What's the State of Your Air?

Michigan

Ozone Particle Pollution
24-Hour Annual
F F Fail
How is my grade calculated? 

If you live in Wayne County, the air you breathe may put your health at risk.

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High Ozone Days
Grade F
Weighted Average 4.3
Orange Ozone Days 13
Red Ozone Days 0
Purple Ozone Days 0
What do these colors mean?
Particle Pollution - 24 Hour
Grade F
Weighted Average 5.8
Orange Particle Days 16
Red Particle Days 1
Purple Particle Days 0
Maroon Particle Days 0
What do these colors mean?
Particle Pollution - Annual
Grade Fail
Design Value 11.7

Populations At Risk
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Total Population: 1,757,043
Children Under 18: 411,933
Adults 65 & Over: 292,355
Pediatric Asthma: 28,078
Adult Asthma: 162,092
COPD: 116,989
Lung Cancer: 918
Cardiovascular Disease: 125,499
Pregnancy: 18,599
Poverty Estimate: 369,107
People of Color: 896,409

Did You Know?

  1. You can protect yourself by checking the air quality forecast in your community and avoiding exercising or working outdoors when unhealthy air is expected.
  2. People of color and people with lower incomes are disproportionately affected by air pollution that puts them at higher risk for illness.
  3. Breathing ozone irritates the lungs, resulting in inflammation—as if your lungs had a bad sunburn.
  4. Climate change enhances conditions for ozone pollution to form and makes it harder clean up communities where ozone levels are high.
  5. Particles in air pollution can be smaller than 1/30th the diameter of a human hair. When you inhale them, they are small enough to get past the body's natural defenses.
  6. Ozone and particle pollution are both linked to increased risk of premature birth and lower birth weight in newborns.
  7. The nation has the Clean Air Act to thank for decades of improvements in air quality. This landmark law has successfully driven pollution reduction for over 50 years.
  8. Nearly 44 million people live in counties that got an F for all three air pollution measures in "State of the Air" 2024.
  9. People who work or exercise outside face increased risk from the effects of air pollution.
  10. More than 131 million people live in counties that received an F for either ozone or particle pollution in "State of the Air" 2024.
  11. Recent updates to the Air Quality Index give the public more accurate information about the health risk from air pollution, and when to take measures to protect themselves on bad air days.
  12. Policymakers at every level of government must take steps to clean the air their constituents breathe.
  13. Nearly four in ten people in the U.S. live where the air they breathe earned an F in "State of the Air" 2024.
  14. Millions of people are especially vulnerable to the effects of air pollution, including children, older adults and people with lung diseases such as asthma and COPD.
  15. Air pollution is a serious health threat. It can trigger asthma attacks, harm lung development in children, and even be deadly.
  16. Particle pollution exposure from wildfire smoke harms health in ways that range from mild irritation to serious illness and premature death.
  17. Breathing in particle pollution can increase the risk of lung cancer.
  18. Particle pollution can cause early death and heart attacks, strokes and emergency room visits.
  19. Climate change increases the risk of wildfires whose smoke spreads dangerous particle pollution.
  20. If you live or work near a busy highway, traffic pollution may put you at greater risk of health harm.
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