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Carbon dioxide emissions per person: U.S. states ranked (2022)

Measure: Carbon dioxide emissions per person (metric tons). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2022.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 14.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 3.9
RI 9.3
DE 12.4
CT 10.3
NJ 10
MD 8.2
MA 8.5
VT 8.5
NH 9.9

Lowest: 3.9 to 10
Group 2: 10 to 12.6
Group 3: 12.6 to 16.7
Group 4: 16.7 to 22.1
Highest: 22.1 to 96.6

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Emissions are counted where fuel is burned, so states that generate electricity or refine fuel for others have high per-person figures. Data are for 2022, EIA's latest state series.


1	Wyoming	96.6
2	North Dakota	73.2
3	Alaska	56.3
4	West Virginia	44.6
5	Louisiana	41.8
6	Montana	26.3
7	Nebraska	24.4
8	Kentucky	24.3
9	Indiana	23.9
10	Iowa	22.3
11	Mississippi	22.1
11	Texas	22.1
13	New Mexico	22
14	Oklahoma	21.7
15	Alabama	21.5
16	Kansas	21.2
17	Arkansas	20.7
18	Missouri	18.3
19	Utah	17.8
20	South Dakota	17.2
21	Ohio	16.7
22	Pennsylvania	16.5
23	Wisconsin	15.4
24	Michigan	15.3
25	Colorado	15.2
26	Minnesota	14.8
27	Illinois	14.6
28	Tennessee	12.9
29	Nevada	12.7
29	South Carolina	12.7
31	Hawaii	12.6
32	Delaware	12.4
33	Georgia	11.4
34	Arizona	11.1
34	Virginia	11.1
36	North Carolina	10.9
37	Maine	10.8
38	Idaho	10.7
39	Florida	10.4
40	Connecticut	10.3
41	New Jersey	10
42	New Hampshire	9.9
43	Washington	9.6
44	Rhode Island	9.3
45	Oregon	8.9
46	Massachusetts	8.5
46	Vermont	8.5
48	California	8.4
48	New York	8.4
50	Maryland	8.2
51	District of Columbia	3.9

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Energy-Related CO2 Emission Data Tables, Tables 1, 3 and 4 (state energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, by sector, and per capita, 1970–2022). Reference period: 2022.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by carbon dioxide emissions per person (metric tons) (2022). Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Energy-Related CO2 Emission Data Tables, Tables 1, 3 and 4 (state energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, by sector, and per capita, 1970–2022); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person/

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