Lowest superfund sites by state

How to read this ranking

North Dakota has the lowest published superfund sites in this comparison, at 0. The next states shown are District of Columbia (1) and Wyoming (1).

The table orders 51 states by epa superfund sites. It describes one published measure, not an overall judgment about where to live.

Use the result as a starting point, then compare the underlying source, dates, and local county figures before making a decision. EPA Superfund sites, counted where their published coordinates fall. These are hazardous-waste cleanups in the federal Superfund program; a site can be actively investigated, under cleanup, or long since cleaned up, so this is not a measure of current exposure.