Median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Mitchell County

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Mitchell County was 31 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is unchanged from 2024.

2025, index31

Change on 20240

Series high612000

Series low201990

Next release: Tuesday, 13 July 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Mitchell County, 1990 to 2025

index. Source: EPA, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-13.

All 36 values

Period	index
2025	31
2024	31
2023	33
2022	31
2021	31
2020	26
2019	29
2018	27
2017	34
2016	37
2015	39
2014	42
2013	42
2012	44
2011	51
2010	52
2009	48
2008	52
2007	55
2006	55
2005	57
2004	56
2003	57
2002	57
2001	56
2000	61
1999	60
1998	22
1997	25
1996	29
1995	31
1994	25
1993	25
1992	22
1991	25
1990	20

Rankings

Counties in North Carolina by median Air Quality Index (US EPA) 62 places

Definition

Median of the daily Air Quality Index (AQI) values of a US county over the days of the year with an AQI, from the EPA AirData annual summaries. The daily county AQI is the highest AQI among the monitors and pollutants reported that day (ozone, PM2.5, PM10, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide). Lower is cleaner: 0 to 50 is good, 51 to 100 moderate and above 100 unhealthy for sensitive groups.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI (Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), Mitchell County, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI, Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), Mitchell County, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/median-air-quality-index/mitchell-county-north-carolina. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), Mitchell County, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/median-air-quality-index/mitchell-county-north-carolina.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI, Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), Mitchell County, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/median-air-quality-index/mitchell-county-north-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{environmental_median_air_quality_index_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Environmental Protection Agency}},
  title = {{EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI: Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), Mitchell County, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/median-air-quality-index/mitchell-county-north-carolina. Publisher attribution: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download\_files.html\#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Mitchell County?

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Mitchell County was 31 in 2025, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That is unchanged from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Mitchell County?

61 in 2000, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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