Worst Air Quality in Tennessee

Top 100 cities ranked by worst air quality

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Worst Air Quality — Tennessee

1 Loudon AQI 42

2 Nashville-Davidson AQI 40

3 Memphis AQI 40

4 Knoxville AQI 40

5 Chattanooga AQI 40

6 Clarksville AQI 40

7 Murfreesboro AQI 40

8 Franklin AQI 40

9 Johnson City AQI 40

10 Jackson AQI 40

11 Hendersonville AQI 40

12 Bartlett AQI 40

13 Kingsport AQI 40

14 Smyrna AQI 40

15 Spring Hill AQI 40

16 Collierville AQI 40

17 Cleveland AQI 40

18 Gallatin AQI 40

19 Brentwood AQI 40

20 Columbia AQI 40

21 Lebanon AQI 40

22 Mount Juliet AQI 40

23 Germantown AQI 40

24 La Vergne AQI 40

25 Cookeville AQI 40

26 Maryville AQI 40

27 Oak Ridge AQI 40

28 Morristown AQI 40

29 Bristol AQI 40

30 Farragut AQI 40

31 Shelbyville AQI 40

32 East Ridge AQI 40

33 Tullahoma AQI 40

34 Springfield AQI 40

35 Sevierville AQI 40

36 Goodlettsville AQI 40

37 Dickson AQI 40

38 Dyersburg AQI 40

39 Seymour AQI 40

40 Greeneville AQI 40

41 Arlington AQI 40

42 Nolensville AQI 40

43 Elizabethton AQI 40

44 Athens AQI 40

45 Lakeland AQI 40

46 White House AQI 40

47 McMinnville AQI 40

48 Powell AQI 40

49 Portland AQI 40

50 Soddy-Daisy AQI 40

51 Manchester AQI 40

52 Lewisburg AQI 40

53 Crossville AQI 40

54 Red Bank AQI 40

55 Middle Valley AQI 40

56 Hartsville/Trousdale County AQI 40

57 Lawrenceburg AQI 40

58 Alcoa AQI 40

59 Collegedale AQI 40

60 Millington AQI 40

61 Union City AQI 40

62 Martin AQI 40

63 Lenoir City AQI 40

64 Paris AQI 40

65 Atoka AQI 40

66 Clinton AQI 40

67 Fairview AQI 40

68 Brownsville AQI 40

69 Winchester AQI 40

70 Oakland AQI 40

71 Fairfield Glade AQI 40

72 Signal Mountain AQI 40

73 Bloomingdale AQI 40

74 Covington AQI 40

75 Jefferson City AQI 40

76 Harrison AQI 40

77 Pulaski AQI 40

78 Milan AQI 40

79 Lexington AQI 40

80 Thompson's Station AQI 40

81 Humboldt AQI 40

82 South Cleveland AQI 40

83 Ripley AQI 40

84 La Follette AQI 40

85 Savannah AQI 40

86 Dayton AQI 40

87 Church Hill AQI 40

88 Fayetteville AQI 40

89 Greenbrier AQI 40

90 Tellico Village AQI 40

91 Newport AQI 40

92 Green Hill AQI 40

93 Lynchburg AQI 40

94 Sweetwater AQI 40

95 Munford AQI 40

96 Henderson AQI 40

97 Pigeon Forge AQI 40

98 Jonesborough AQI 40

99 Kingston AQI 40

100 Harriman AQI 40

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

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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