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

Nye County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 9 counties in 2015, at 97.8%. Clark County had the lowest, at 24.7%. The median was 75.3%. Source: EPA.

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Highest97.8Nye County
Lowest24.7Clark County
Median75.39 counties

Map of counties, 2015

Churchill County: 80.1 %Clark County: 24.7 %Douglas County: 66.6 %Elko County: 87.5 %Lyon County: 75.3 %Nye County: 97.8 %Washoe County: 45.2 %White Pine County: 82.1 %Carson City: 73.4 %
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%, 2015. 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, 2015

Nye County: 97.8 %Nye County97.8Elko County: 87.5 %Elko County87.5White Pine County: 82.1 %White Pine County82.1Churchill County: 80.1 %Churchill County80.1Lyon County: 75.3 %Lyon County75.3Carson City: 73.4 %Carson City73.4Douglas County: 66.6 %Douglas County66.6Washoe County: 45.2 %Washoe County45.2Clark County: 24.7 %Clark County24.7Nye County: 97.8 %Nye County97.8Elko County: 87.5 %Elko County87.5White Pine County: 82.1 %White Pine County82.1Churchill County: 80.1 %Churchill County80.1Lyon County: 75.3 %Lyon County75.3Carson City: 73.4 %Carson City73.4Douglas County: 66.6 %Douglas County66.6Washoe County: 45.2 %Washoe County45.2Clark County: 24.7 %Clark County24.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Nye County97.8+4.9 pts
2Elko County87.5-4.1 pts
3White Pine County82.1-4.6 pts
4Churchill County80.1+7.6 pts
5Lyon County75.3+6 pts
6Carson City73.4+6 pts
7Douglas County66.6-3.5 pts
8Washoe County45.2+6 pts
9Clark County24.7+5 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. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 Nevada by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2015) [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 Nevada by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2015. 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/nevada-counties?period=2015. 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 Nevada by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2015. 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/nevada-counties?period=2015.

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 Nevada by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/nevada-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Nye County, with 97.8% in 2015, according to EPA.

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

Clark County, with 24.7% in 2015.

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. 3 counties have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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