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US states by greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory)

Texas had the highest greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory) of 51 states in 2015, at 191.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 1.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The median was 28.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Highest191.58Texas
Lowest1.24District of Columbia
Median28.8751 states

Map of states, 2015

Alabama: 32.39 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlaska: 8.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArizona: 36.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArkansas: 19.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCalifornia: 182.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColorado: 28.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentConnecticut: 15.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDelaware: 4.86 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDistrict of Columbia: 1.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFlorida: 101.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGeorgia: 64.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHawaii: 8.83 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIdaho: 9.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIllinois: 70.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndiana: 41.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIowa: 21.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKansas: 17.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKentucky: 29.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLouisiana: 28.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaine: 8.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaryland: 31.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMassachusetts: 31.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMichigan: 51.66 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMinnesota: 30.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMississippi: 22.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMissouri: 38.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMontana: 7.69 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNebraska: 12.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNevada: 16.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Hampshire: 6.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Jersey: 47.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Mexico: 14.89 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew York: 75.73 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Carolina: 52.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Dakota: 8.84 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOhio: 61.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOklahoma: 29.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOregon: 20.26 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPennsylvania: 63.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRhode Island: 4.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Carolina: 31.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Dakota: 6.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTennessee: 40.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTexas: 191.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUtah: 16.64 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVermont: 3.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVirginia: 50.78 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWashington: 35.85 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWest Virginia: 12.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWisconsin: 30.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWyoming: 7.53 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
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million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, 2015. Source: EPA state greenhouse gas inventory, EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

