This Is the Dirtiest State in the U.S.
Some states have clean water and clear skies—and others are basically all landfills.
![bulldozer working on landfill with birds in the sky](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/landfill.jpg?quality=82&strip=1&resize=640%2C360)
Some states are known for their healthy air quality (good job, Alaska), others are hailed for their environmental friendliness (hey there, Vermont), and a few choice states—well, one in particular—is known for its crystal clear waters (we're looking at you, Hawaii). But the truth is, every person in every state produces waste; it's just that some of us create a lot more than others. You may know about the tragic water crisis in cities like Flint, Michigan, or assume densely populated states like Delaware are filled with pollution, but there are a lot of factors that go into figuring out how clean or dirty a state is. So we crunched the numbers to determine which state in the U.S. is the absolute dirtiest.
We dug into data from a number of sources to get the full picture of a particular state's cleanliness, including its air quality, landfill use, and the volume of garbage and toxins it produces. This included a number of eye-opening stats from the Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program and Landfill Gas Energy Project Database, as well as the U.S. Census. We factored in how many tons of trash a state has buried per capita, as well as how much new waste it is producing per year (also in tons) and what percentage of a state's total landmass is dedicated to landfills. We also took into account the "dirtiness" of the state's air, drawing on the amount of carbon dioxide it produces (in million metric tons) according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as well as each state's air pollution ranking, according to the United Health Foundation. Together, we put these numbers through our exclusive algorithm to determine the Dirty State Index score for each state.
Taking all of this data into account, there is one state that stands out from the rest for all the wrong reasons. The state produces 1.28 tons of new waste per capita and has 29 tons of trash buried within its borders. But what really puts this state at the top of the garbage pile is that it has the highest percentage of land dedicated to landfills. While 0.04 percent may not sound like much, that's double, triple, or even quadruple the amount of space compared to almost any other state. Its carbon dioxide emissions are also among the highest in the country and its air pollution score is abysmal, too. Let's just say, it's earned its nickname. Read on to discover the dirtiest state in the nation, and find out where your state falls as we rank all 50 states from cleanest to filthiest. And for more state superlatives to learn about, read up on The Unfriendliest State in the U.S.
50
South Dakota
![overview of the badlands national park](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/badlands-national-park-south-dakota.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 14 million metric tons
Trash buried per capita: 21.4 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.66 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0007 percent
Air pollution level: 5.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 7.82
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49
Idaho
![Sun Valley, Idaho White Christmas in America](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/11/sun-valley-idaho-winter.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 18 tons
Trash buried per capita: 19.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.03 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0008 percent
Air pollution level: 6.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 8.73
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48
Maine
![portland head light lighthouse in maine](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/portland-head-lighthouse-maine.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 15 tons
Trash buried per capita: 21.9 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.29 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0013 percent
Air pollution level: 5.9 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 9.46
47
Montana
![](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/flathead-lake-montana.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 30 tons
Trash buried per capita: 26 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.47 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0004 percent
Air pollution level: 6.6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 10.19
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46
Wyoming
![Grand Tetons reflected in still water of the Snake River at Oxbow Bend](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/grand-teton-national-park-wyoming.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 61 tons
Trash buried per capita: 16.6 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.48 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0004 percent
Air pollution level: 5 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 10.34
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45
Vermont
![Harbor on Lake Champlain](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/lake-champlain-vermont.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 6 tons
Trash buried per capita: 21.8 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.91 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0026 percent
Air pollution level: 5.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 10.47
44
North Dakota
![North Dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/dakota.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 56 tons
Trash buried per capita: 20.3 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.58 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0007 percent
Air pollution level: 4.6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 10.94
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43
New Mexico
![sunset over the wilderness](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/bisti-de-na-zin-wilderness-new-mexico.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 49 tons
Trash buried per capita: 33.3 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1 ton
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0013 percent
Air pollution level: 6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 14.13
42
Oregon
![Florenece Oregon USA on a sunny day.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/04/florence-oregon.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 38 tons
Trash buried per capita: 37 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.64 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0019 percent
Air pollution level: 7.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 15.65
41
Utah
![south jordan utah](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/05/south-jordan-utah.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 58 tons
Trash buried per capita: 27.8 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.16 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0019 percent
Air pollution level: 8.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 15.82
40
Nebraska
![lincoln nebraska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/shutterstock_1025675146.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 48 tons
Trash buried per capita: 37.6 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.83 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0016 percent
Air pollution level: 7.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 15.91
39
Nevada
![Reno, happiest cities, drunkest cities, fittest cities, best singles scenes, worst drinking water](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/shutterstock_527487673.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 36 tons
