2008 US City Sustainability Rankings

Cities are listed by their 2008 Rankings order. Numbers in parentheses ( ) denote 2006 Rankings.

1. Portland, OR (1)

2. San Francisco, CA (2)

3. Seattle, WA (3)

4. Chicago, IL (4)

5. New York, NY (6)

6. Boston, MA (7)

7. Minneapolis, MN (10)

8. Philadelphia, PA (8)

9. Oakland, CA (5)

10. Baltimore, MD (11)

11. Denver, CO (9)

12. Milwaukee, WI (16)

13. Austin, TX (14)

14. Sacramento, CA (13)

15. Washington, DC (12)

16. Cleveland, OH (28)

17. Honolulu, HI (15)

18. Albuquerque, NM (19)

19. Atlanta, GA (38)

20. Kansas City, MO (18)

21. San Jose, CA (23)

22. Tucson, AZ (20)

23. Jacksonville, FL (36)

24. Dallas, TX (24)

25. Omaha, NE (37)

26. San Diego, CA (17)

27. New Orleans, LA (32)

28. Los Angeles, CA (25)

29. Louisville, KY (35)

30. Columbus, OH (50)

31. Detroit, MI (43)

32. Phoenix, AZ (22)

33. San Antonio, TX (21)

34. Miami, FL (29)

35. Charlotte, NC (34)

36. Houston, TX (39)

37. Fresno, CA (33)

38. El Paso, TX (31)

39. Fort Worth, TX (46)

40. Nashville, TN (42)

41. Arlington, TX (41)

42. Long Beach, CA (30)

43. Colorado Springs, CO (26)

44. Indianapolis, IN (45)

45. Virginia Beach, VA (48)

46. Memphis, TN (43)

47. Las Vegas, NV (27)

48. Tulsa, OK (40)

49. Oklahoma City, OK (49)

50. Mesa, AZ (47)

Rankings by Category: At a Glance

Energy & Climate Change

1.  San Francisco, CA
1.  Seattle, WA
1.  Portland, OR
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41. El Paso, TX
42. Arlington, TX
43. Oklahoma City, OK
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Knowledge & Communications

1.  Portland, OR
1.  Seattle, WA
1.  New York, NY
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41. Arlington, TX
42. Colorado Springs, CO
43. Long Beach, CA
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Local Food & Agriculture

1.  Minneapolis, MN
2.  Cleveland, OH
3.  Boston, MA
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48. Dallas, TX
49. Virginia Beach, VA
50. Arlington, TX
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Metro Transit Ridership

1.  New York, NY
2.  Chicago, IL
3.  Long Beach, CA
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48. Omaha, NE
49. Tulsa, OK
50. Oklahoma City, OK
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Natural Disaster Risk

1.  Mesa, AZ
1.  Milwaukee, WI
3.  Cleveland, OH
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48. Oakland, CA
49. New Orleans, LA
50. Miami, FL
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Philadelphia is happy to be in good company among the top ten cities, but our goal for the next ranking is to break into the top five and ultimately become number one. Our plan is to become a strategic consumer, manager and producer of energy. The City will use a growing demand for conservation to drive our workforce investments and guide our job training. We also want every Philadelphian to have equitable access to healthy environments. This would include, for example, every person having to walk no more than 10 minutes to purchase healthy food. It's important for Philadelphia’s citizens, corporations and government to partner together to meet our sustainability goal of becoming the greenest city in America. —Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia

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