This is a list of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions for energy use,[1][2] as well as per capita[3][4] and by area.[5]
The state with the highest total carbon dioxide emissions is Texas and the lowest is Vermont. The state with the highest per capita carbon dioxide emissions is Wyoming and the lowest is New York.
| State or territory | % total CO2 |
CO2 (Mt) |
CO2 (tons per capita) |
CO2 (Mt per 1000 mi2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alabama |
2.1% | 98.3 | 19.6 | 1.9 |
 Alaska |
0.8% | 36.0 | 49.1 | 0.1 |
 Arizona |
1.7% | 79.8 | 11.2 | 0.7 |
 Arkansas |
1.2% | 54.7 | 18.2 | 1.0 |
 California |
6.6% | 303.7 | 7.7 | 1.9 |
 Colorado |
1.7% | 79.8 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
 Connecticut |
0.7% | 33.8 | 9.4 | 6.1 |
 Delaware |
0.3% | 12.4 | 12.6 | 5.0 |
 District of Columbia |
0.1% | 2.4 | 3.5 | 35.1 |
 Florida |
4.5% | 207.3 | 9.6 | 3.2 |
 Georgia |
2.5% | 116.4 | 10.9 | 2.0 |
 Hawaii |
0.3% | 15.0 | 10.3 | 1.4 |
 Idaho |
0.4% | 19.3 | 10.5 | 0.2 |
 Illinois |
3.7% | 170.2 | 13.3 | 2.9 |
 Indiana |
3.3% | 154.3 | 22.7 | 4.2 |
 Iowa |
1.4% | 65.7 | 20.6 | 1.2 |
 Kansas |
1.3% | 57.8 | 19.7 | 0.7 |
 Kentucky |
2.2% | 101.9 | 22.6 | 2.5 |
 Louisiana |
4.0% | 183.6 | 39.4 | 3.5 |
 Maine |
0.3% | 13.5 | 9.9 | 0.4 |
 Maryland |
1.0% | 48.1 | 7.8 | 3.9 |
 Massachusetts |
1.1% | 52.3 | 7.4 | 5.0 |
 Michigan |
3.0% | 136.9 | 13.6 | 1.4 |
 Minnesota |
1.7% | 78.4 | 13.7 | 0.9 |
 Mississippi |
1.4% | 63.2 | 21.4 | 1.3 |
 Missouri |
2.4% | 108.7 | 17.7 | 1.6 |
 Montana |
0.6% | 26.2 | 24.1 | 0.2 |
 Nebraska |
1.0% | 46.5 | 23.7 | 0.6 |
 Nevada |
0.8% | 36.1 | 11.6 | 0.3 |
 New Hampshire |
0.3% | 12.4 | 9.0 | 1.3 |
 New Jersey |
1.8% | 83.9 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
 New Mexico |
1.0% | 45.2 | 21.3 | 0.4 |
 New York |
3.1% | 143.7 | 7.1 | 2.6 |
 North Carolina |
2.3% | 106.4 | 10.2 | 2.0 |
 North Dakota |
1.2% | 54.3 | 69.6 | 0.8 |
 Ohio |
4.0% | 185.8 | 15.7 | 4.1 |
 Oklahoma |
1.8% | 83.7 | 21.1 | 1.2 |
 Oregon |
0.8% | 37.4 | 8.8 | 0.4 |
 Pennsylvania |
4.2% | 193.4 | 14.9 | 4.2 |
 Rhode Island |
0.2% | 9.8 | 9.0 | 6.4 |
 South Carolina |
1.4% | 63.3 | 12.4 | 2.0 |
 South Dakota |
0.3% | 14.9 | 16.8 | 0.2 |
 Tennessee |
1.8% | 83.2 | 12.0 | 2.0 |
 Texas |
13.5% | 622.4 | 21.4 | 2.3 |
 Utah |
1.2% | 57.2 | 17.5 | 0.7 |
 Vermont |
0.1% | 5.4 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
 Virginia |
2.1% | 98.2 | 11.4 | 2.3 |
 Washington |
1.5% | 68.3 | 8.9 | 1.0 |
 West Virginia |
1.7% | 77.1 | 43.0 | 3.2 |
 Wisconsin |
1.9% | 87.1 | 14.8 | 1.3 |
 Wyoming |
1.2% | 55.6 | 96.4 | 0.6 |
 American Samoa |
0.0% | 0.4 | 7.2 | 0.7 |
 Guam |
0.0% | 1.8 | 11.3 | 3.2 |
 Northern Mariana Islands |
0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
 Puerto Rico |
0.4% | 19.0 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
 US Virgin Islands |
0.1% | 2.4 | 22.6 | 3.3 |
| States and DC | 99.5% | 4591 | 13.9 | 1.21 |
| US Total | 100% | 4615 | 13.8 | 1.23 |
