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Table CO2.7. Total CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption, per capita CO2 emissions, and carbon intensities, ranked by state, 2024
Table CO2.7. Total CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption, per capita CO2 emissions, and carbon intensities, ranked by state, 2024


Rank
Total CO2 emissions Per capita CO2 emissions Carbon intensity of primary energy supply Carbon intensity of economy
State Thousand metric
tons
State Metric tons State Metric tons CO2
per billion Btu
State Metric tons CO2
per million
chained 2017
dollars GDP
1 Texas 679,932 Wyoming 85.2 West Virginia 73.0 Wyoming 1,257.0
2 California 315,984 North Dakota 69.5 Wyoming 70.8 West Virginia 873.8
3 Florida 230,847 Alaska 59.7 Kentucky 69.2 North Dakota 870.3
4 Pennsylvania 201,570 West Virginia 40.9 North Dakota 68.1 Alaska 786.6
5 Louisiana 186,893 Louisiana 40.5 Hawaii 66.1 Louisiana 727.1
6 Ohio 186,335 Montana 23.9 Utah 65.5 Mississippi 524.6
7 Illinois 163,981 Kentucky 23.3 Missouri 63.8 Kentucky 462.7
8 New York 163,685 Indiana 22.0 Indiana 63.1 Montana 448.2
9 Indiana 152,299 Mississippi 21.9 Montana 61.8 Oklahoma 421.1
10 Michigan 143,105 Texas 21.7 Colorado 59.6 Alabama 408.1
11 Georgia 127,826 Nebraska 21.7 Delaware 59.2 Arkansas 396.3
12 North Carolina 119,073 Oklahoma 21.6 Alaska 57.9 Indiana 369.7
13 Kentucky 106,871 Alabama 20.2 Ohio 57.2 New Mexico 349.7
14 Alabama 104,323 Iowa 20.2 Massachusetts 57.1 Iowa 316.0
15 Virginia 99,238 New Mexico 19.6 New Mexico 56.7 Texas 306.0
16 Missouri 98,033 Arkansas 18.9 Nevada 55.3 Kansas 303.4
17 Tennessee 90,460 Kansas 18.6 Rhode Island 54.8 Nebraska 294.0
18 Oklahoma 88,558 South Dakota 16.3 Wisconsin 54.1 Missouri 277.5
19 New Jersey 87,844 Utah 15.7 Florida 53.7 South Dakota 261.8
20 Wisconsin 85,124 Ohio 15.7 Oklahoma 53.6 Ohio 258.1
21 Arizona 82,197 Missouri 15.7 Michigan 53.1 South Carolina 254.7
22 Colorado 79,572 Pennsylvania 15.5 District of Columbia 52.6 Michigan 254.6
23 Minnesota 77,890 Wisconsin 14.3 Kansas 51.9 Pennsylvania 250.9
24 Washington 73,808 Michigan 14.2 Nebraska 51.6 Wisconsin 240.2
25 West Virginia 72,278 Minnesota 13.4 Arkansas 51.5 Utah 234.9
26 South Carolina 70,812 Colorado 13.3 Mississippi 51.0 Idaho 212.0
27 Iowa 65,232 Illinois 12.9 Tennessee 50.3 Maine 205.7
28 Mississippi 64,747 South Carolina 12.9 Maryland 50.2 Tennessee 205.5
29 Arkansas 58,415 Hawaii 12.5 New York 50.2 Hawaii 195.4
30 Massachusetts 58,072 Tennessee 12.5 Idaho 49.9 Minnesota 195.1
31 North Dakota 55,146 Nevada 12.1 California 49.4 Nevada 189.4
32 Kansas 55,090 Georgia 11.4 Minnesota 49.1 Arizona 183.9
33 Utah 55,034 Maine 11.4 New Jersey 48.4 Georgia 183.3
34 Wyoming 50,004 Virginia 11.3 North Carolina 48.1 Illinois 182.4
35 Maryland 48,766 Delaware 11.0 Virginia 47.6 North Carolina 179.3
36 Alaska 44,008 Arizona 10.9 Arizona 47.3 Colorado 177.3
37 Nebraska 43,538 North Carolina 10.8 Texas 46.9 Rhode Island 174.1
38 New Mexico 41,631 Idaho 10.5 Georgia 46.3 Florida 170.7
39 Nevada 39,278 Connecticut 10.1 Pennsylvania 46.2 Virginia 161.7
40 Oregon 38,938 Rhode Island 9.9 Washington 46.0 Oregon 147.9
41 Connecticut 37,092 Florida 9.9 Maine 46.0 Vermont 147.1
42 Montana 27,163 New Hampshire 9.7 Louisiana 45.3 New Hampshire 143.3
43 Idaho 21,105 Washington 9.3 Alabama 45.1 Delaware 135.0
44 Hawaii 17,955 New Jersey 9.2 Iowa 44.8 New Jersey 130.0
45 Maine 15,994 Oregon 9.1 Connecticut 44.2 Connecticut 129.6
46 South Dakota 15,113 Vermont 8.3 Oregon 43.3 Maryland 112.6
47 New Hampshire 13,602 New York 8.2 Illinois 42.8 Washington 105.1
48 Delaware 11,523 Massachusetts 8.1 Vermont 42.8 California 95.6
49 Rhode Island 11,045 California 8.0 South Carolina 40.5 Massachusetts 92.4
50 Vermont 5,355 Maryland 7.8 South Dakota 40.0 New York 89.0
51 District of Columbia 2,506 District of Columbia 3.6 New Hampshire 39.1 District of Columbia 17.3
United States 4,780,661 United States 14.1 United States 50.6 United States 204.7

Footnotes:

— = No consumption. Where shown, (s) = Value less than 0.05.

Notes: · Data are carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions estimates from fossil fuels primary energy consumption for all sectors, excluding renewable energy. The state data do not account for interstate flow of electricity and represent CO2 emissions in the state where fossil fuels are burned to generate electricity, although the electricity might be sold to ultimate customers in other states and sectors. U.S. totals include net imports of coal coke consumption not allocated to the states. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: Table by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System based on population data from the U.S. Census Bureau and GDP data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/