Trash buried per capita: 45.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.67 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0016 percent
Air pollution level: 9 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 16.84
38
Minnesota
![downtown minneapolis minnesota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/shutterstock_686361076.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 88 tons
Trash buried per capita: 16.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.56 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0028 percent
Air pollution level: 6.6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 17.17
37
Arkansas
![Little Rock Arkansas skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/Arkansas.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 64 tons
Trash buried per capita: 26 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.97 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0035 percent
Air pollution level: 7.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 18.19
36
Hawaii
![Na Pali Coast Hawaii](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/na-pali-coast-hawaii.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 18 tons
Trash buried per capita: 28.6 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.66 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0060 percent
Air pollution level: 5.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 18.29
35
Kansas
![field of wheat in central Kansas is nearly ready for harvest.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/kansas-countryside.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 58 tons
Trash buried per capita: 40.6 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.48 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0032 percent
Air pollution level: 7 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 19.76
34
Mississippi
![biloxi lighthouse in mississippi](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/biloxi-lighthouse-mississippi.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 67 tons
Trash buried per capita: 35.3 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.2 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0035 percent
Air pollution level: 7.7 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 20.27
33
Washington
![Washington state](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/washington.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 78 tons
Trash buried per capita: 28.3 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.08 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0038 percent
Air pollution level: 8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 20.58
32
Iowa
![Iowa](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/iowa.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 76 tons
Trash buried per capita: 27.4 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.05 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0045 percent
Air pollution level: 7.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 21.12
31
Oklahoma
![tulsa oklahoma skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/shutterstock_1220319235.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 93 tons
Trash buried per capita: 34.4 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.22 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0034 percent
Air pollution level: 8.2 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 22.29
30
Arizona
![Antelope Canyon lights and rocks arizona](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/shutterstock_1036971457a.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 86 tons
Trash buried per capita: 33.9 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.38 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0038 percent
Air pollution level: 9.7 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 22.84
29
New Hampshire
![portsmouth new hampshire](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/portsmouth-new-hampshire.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 13 tons
Trash buried per capita: 40.9 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 2.03 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0079 percent
Air pollution level: 4.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 23.21
28
Colorado
![Denver, CO](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/01/Denver-CO.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 87 tons
Trash buried per capita: 44.6 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 2.06 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0039 percent
Air pollution level: 6.7 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 24.10
27
Connecticut
![hartford connecticut skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/shutterstock_1487599832.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 33 tons
Trash buried per capita: 8.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.41 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0111 percent
Air pollution level: 7.2 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 25.24
26
Missouri
![St. Louis, Missouri](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/shutterstock_102409318.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 122 tons
Trash buried per capita: 30.1 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.19 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0046 percent
Air pollution level: 7.5 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 25.75
25
West Virginia
![Housing Congestion. Wheeling, West Virginia. Compressed houses in the foreground.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/wheeling-west-virginia.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 91 tons
Trash buried per capita: 29.9 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.16 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0067 percent
Air pollution level: 7.6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 26.65
24
Alaska
![Denali National Park Alaska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/12/Denali-Alaska.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 34 tons
Trash buried per capita: 30.1 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.13 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0100 percent
Air pollution level: 6.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 27.03
23
Alabama
![river with boats and boathouses in alabama](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/magnolia-springs-alabama-river.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 108 tons
Trash buried per capita: 37.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.61 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0058 percent
Air pollution level: 8.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 28.19
22
Wisconsin
![Madison, Wisconsin, USA downtown skyline at dusk on Lake Monona.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/madison-wisconsin.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 98 tons
Trash buried per capita: 47 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.52 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0058 percent
Air pollution level: 6.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 28.44
21
South Carolina
![charleston south carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/historical-downtown-charleston-south-carolina.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 69 tons
Trash buried per capita: 32.6 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.21 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0105 percent
Air pollution level: 7.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 31.55
20
Tennessee
![Memphis Tennessee](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/08/memphis-tennessee.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 98 tons
Trash buried per capita: 36.8 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.4 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0095 percent
