Worst Air Quality in Indiana

Top 78 cities ranked by worst air quality

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Worst Air Quality - Indiana

1 Carmel AQI 54
2 Indianapolis AQI 54
3 Beech Grove AQI 54
4 Zionsville AQI 54
5 Speedway AQI 54
6 Winfield AQI 52
7 Dyer AQI 52
8 Lakes of the Four Seasons AQI 52
9 Merrillville AQI 52
10 St. John AQI 52
11 Ross AQI 52
12 Crown Point AQI 52
13 Munster AQI 52
14 Highland AQI 52
15 Hobart AQI 52
16 Schererville AQI 52
17 East Chicago AQI 52
18 Griffith AQI 52
19 Cedar Lake AQI 52
20 Lake Station AQI 52
21 Gary AQI 52
22 Hammond AQI 52
23 Lowell AQI 52
24 Jeffersonville AQI 47
25 Terre Haute AQI 47
26 Charlestown AQI 47
27 Sellersburg AQI 47
28 Granger AQI 45
29 Nappanee AQI 45
30 New Haven AQI 45
31 Notre Dame AQI 45
32 Huntertown AQI 45
33 Dunlap AQI 45
34 Fort Wayne AQI 45
35 South Bend AQI 45
36 Elkhart AQI 45
37 Mishawaka AQI 45
38 Goshen AQI 45
39 Westfield AQI 44
40 Noblesville AQI 44
41 Yorktown AQI 44
42 Muncie AQI 44
43 Kokomo AQI 44
44 Chesterton AQI 44
45 Cicero AQI 44
46 Valparaiso AQI 44
47 Columbus AQI 44
48 Porter AQI 44
49 Portage AQI 44
50 North Vernon AQI 44
51 South Haven AQI 44
52 Clarksville AQI 43
53 New Albany AQI 43
54 Pendleton AQI 42
55 Elwood AQI 42
56 Alexandria AQI 42
57 Linton AQI 42
58 Anderson AQI 42
59 La Porte AQI 41
60 Westville AQI 41
61 Jasper AQI 39
62 Huntingburg AQI 39
63 Vincennes AQI 38
64 Boonville AQI 38
65 Wabash AQI 36
66 Lebanon AQI 36
67 Shelbyville AQI 36
68 Columbia City AQI 35
69 Lafayette AQI 35
70 West Lafayette AQI 35
71 Plainfield AQI 35
72 Brownsburg AQI 35
73 Avon AQI 35
74 Whitestown AQI 35
75 Danville AQI 35
76 Ellettsville AQI 34
77 New Castle AQI 34
78 Bloomington AQI 34

Explore the top 78 cities ranked by worst air quality in Indiana.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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