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Table 5a: Top 25 Cleanest U.S. Cities for Long-term Particle Pollution (Annual PM2.5) 1
| Rank
| Design Value
| Metropolitan Statistical Area
| Population
|
| 1
| 4.9
| Santa Fe-Espanola, NM
| 175,574
|
| 1
| 4.9
| Honolulu, HI
| 896,019
|
| 3
| 5.1
| Cheyenne, WY
| 82,894
|
| 4
| 6.0
| Great Falls, MT
| 79,389
|
| 5
| 6.4
| Farmington, NM
| 120,367
|
| 5
| 6.4
| Anchorage, AK
| 334,124
|
| 5
| 6.4
| Albuquerque, NM
| 753,988
|
| 8
| 6.6
| Bismarck, ND
| 96,349
|
| 9
| 7.2
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA
| 203,111
|
| 10
| 7.5
| Lubbock-Levelland, TX
| 254,439
|
| 10
| 7.5
| Billings, MT
| 141,297
|
| 12
| 7.6
| Idaho Falls-Blackfoot, ID
| 147,419
|
| 13
| 7.7
| Grand Junction, CO
| 121,419
|
| 13
| 7.7
| Colorado Springs, CO
| 565,404
|
| 15
| 7.8
| Bellingham, WA
| 174,362
|
| 16
| 7.9
| Rapid City, SD
| 115,328
|
| 16
| 7.9
| Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
| 177,064
|
| 18
| 8.0
| Pueblo, CO
| 146,880
|
| 19
| 8.2
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
| 264,605
|
| 20
| 8.4
| Salem, OR
| 357,812
|
| 21
| 8.5
| Duluth, MN-WI
| 276,298
|
| 21
| 8.5
| Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon, OR
| 183,559
|
| 23
| 8.6
| Salinas, CA
| 413,408
|
| 24
| 8.9
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
| 475,639
|
| 25
| 9.0
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL
| 337,638 |
(1) This list represents cities with the lowest levels of annual PM2.5 air pollution.
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