In 2023, the city in the United States with the highest share of parkland was Anchorage, Alaska, where approximately 80 percent of the city was parkland. In second place, with almost half the percentage of parkland was Fremont, California, where 44 percent of the city was parkland.
Cities with the largest percentage of parkland in the United States in 2023
Characteristic
Share of parkland in city
Anchorage, AK
80%
Fremont, CA
44%
Chesapeake, VA
27%
Scottsdale, AZ
27%
Irvine, CA
26%
North Las Vegas, NV
26%
Santa Clarita, CA
24%
Washington, DC
24%
New Orleans, LA
23%
New York, NY
21%
San Diego, CA
20%
San Francisco, CA
20%
Albuquerque, NM
19%
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The Trust for Public Land. (June 24, 2024). Cities with the largest percentage of parkland in the United States in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/189711/parkland-as-percentage-of-city-area-in-the-us-2009/
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