These Are The 50 Most Rat-Infested Cities In the United States

For the fifth consecutive time, Chicago has been named the most rat-infested city in the United States, according to Orkin’s study, while Los Angeles and New York placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Los Angeles, New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco rounded out the top five.

We are talking about Norwegian rats, also known as brown rats, common rats, Parisian rats, sewer rats, street rats, and/or water rats.

New to the top ten most rat-infested cities this year are Minneapolis and Atlanta, holding the 8th and 10th spots, respectively.

The 50 Most Rat-Infested Cities In the United States.

1. Chicago
2. Los Angeles
3. New York
4. Washington, DC (Hagerstown)
5. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
6. Detroit
7. Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
8. Minneapolis-St. Paul
9. Philadelphia
10. Atlanta
11. Denver
12. Baltimore
13. Seattle-Tacoma
14. Boston (Manchester)
15. Dallas-Ft. Worth
16. Indianapolis
    Houston
17. Milwaukee
18. Pittsburgh
19. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
20. Columbus, OH
21. Portland, OR
22. Cincinnati
23. Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville)
24. Hartford & New Haven
25. Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
26. New Orleans
27. Richmond-Petersburg
28. Charlotte
29. Grand Rapids-Kalmazoo-Battle Creek
30. St. Louis
31. Buffalo
32. Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville
33. Nashville
34. San Diego
35. Champaign & Springfield-Decatur
36. Kansas City
37. Phoenix (Prescott)
38. Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melborne
39. Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota)
40. Syracuse
41. Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
42. Charleston-Huntington
43. Ft. Wayne
44. Portland-Auburn
45. Flint-Saginaw-Bay City
46. Albany-Schenectady-Troy
47. Dayton
48. Burlington-Plattsburgh
49. Madison

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