| Claim to Fame (or infamy) | |
| most tornadoes per capita | |
| lowest amount of surface water | |
| lowest per capita public transportation funding | |
| worst access to clean water | |
| eats fewest fruits and vegetables | |
| most dams in need of repair | |
| highest rate of carbon monoxide poisoning | |
| highest rate of breast cancer | |
| most autism growth | |
| highest rate of esophogeal cancer | |
| most toxic waste accidents | |
| highest cancer death rate | |
| fastest loss of wetlands | |
| most sediment pollution in water | |
| most poultry waste | |
| most superfund sites | |
| most pesticides in water | |
| top health risk from air pollution | |
| highest binge drinking rate | |
| highest rate of pancreatic cancer | |
| most coal mining deaths | |
| most large farms irrigated by aquifiers | |
| highest rate of brain cancer | |
| most pollution from urban runoff | |
| most cases of pathogens in water | |