Larger American cities with the most street trees
Source: earth.com
The following list identifies cities across the United States with populations exceeding 100,000 residents that have the most street trees. Fully one-third of all the cities listed are located in California, exemplifying the important of street trees to Californians.
Cities that have not been included meet one or more of the following:
- They do not meet the minimum number of 10,000 street trees.
- They do not publish the number of street trees in their community online.
- They do not separate out their number of street trees from other publicly owned trees.
- They do not have a street tree program.
Source: caryinstitute.org
Whenever possible, both publicly and privately owned street trees are included in these numbers. Many of the tallies provided are estimates that are rounded off by the local community. More exact numbers reveal cities where a street tree census has taken place. In those instances where an approximate range was provided online, this post utilized the midpoint of that range.
Source:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e271a008988240e8acc7321a5cf5eb95 Given the importance of trees generally, and street trees specifically, in helping cool cities, as well as improved stormwater absorption, wildlife habitat, scenic beauty, and increased property values, most cities should be escalating their street tree and public tree planting efforts. The cost-benefit comparisons of trees are clearly in favor of their strong benefit to the community.
As additional information becomes available, the list will be updated accordingly.
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1-2. Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York = 700,000
3. Chicago, Illinois = 520,000
4. Colorado Springs, Colorado = 300,000
5. San Diego, California = 250,000
6. Portland, Oregon = 220,000
7-9. Charlotte, North Carolina; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Minneapolis, Minnesota = 200,000
10. Detroit, Michigan = 172,000
11-12. St. Paul, Minnesota and Riverside, California = 150,000
13. Honolulu, Hawaii = 141,500
14. Long Beach, California = 140,000
15-16. Buffalo, New York and Seattle, Washington = 130,000
17-18. San Francisco, California and Columbus, Georgia = 125,000
19. Santa Clarita, California = 112,000
20-22. Baltimore, Maryland; Madison, Wisconsin; and St. Louis, Missouri = 100,000
23. Columbus, Ohio = 96,000
24. Tallahassee, Florida = 95,000
25. Cincinnati, Ohio = 85,000
26. Lincoln, Nebraska = 83,000
27. Modesto, California = 81,000
28-30. Norfolk, Virginia; Naperville, Illinois; and Joliet, Illinois = 80,000
31. Eugene, Oregon = 76,000
32. Pasadena, California = 71,000
33. Sunnyvale, California = 70,148
34. Rockford, Illinois and = 70,000
35. Rochester, New York = 67,000
36. Salt Lake City, Utah = 63,000
37-38. Grand Rapids, Michigan and Santa Rosa, California = 62,000
39. Corona, California = 61,672
40-41. Salem, Oregon and Fargo, North Dakota = 60,000
42. Fort Collins, Colorado = 59,000
43. Oakland, California = 56,000
44. Akron, Ohio = 55,000
45. Lexington, Kentucky = 53,000
46. San Bernardino, California = 52,000
47-49. Des Moines, Iowa; Pomona, California; and Santa Ana, California = 50,000
50. Nashville, Tennessee = 49,455
51. Oceanside, California = 48,000
52. South Bend, Indiana = 46,974
53. Richmond, Virginia = 46,793
54. Lancaster, California = 46,000
55. Glendale, California = 56,000
56-59. Boston, Massachusetts; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Huntington Beach, California; and Lansing, Michigan = 40,000
60. Torrance, California = 37,000
61. Boulder, Colorado = 36,226
62. Green Bay, Wisconsin = 36,000
63. Carmel, Indiana = 35,463
64-66. Aurora, Colorado; Fullerton, California; and Syracuse, New York = 35,000
67. Sterling Heights, Michigan = 34,800
68. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania = 33,498
69-70. Lakewood, Colorado and West Covina, California = 33,000
71. Wilmington, North Carolina = 32,500
72. Ventura, California = 32,000
73. Berkeley, California = 30,779
74. Everett, Washington = 29,000
75. Burbank, California = 28,000
76-77. Springfield, Massachusetts and Thousand Oaks, California = 27,000
78. Chico, California = 25,000
79. Providence, Rhode Island = 24,700
80. Stockton, California = 23,947
81. Worcester, Massachusetts = 23,137
82. Costa Mesa, California = 23,000
83-85. Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Davenport, Iowa; and Orange, California = 22,000
86. Inglewood, California = 21,800
87. Norwalk, California = 21,400
88. Garden Grove, California = 20,000
89. Arlington, Virginia = 19,500
90-91. Cambridge, Massachusetts and Palmdale, California = 19,000
92. Downey, California = 18,500
93. Peoria, Illinois = 18,000
94. Gilbert, Arizona = 17,082
95. Simi Valley, California = 16,400
96. Pearland, Texas = 15,644
97. Charleston, South Carolina = 15,244
98. Glendale, Arizona = 13,183
99. Provo, Utah = 13,000
100. Hillsboro, Oregon = 12,000
101. Midland, Texas = 11,919
102-104. Arlington, Texas; Renton, Washington; and Bellevue, Washington = 10,000
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