Chicago Tops Orkin List of Top 50 Bed Bug Cities

This is the first year Orlando has ranked on Orkin’s Bed Bug Cities List, and Philadelphia is on the list for the first time since 2011. Fourteen cities in the Midwest – more than any other region – are included in the ranking, including multiple cities in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky.

 

Six cities made double-digit jumps on Orkin’s Bed Bug Cities List compared to 2014, including Washington, D.C., which jumped to third on the list. Several cities also dropped significantly in the past year, including Dayton, Ohio, Louisville, Ky. and Sacramento, Calif.

 

1. Chicago

2. Los Angeles (+2)

3. Washington, D.C. (+11)

4. New York (+14)

5. Columbus, Ohio (-2)

6. Philadelphia

7. Detroit (-5)

8. Cincinnati (-1)

9. Richmond-Petersburg, Va.

10. Baltimore (+21)

11. Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (+6)

12. Cleveland-Akron-Canton, Ohio (-7)

13. Dallas-Ft. Worth (-7)

14. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (+2)

15. Indianapolis (-4)

16 Charlotte, N.C. (+14)

17. Houston (-5)

18. Denver (-10)

19. Atlanta (+6)

20. Buffalo, N.Y. (+6)

21. Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C. (+26)

22. Nashville, Tenn. (+1)

23. Phoenix (+9)

24. Knoxville, Tenn. (+10)

25. Boston-Manchester (+4)

26. Milwaukee (-11)

27. Dayton, Ohio (-17)

28. Seattle (-15)

29. Pittsburgh

30. Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Va.

31. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.

32. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Crk., Mich. (-12)

33. Lexington, Ky. (-9)

34. Hartford-New Haven, Conn. (+3)

35. Charleston-Huntington, W.Va. (-16)

36. Omaha, Neb. (-15)

37. San Diego (+2)

38. Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Fla.

39. Louisville, Ky. (-17)

40. St. Louis (+6)

41. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubuque, Iowa (-6)

42. Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill. (-4)

43. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (-10)

44. Kansas City, Mo. (-3)

45. Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif. (-18)

46. Syracuse, N.Y. (-18)

47. Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colo. (-3)

48. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. (-5)

49. Honolulu (-7)

50. Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (-5)

 

“Bed bugs are the great hitchhiker of the bug world, and they are very difficult to control without professional help,” said Orkin Entomologist and Technical Services Director Ron Harrison, Ph.D. “Bed bugs can travel in luggage and other personal belongings to enter your home,” Harrison said, adding, “They don’t just hide in beds – they can be found in furniture, bed posts, rugs and even electrical outlets.”