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Designated 1997 PM-2.5 Nonattainment Areas Current Air Quality Design Value Compared to Designated Design Value

As of November 13, 2009

* Most recent Design Values for this period will be listed when available.     |     Design Value Notes

Areas Listed Alphabetically Annual Design
Value
(2001-2003)
(ug/m3)
Annual Design
Value
(2006-2008)
(ug/m3)*
No.
Counties
NAA
2000 Population EPA
Region
State
Atlanta, GA 18.0 22 4,231,750     4 GA
Baltimore, MD 16.7 6 2,512,431     3 MD
Birmingham, AL 18.0 3 807,612     4 AL
Canton-Massillon, OH 17.3 1 378,098     5 OH
Charleston, WV 17.1 2 251,662     3 WV
Chattanooga, AL-TN-GA 16.1 4 423,809     4 AL-TN-GA
Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN 17.7 10 8,757,808     5 IL-IN-WI
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN 17.8 8 1,850,975     5 4 OH-KY-IN
Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH 18.3 7 2,775,447     5 OH
Columbus, OH 16.7 5 1,448,503     5 OH
Dayton-Springfield, OH 15.2 3 851,690     5 OH
Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI 19.5 7 4,833,493     5 MI
Evansville, IN 16.2 6 277,402     5 IN
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 15.8 2 568,294     4 NC
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA 15.8 3 585,799     3 PA
Hickory, NC 15.5 1 141,685     4 NC
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 17.2 9 340,776     3 4 5 WV-KY-OH
Indianapolis, IN 16.7 5 1,329,185     5 IN
Johnstown, PA 15.8 2 164,431     3 PA
Knoxville, TN 16.8 5 599,008     4 TN
Lancaster, PA 17.0 1 470,658     3 PA
Libby, MT 16.2 1 2,626     8 MT
Liberty-Clairton, PA 21.2 1 21,600     3 PA
Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA 27.8 4 14,593,587     9 CA
Louisville, KY-IN 16.9 5 938,905     4 5 KY-IN
Macon, GA 15.2 2 154,837     4 GA
Martinsburg, WV-Hagerstown, MD 16.3 2 207,828     3 WV-MD
New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island,NY-NJ-CT 17.7 22 19,802,587     2 1 3 NY-NJ-CT
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 16.0 3 152,912     3 5 WV-OH
Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE 16.4 9 5,536,911     3 2 PA-NJ-DE
Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 21.2 8 2,195,054     3 PA
Reading, PA 16.4 1 373,638     3 PA
Rome, GA 15.7 1 90,565     4 GA
San Joaquin Valley, CA 21.8 8 3,191,367     9 CA
St. Louis, MO-IL 17.5 9 2,486,562     7 5 MO-IL
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 17.8 3 132,008     5 3 OH-WV
Washington, DC-MD-VA 15.8 14 4,377,935     3 DC-MD-VA
Wheeling, WV-OH 15.7 3 153,172     3 5 WV-OH
York, PA 17.3 1 381,751     3 PA
 
39 Total Areas 208 88,394,361  


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