The share of Americans who worry a great deal about air pollution has fallen in recent decades. In 1990, 58 percent of respondents worried a great deal about air pollution in the United States, but by 2024 this share had dropped to 42 percent.
Public concern about air pollution in the United States from 1990 to 2024
Characteristic
Great deal
Fair amount
Only a little
Not at all
2024
42%
28%
18%
11%
2023
38%
32%
22%
8%
2022
45%
30%
17%
8%
2021
41%
32%
20%
8%
2020
48%
28%
16%
9%
2019
43%
31%
16%
10%
2018
46%
30%
17%
7%
2017
47%
31%
15%
7%
2016
43%
31%
19%
7%
2015
38%
33%
19%
10%
2014
46%
27%
21%
7%
2013
40%
30%
20%
9%
2012
36%
35%
22%
7%
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During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "I'm going to read you a list of environmental problems. As I read each one, please tell me if you personally worry about this problem a great deal, a fair amount, only a little, or not at all. First, how much do you personally worry about air pollution?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are from respondents who stated they had no opinion.
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Gallup. (April 22, 2024). Public concern about air pollution in the United States from 1990 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223413/public-concern-about-air-pollution-in-the-us/
Gallup. "Public concern about air pollution in the United States from 1990 to 2024." Chart. April 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223413/public-concern-about-air-pollution-in-the-us/
Gallup. (2024). Public concern about air pollution in the United States from 1990 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223413/public-concern-about-air-pollution-in-the-us/
Gallup. "Public Concern about Air Pollution in The United States from 1990 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223413/public-concern-about-air-pollution-in-the-us/
Gallup, Public concern about air pollution in the United States from 1990 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223413/public-concern-about-air-pollution-in-the-us/ (last visited May 03, 2025)
Public concern about air pollution in the United States from 1990 to 2024 [Graph], Gallup, April 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223413/public-concern-about-air-pollution-in-the-us/
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