Wisconsin	46	848	2,233
45	Minnesota	49	501	845
46	Ohio	50	1,307	1,386
47	Indiana	53	891	1,467
48	Illinois	56	977	2,825
49	Washington	69	308	2,705
50	Texas	70	1,976	33,822
51	Florida	81	752	2,676
52	Michigan	90	791	1,000
53	California	116	1,127	17,550
54	New York	122	566	5,270
55	Pennsylvania	127	1,057	5,198
56	New Jersey	153	350	1,109

Source: EPA ECHO, Superfund National Priorities List.