Air pollution level: 7.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 33.07
19
Kentucky
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 114 tons
Trash buried per capita: 43.9 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.75 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0086 percent
Air pollution level: 8.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 34.43
18
North Carolina
![cary north carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/cary-north-carolina.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 115 tons
Trash buried per capita: 27.5 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.25 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0119 percent
Air pollution level: 7.2 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 36.82
17
Michigan
![Detroit Aerial Panorama during sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/04/detroit.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 152 tons
Trash buried per capita: 62.4 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 2.27 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0079 percent
Air pollution level: 8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 39.66
16
Georgia
![Atlanta, happiest cities, drunkest cities, fittest cities, best singles scenes, best cities to buy a mansion, flip a house, rent, property](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/shutterstock_533133778.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 132 tons
Trash buried per capita: 33.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.67 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0122 percent
Air pollution level: 8.3 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 40.27
15
Virginia
![richmond virginia skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/shutterstock_661239940.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 98 tons
Trash buried per capita: 40.3 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.48 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0136 percent
Air pollution level: 6.9 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 40.34
14
Louisiana
![monroe louisiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/monroe-louisiana.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 226 tons
Trash buried per capita: 38.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.51 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0072 percent
Air pollution level: 7.9 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 40.42
13
New York
![albany new york capital building](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/09/albany-new-york-capital-building.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 157 tons
Trash buried per capita: 24.5 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.9 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0146 percent
Air pollution level: 6.6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 44.00
12
Massachusetts
![Worcester, Massachusetts](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/worcester-ma.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 63 tons
Trash buried per capita: 16.2 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.88 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0205 percent
Air pollution level: 6.3 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 44.51
11
Florida
![st petersburg florida](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/08/st-petersburg-florida.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 227 tons
Trash buried per capita: 25.1 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.03 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0166 percent
Air pollution level: 7.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 53.58
10
Maryland
![Baltimore, Maryland](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/baltimore.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 52 tons
Trash buried per capita: 20.9 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.66 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0263 percent
Air pollution level: 7.7 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 54.44
9
Illinois
![Chicago](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/Chicago-Illinois.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 201 tons
Trash buried per capita: 52.4 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 2.03 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0160 percent
Air pollution level: 9.3 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 55.93
8
Ohio
![Columbus Ohio American Cities Vacation Destinations](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/08/columbus-ohio.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 204 tons
Trash buried per capita: 48.8 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 2.04 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0165 percent
Air pollution level: 8.5 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 56.15
7
Indiana
![indianapolis indiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/shutterstock_1107977840.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 176 tons
Trash buried per capita: 56.1 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 2.35 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0174 percent
Air pollution level: 8.4 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 56.60
6
Pennsylvania
![a road in jim thorpe pennsylvania](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/jim-thorpe-pennsylvania.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 215 tons
Trash buried per capita: 52.3 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.73 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0191 percent
Air pollution level: 9.2 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 62.11
5
California
![santa barbara california](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/shutterstock_186049676.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 359 tons
Trash buried per capita: 47.8 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.58 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0153 percent
Air pollution level: 12.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 68.18
4
Rhode Island
![providence rhode island state capitol buildings](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/providence-rhode-island-with-capitol-building.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 10 tons
Trash buried per capita: 37.2 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 0.91 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0375 percent
Air pollution level: 7.3 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 72.27
3
Delaware
![Saturated early morning light hits the buildings and architecture of downtown Wilmington Delaware](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/delaware-state.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 12 tons
Trash buried per capita: 33.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.31 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0399 percent
Air pollution level: 8.3 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 76.32
2
Texas
![san antonio's beautiful nightlife at the river walk](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/san-antonio-texas-romantic.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 707 tons
Trash buried per capita: 36.7 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.37 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0083 percent
Air pollution level: 8.3 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 82.09
1
New Jersey
![Jersey City, New Jersey](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/Jersey-City-New-Jersey.jpg)
Carbon dioxide emissions produced: 101 tons
Trash buried per capita: 29 tons
New waste produced per capita annually: 1.28 tons
Percentage of state occupied by landfills: 0.0421 percent
Air pollution level: 8.1 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
Dirty State Index: 86.54