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Assessed Use Impairments
Ranked by
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Percentage of Surface Waters with Impaired or Threatened Uses
Number of Impaired Waterbodies
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Rank
State
Percent
1.
MISSISSIPPI
71.38
2.
SOUTH CAROLINA
63.29
3.
DELAWARE
49.20
4.
NEW JERSEY
42.22
5.
CONNECTICUT
29.82
6.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
27.49
7.
MARYLAND
26.14
8.
LOUISIANA
22.36
9.
TENNESSEE
21.74
10.
RHODE ISLAND
21.26
11.
FLORIDA
18.31
12.
MASSACHUSETTS
18.14
13.
NORTH CAROLINA
17.76
14.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
16.71
15.
CALIFORNIA
14.72
16.
PENNSYLVANIA
14.62
17.
VERMONT
14.55
18.
INDIANA
14.36
19.
OHIO
14.32
20.
WEST VIRGINIA
14.20
21.
ALABAMA
14.08
22.
OREGON
13.35
23.
VIRGINIA
12.88
24.
GEORGIA
11.93
25.
KANSAS
11.77
26.
MONTANA
10.61
27.
OKLAHOMA
10.29
28.
KENTUCKY
10.22
29.
MAINE
8.52
30.
IDAHO
8.35
31.
NEW YORK
8.27
32.
NORTH DAKOTA
7.83
33.
ILLINOIS
7.36
34.
MICHIGAN
6.59
35.
IOWA
6.06
36.
WISCONSIN
5.12
37.
TEXAS
4.84
38.
NEBRASKA
4.71
39.
HAWAII
4.53
40.
MISSOURI
4.31
41.
ARKANSAS
4.22
42.
UTAH
4.01
43.
MINNESOTA
3.42
44.
SOUTH DAKOTA
2.92
COLORADO
2.92
45.
NEW MEXICO
2.85
46.
NEVADA
2.68
47.
WASHINGTON
2.57
48.
WYOMING
1.77
49.
ARIZONA
1.31
50.
ALASKA
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