2 Texas cities ranked among the top 10 dirtiest US cities. See full list

Two Texas cities made a list of the top ten dirtiest cities in America for 2024.

Lawn care provider LawnStarter examined over 300 of the biggest U.S. cities and ranked them in terms of dirtiness using several factors. The categories analyzed were air pollution, water quality, waste management and dissatisfaction levels among residents. LawnStarter published the study's methodology on its site.

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LIST: Top 10 dirtiest US cities

LawnStar's 2024 ranking of dirtiest cities in America named these as the ten dirtiest cities:

1. San Bernardino, California

2. Detroit, Michigan

3. Reading, Pennsylvania

4. Newark, New Jersey

5. Ontario, California

6. Phoenix, Arizona

7. Trenton, New Jersey

8. Las Vegas, Nevada

9. Houston, Texas

10. Baytown, Texas

Baytown had the worst air pollution ranking among all 303 cities in the study, with Houston coming in 12th. Houston also scored high with the worst infrastructure (27th) and resident dissatisfaction (50th).

LIST: Other Texas cities' rankings

After Houston and Baytown, here are the other Texas cities that made the dirtiest cities list:

• 15: Beaumont

• 21: Brownsville

• 26: El Paso

• 40: Fort Worth

• 46: Dallas

• 48: San Antonio

• 61: Amarillo

• 68: Corpus Christi

• 93: McAllen

• 98: Denton

• 101: Arlington

• 103: Austin

• 105: Tyler

• 116: Plano

• 119: Longview

• 132: Mansfield

• 137: Frisco

• 141: Waco

• 168: Wichita Falls

• 180: New Braunfels

• 195: College Station

• 211: Lubbock

• 283: McKinney

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: 2 Texas cities ranked among the top 10 dirtiest US cities. See list