Counties in Kansas by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Montgomery County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 16 counties in 2003, at 98.4%. Shawnee County had the lowest, at 42.6%. The median was 62.7%. Source: EPA.

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Lowest42.6Shawnee County
Median62.716 counties

Map of counties, 2003

Brown County: 56.1 %Chase County: 58 %Douglas County: 71.3 %Ford County: 94.4 %Johnson County: 49.1 %Leavenworth County: 64.6 %Linn County: 59.5 %Montgomery County: 98.4 %Neosho County: 98.3 %Riley County: 71.2 %Sedgwick County: 60.8 %Shawnee County: 42.6 %Sherman County: 96.4 %Sumner County: 60.2 %Trego County: 88.5 %Wyandotte County: 55.5 %
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  • 56 to 60
  • 60 to 71
  • 71 to 94
  • 94 and over
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%, 2003. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2003

Montgomery County: 98.4 %Montgomery County98.4Neosho County: 98.3 %Neosho County98.3Sherman County: 96.4 %Sherman County96.4Ford County: 94.4 %Ford County94.4Trego County: 88.5 %Trego County88.5Douglas County: 71.3 %Douglas County71.3Riley County: 71.2 %Riley County71.2Leavenworth County: 64.6 %Leavenworth County64.6Sedgwick County: 60.8 %Sedgwick County60.8Sumner County: 60.2 %Sumner County60.2Linn County: 59.5 %Linn County59.5Chase County: 58 %Chase County58Brown County: 56.1 %Brown County56.1Wyandotte County: 55.5 %Wyandotte County55.5Johnson County: 49.1 %Johnson County49.1Shawnee County: 42.6 %Shawnee County42.6Montgomery County: 98.4 %Montgomery County98.4Neosho County: 98.3 %Neosho County98.3Sherman County: 96.4 %Sherman County96.4Ford County: 94.4 %Ford County94.4Trego County: 88.5 %Trego County88.5Douglas County: 71.3 %Douglas County71.3Riley County: 71.2 %Riley County71.2Leavenworth County: 64.6 %Leavenworth County64.6Sedgwick County: 60.8 %Sedgwick County60.8Sumner County: 60.2 %Sumner County60.2Linn County: 59.5 %Linn County59.5Chase County: 58 %Chase County58Brown County: 56.1 %Brown County56.1Wyandotte County: 55.5 %Wyandotte County55.5Johnson County: 49.1 %Johnson County49.1Shawnee County: 42.6 %Shawnee County42.6
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2003 (%)Change on 2002
1Montgomery County98.4-1.3 pts
2Neosho County98.30 pts
3Sherman County96.4+10.9 pts
4Ford County94.4-3.9 pts
5Trego County88.5-8.8 pts
6Douglas County71.3n/a
7Riley County71.2+6 pts
8Leavenworth County64.6n/a
9Sedgwick County60.8+2.2 pts
10Sumner County60.2-5.7 pts
11Linn County59.5-7.9 pts
12Chase County58-19.8 pts
13Brown County56.1+5.3 pts
14Wyandotte County55.5-0.7 pts
15Johnson County49.1+10.6 pts
16Shawnee County42.6+0.8 pts

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About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 7 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2003 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. 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: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in Kansas by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2003) [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: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Kansas by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/kansas-counties?period=2003. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in Kansas by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2003. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/kansas-counties?period=2003.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Kansas by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2003 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/kansas-counties?period=2003 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Montgomery County, with 98.4% in 2003, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Shawnee County, with 42.6% in 2003.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 counties have no value for 2003 and are not ranked.

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