Texas: 191.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTexas191.58California: 182.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCalifornia182.91Florida: 101.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFlorida101.19New York: 75.73 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew York75.73Illinois: 70.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIllinois70.5Georgia: 64.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGeorgia64.74Pennsylvania: 63.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPennsylvania63.32Ohio: 61.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOhio61.74North Carolina: 52.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Carolina52.76Michigan: 51.66 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMichigan51.66Virginia: 50.78 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVirginia50.78New Jersey: 47.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Jersey47.74Indiana: 41.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndiana41.9Tennessee: 40.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTennessee40.88Missouri: 38.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMissouri38.24Arizona: 36.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArizona36.31Washington: 35.85 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWashington35.85Alabama: 32.39 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlabama32.39South Carolina: 31.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Carolina31.88Maryland: 31.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaryland31.31Massachusetts: 31.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMassachusetts31.11Minnesota: 30.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMinnesota30.52Wisconsin: 30.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWisconsin30.3Oklahoma: 29.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOklahoma29.88Kentucky: 29.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKentucky29.88Colorado: 28.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColorado28.87Louisiana: 28.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLouisiana28.59Mississippi: 22.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMississippi22.2Iowa: 21.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIowa21.19Oregon: 20.26 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOregon20.26Arkansas: 19.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArkansas19.17Kansas: 17.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKansas17.63Nevada: 16.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNevada16.82Utah: 16.64 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUtah16.64Connecticut: 15.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentConnecticut15.82New Mexico: 14.89 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Mexico14.89Nebraska: 12.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNebraska12.87West Virginia: 12.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWest Virginia12.32Idaho: 9.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIdaho9.7North Dakota: 8.84 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Dakota8.84Hawaii: 8.83 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHawaii8.83Maine: 8.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaine8.52Alaska: 8.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlaska8.02Montana: 7.69 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMontana7.69Wyoming: 7.53 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWyoming7.53South Dakota: 6.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Dakota6.93New Hampshire: 6.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Hampshire6.9Delaware: 4.86 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDelaware4.86Rhode Island: 4.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRhode Island4.17Vermont: 3.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVermont3.3District of Columbia: 1.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDistrict of Columbia1.24Texas: 191.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTexas191.58California: 182.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCalifornia182.91Florida: 101.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFlorida101.19New York: 75.73 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew York75.73Illinois: 70.5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIllinois70.5Georgia: 64.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGeorgia64.74Pennsylvania: 63.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPennsylvania63.32Ohio: 61.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOhio61.74North Carolina: 52.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Carolina52.76Michigan: 51.66 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMichigan51.66Virginia: 50.78 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVirginia50.78New Jersey: 47.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Jersey47.74Indiana: 41.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndiana41.9Tennessee: 40.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTennessee40.88Missouri: 38.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMissouri38.24Arizona: 36.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArizona36.31Washington: 35.85 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWashington35.85Alabama: 32.39 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlabama32.39South Carolina: 31.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Carolina31.88Maryland: 31.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaryland31.31Massachusetts: 31.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMassachusetts31.11Minnesota: 30.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMinnesota30.52Wisconsin: 30.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWisconsin30.3Oklahoma: 29.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOklahoma29.88Kentucky: 29.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKentucky29.88Colorado: 28.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColorado28.87Louisiana: 28.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLouisiana28.59Mississippi: 22.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMississippi22.2Iowa: 21.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIowa21.19Oregon: 20.26 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOregon20.26Arkansas: 19.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArkansas19.17Kansas: 17.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKansas17.63Nevada: 16.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNevada16.82Utah: 16.64 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUtah16.64Connecticut: 15.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentConnecticut15.82New Mexico: 14.89 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Mexico14.89Nebraska: 12.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNebraska12.87West Virginia: 12.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWest Virginia12.32Idaho: 9.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIdaho9.7North Dakota: 8.84 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Dakota8.84Hawaii: 8.83 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHawaii8.83Maine: 8.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaine8.52Alaska: 8.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlaska8.02Montana: 7.69 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMontana7.69Wyoming: 7.53 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWyoming7.53South Dakota: 6.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Dakota6.93New Hampshire: 6.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Hampshire6.9Delaware: 4.86 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDelaware4.86Rhode Island: 4.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRhode Island4.17Vermont: 3.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVermont3.3District of Columbia: 1.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDistrict of Columbia1.24
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: EPA state greenhouse gas inventory, EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2015
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent		Change on 2014
1Texas191.58+0.8%
2California182.91+0.8%
3Florida101.19+2.3%
4New York75.73-2.4%
5Illinois70.5+7.6%
6Georgia64.74+6.9%
7Pennsylvania63.32-2.9%
8Ohio61.74+0.2%
9North Carolina52.76+1.4%
10Michigan51.66+1.3%
11Virginia50.78-0.8%
12New Jersey47.74-2.3%
13Indiana41.9+1%
14Tennessee40.88+0.6%
15Missouri38.24-1.5%
16Arizona36.31+1.9%
17Washington35.85+1.8%
18Alabama32.39+1.7%
19South Carolina31.88+4.5%
20Maryland31.31+2.8%
21Massachusetts31.11+2.6%
22Minnesota30.52-2.7%
23Wisconsin30.3-3.9%
24Oklahoma29.88-3.9%
25Kentucky29.88-0.1%
26Colorado28.87-1%
27Louisiana28.59-3.3%
28Mississippi22.2+1.9%
29Iowa21.19-2.6%
30Oregon20.26+1.5%
31Arkansas19.17-3.2%
32Kansas17.63-4.8%
33Nevada16.82+0.9%
34Utah16.64-0.3%
35Connecticut15.82+1%
36New Mexico14.89-0.4%
37Nebraska12.87-1.4%
38West Virginia12.32+5.2%
39Idaho9.7+2.2%
40North Dakota8.84-9.2%
41Hawaii8.83+0.4%
42Maine8.52-1.8%
43Alaska8.02-5.3%
44Montana7.69-1.9%
45Wyoming7.53-5%
46South Dakota6.93-0.2%
47New Hampshire6.9-2.9%
48Delaware4.86+4.6%
49Rhode Island4.17-0.8%
50Vermont3.3-0.6%
51District of Columbia1.24-3%

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About this ranking

Greenhouse gas emissions of a US state allocated to the transportation economic sector.

More on how it is measured
  • Cars, trucks, aircraft, ships, rail and pipelines, including their fuel and the refrigerants in vehicle air conditioning.
  • In million metric tons of CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases weighted by their 100-year global warming potentials (IPCC AR5), from the EPA inventory of US emissions by state, which allocates the national inventory to the states with the same methods for every state.
  • Emissions are counted where they occur, so electricity is counted in the state that generates it, not the state that uses it.

The six economic sectors add up to state_ghg_emissions. EPA says these estimates are not official state data: a state's own inventory can differ because it uses other methods, data or scopes. Each annual edition recalculates the whole series back to 1990.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks by State. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Transportation economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, US states by greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory), 2015. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 23 Apr. 2025, https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/state-ghg-emissions-transportation/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which state has the highest greenhouse gas emissions from transportation (EPA state inventory)?

Texas, with 191.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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District of Columbia, with 1.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015.

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