Worst Air Quality in Michigan

Top 100 cities ranked by worst air quality

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Worst Air Quality - Michigan

1 Detroit AQI 55
2 Warren AQI 55
3 Dearborn AQI 55
4 Livonia AQI 55
5 Westland AQI 55
6 Southfield AQI 55
7 Taylor AQI 55
8 Dearborn Heights AQI 55
9 Lincoln Park AQI 55
10 Southgate AQI 55
11 Oak Park AQI 55
12 Madison Heights AQI 55
13 Allen Park AQI 55
14 Hamtramck AQI 55
15 Garden City AQI 55
16 Inkster AQI 55
17 Romulus AQI 55
18 Wyandotte AQI 55
19 Ferndale AQI 55
20 Trenton AQI 55
21 Wayne AQI 55
22 Hazel Park AQI 55
23 Woodhaven AQI 55
24 Melvindale AQI 55
25 Riverview AQI 55
26 Farmington AQI 55
27 Flat Rock AQI 55
28 Plymouth AQI 55
29 Ecorse AQI 55
30 Highland Park AQI 55
31 Center Line AQI 55
32 River Rouge AQI 55
33 Huntington Woods AQI 55
34 Northville AQI 55
35 Northview AQI 51
36 Comstock Park AQI 51
37 Rockford AQI 51
38 Holland AQI 46
39 Zeeland AQI 46
40 Sterling Heights AQI 45
41 Troy AQI 45
42 Farmington Hills AQI 45
43 Rochester Hills AQI 45
44 Kalamazoo AQI 45
45 Novi AQI 45
46 Pontiac AQI 45
47 Royal Oak AQI 45
48 Portage AQI 45
49 Auburn Hills AQI 45
50 Birmingham AQI 45
51 Wixom AQI 45
52 Berkley AQI 45
53 Rochester AQI 45
54 Clawson AQI 45
55 Beverly Hills AQI 45
56 Westwood AQI 45
57 Grand Blanc AQI 45
58 Walled Lake AQI 45
59 Eastwood AQI 45
60 Milford AQI 45
61 Holly AQI 45
62 Comstock Northwest AQI 45
63 Utica AQI 45
64 Allegan AQI 45
65 Ann Arbor AQI 43
66 Adrian AQI 43
67 Ypsilanti AQI 43
68 Saline AQI 43
69 Tecumseh AQI 43
70 Whitmore Lake AQI 43
71 Milan AQI 43
72 Flint AQI 42
73 St. Clair Shores AQI 42
74 Roseville AQI 42
75 Eastpointe AQI 42
76 Burton AQI 42
77 Grosse Pointe Woods AQI 42
78 Mount Clemens AQI 42
79 Harper Woods AQI 42
80 Fraser AQI 42
81 New Baltimore AQI 42
82 Niles AQI 42
83 Grosse Pointe Park AQI 42
84 Grosse Pointe Farms AQI 42
85 Beecher AQI 42
86 Flushing AQI 42
87 New Haven AQI 42
88 Dowagiac AQI 42
89 Grosse Pointe AQI 42
90 Davison AQI 42
91 Muskegon AQI 41
92 Port Huron AQI 41
93 Norton Shores AQI 41
94 Grand Haven AQI 41
95 Marysville AQI 41
96 Muskegon Heights AQI 41
97 Richmond AQI 41
98 St. Clair AQI 41
99 Lansing AQI 39
100 East Lansing AQI 39

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by worst air quality in Michigan.

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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