Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI)

Ada County had the highest share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI) of 24 counties in 2002, at 4.4%. Valley County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 0%. Source: EPA.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest4.4Ada County
Median024 counties

Map of counties, 2002

Ada County: 4.4 %Bannock County: 0.8 %Benewah County: 0 %Bingham County: 0 %Boise County: 0 %Bonner County: 0 %Bonneville County: 0 %Boundary County: 1.4 %Butte County: 0.6 %Canyon County: 3 %Caribou County: 0 %Custer County: 0 %Elmore County: 1.7 %Idaho County: 0 %Kootenai County: 0.8 %Latah County: 0 %Lemhi County: 0 %Lewis County: 0 %Minidoka County: 0 %Nez Perce County: 0 %Power County: 0.9 %Shoshone County: 2 %Twin Falls County: 0 %Valley County: 0 %
  • Under 1.1
  • 1.1 and over
  • No data
%, 2002. 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, 2002

Ada County: 4.4 %Ada County4.4Canyon County: 3 %Canyon County3Shoshone County: 2 %Shoshone County2Elmore County: 1.7 %Elmore County1.7Boundary County: 1.4 %Boundary County1.4Power County: 0.9 %Power County0.9Bannock County: 0.8 %Bannock County0.8Kootenai County: 0.8 %Kootenai County0.8Butte County: 0.6 %Butte County0.6Benewah County: 0 %Benewah County0Bingham County: 0 %Bingham County0Boise County: 0 %Boise County0Bonner County: 0 %Bonner County0Bonneville County: 0 %Bonneville County0Caribou County: 0 %Caribou County0Custer County: 0 %Custer County0Idaho County: 0 %Idaho County0Latah County: 0 %Latah County0Lemhi County: 0 %Lemhi County0Lewis County: 0 %Lewis County0Minidoka County: 0 %Minidoka County0Nez Perce County: 0 %Nez Perce County0Twin Falls County: 0 %Twin Falls County0Valley County: 0 %Valley County0Ada County: 4.4 %Ada County4.4Canyon County: 3 %Canyon County3Shoshone County: 2 %Shoshone County2Elmore County: 1.7 %Elmore County1.7Boundary County: 1.4 %Boundary County1.4Power County: 0.9 %Power County0.9Bannock County: 0.8 %Bannock County0.8Kootenai County: 0.8 %Kootenai County0.8Butte County: 0.6 %Butte County0.6Benewah County: 0 %Benewah County0Bingham County: 0 %Bingham County0Boise County: 0 %Boise County0Bonner County: 0 %Bonner County0Bonneville County: 0 %Bonneville County0Caribou County: 0 %Caribou County0Custer County: 0 %Custer County0Idaho County: 0 %Idaho County0Latah County: 0 %Latah County0Lemhi County: 0 %Lemhi County0Lewis County: 0 %Lewis County0Minidoka County: 0 %Minidoka County0Nez Perce County: 0 %Nez Perce County0Twin Falls County: 0 %Twin Falls County0Valley County: 0 %Valley County0
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2002 (%)Change on 2001
1Ada County4.4-1.1 pts
2Canyon County3+1.1 pts
3Shoshone County2+1.1 pts
4Elmore County1.7-0.2 pts
5Boundary County1.4n/a
6Power County0.9-0.5 pts
7Bannock County0.8-2.8 pts
7Kootenai County0.8+0.2 pts
9Butte County0.6+0.6 pts
10Benewah County00 pts
10Bingham County0-2 pts
10Boise County0n/a
10Bonner County00 pts
10Bonneville County00 pts
10Caribou County00 pts
10Custer County00 pts
10Idaho County0n/a
10Latah County0n/a
10Lemhi County00 pts
10Lewis County00 pts
10Minidoka County00 pts
10Nez Perce County00 pts
10Twin Falls County00 pts
10Valley County0n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index above 100 (unhealthy for sensitive groups, unhealthy, very unhealthy or hazardous) 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; the counts are stored with each value.

Use the share rather than the number of days to compare counties, since the days with an AQI differ. 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 2002 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: days with an AQI above 100 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2002) [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: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/idaho-counties?period=2002. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2002. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/idaho-counties?period=2002.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2002 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/idaho-counties?period=2002 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{environmental_counties_in_idaho_by_2002,
  author = {{U.S. Environmental Protection Agency}},
  title = {{EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts: Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2002}},
  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/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/idaho-counties?period=2002. Publisher attribution: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
TI  - EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts: Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2002
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/13
PB  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/idaho-counties?period=2002
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/idaho-counties?period=2002.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 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.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Idaho by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"aqi_unhealthy_sensitive_or_worse_days_share","level":"province","within":"Idaho","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=aqi_unhealthy_sensitive_or_worse_days_share&level=province&within=Idaho&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI)?

Ada County, with 4.4% in 2002, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI)?

Valley County, with 0% in 2002.

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: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 counties have no value for 2002 and are not ranked.

Share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI): other rankings

Counties in Idaho: more rankings