What is Our Current Air Quality Ranking?

Air Quality Report for United States - American Lung Association

Metropolitan Areas Most Polluted by Short-term Particle Pollution (24-Hour PM2.5)
Rank
Metropolitan Area
1 LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-RIVERSIDE, CA
2 FRESNO-MADERA, CA
3 BAKERSFIELD, CA

Metropolitan Areas Most Polluted by Year-Round Particle Pollution(Annual PM2.5)
Rank
Metropolitan Areas
1 LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-RIVERSIDE, CA
2 VISALIA-PORTERVILLE, CA
3 BAKERSFIELD, CA


Top 26 U.S. Counties Most Polluted by Annual Particle Pollution (Annual PM2.5)
Rank
County
1 RIVERSIDE, CA
2 SAN BERNARDINO, CA
3 LOS ANGELES, CA

Metropolitan Areas with the Worst Ozone Air Pollution
Rank
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
1 LOS ANGELES-RIVERSIDE-ORANGE COUNTY, CA
2 FRESNO, CA
3 BAKERSFIELD, CA

Counties with the Worst Ozone Air Pollution*
County
1 SAN BERNARDINO, CA
2 FRESNO, CA
3 KERN, CA
4 RIVERSIDE, CA
5 LOS ANGELES, CA

This Report is Current.
I live in Riverside County.... cough .... cough....

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA Facts about your city/region Rank 2
Lost days (bad air days times children affected): 38,782,050
Equal to: exposing over 6,500 buses full of children to unhealthy air for the entire summer. Percent of summer days dangerous for kids with asthma: 70%
Number of kids with asthma: 88,502

statistic found on - environmentaldefense.org