ATLANTA – Orkin released is Top 50 Bed Bug Cities list, which is topped by Baltimore.
In the six years Orkin has released the bed bug city rankings, this is the first time Baltimore has made the top five, moving up nine spots since last year. Four metro regions — Las Vegas, Portland, Salt Lake City and Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem — made the list for the first time this year.
The list is based on treatment data from the metro areas where Orkin performed the most bed bug treatments from December 1, 2015 – November 30, 2016. This ranking includes both residential and commercial treatments.
| 1. Baltimore (+9) |
| 2. Washington, D.C. (+1) |
| 3. Chicago (-2) |
| 4. New York |
| 5. Columbus, Ohio |
| 6. Los Angeles (-4) |
| 7. Detroit |
| 8. Cincinnati |
| 9. Philadelphia (-3) |
| 10. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (+4) |
| 11. Richmond-Petersburg, Va. (-2) |
| 12. Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (-1) |
| 13. Cleveland-Akron-Canton, Ohio (-1) |
| 14. Indianapolis (+1) |
| 15. Dallas-Ft. Worth (-2) |
| 16. Atlanta (+3) |
| 17. Houston |
| 18. Buffalo, N.Y. (+2) |
| 19. Charlotte, N.C. (-3) |
| 20. Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Va. (+10) |
| 21. Knoxville, Tenn. (+3) |
| 22. Denver (-4) |
| 23. Nashville, Tenn. (-1) |
| 24. Pittsburgh (+5) |
| 25. Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C. (-4) |
| 26. Phoenix (-3) |
| 27. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich. (+5) |
| 28. Boston (-3) |
| 29. Milwaukee (-3) |
| 30. Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill. (+12) |
| 31. Hartford-New Haven, Conn. (+3) |
| 32. Dayton, Ohio (-4) |
| 33. Omaha, Neb. (+3) |
| 34. Seattle-Tacoma (-6) |
| 35. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. (-4) |
| 36. Charleston-Huntington, W.Va. (-1) |
| 37. St. Louis (+3) |
| 38. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubuque, Iowa (+3) |
| 39. Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (+11) |
| 40. Syracuse, N.Y. (+6) |
| 41. Louisville, Ky. (-2) |
| 42. Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C. |
| 43. Lexington, Ky. (-10) |
| 44. Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Fla. (-6) |
| 45. Kansas City, Mo. (-1) |
| 46. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (-3) |
| 47. Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 48. Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 49. Las Vegas |
| 50. Portland, Ore |
“We have more people affected by bed bugs in the United States now than ever before,” says Orkin Entomologist and Director of Technical Services Ron Harrison, Ph.D., adding that bed bugs are a growing issue. “They were virtually unheard of in the U.S. 10 years ago,” he says.
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