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Atlanta one of the 20 worst cities for bed bugs, Orkin says

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published  January 11, 2023 12:19pm EST
Health
FOX 5 Atlanta
This photograph shows bedbugs in a flat in Hong Kong on May 26, 2017. 26MAY17 [FEATURES] SCMP / Edward Wong (Photo by Edward Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) article

This photograph shows bedbugs in a flat in Hong Kong on May 26, 2017. 26MAY17 [FEATURES] SCMP / Edward Wong (Photo by Edward Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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ATLANTA - Atlanta-based Orkin ranked the cities in which its exterminators performed the most bed bug treatments, and its home market was inside the top 20. 

Orkin said Atlanta ranked No. 16 based on Orkin's residential and commercial bed bug treatments from Dec. 1, 2021, to Nov. 30, 2022. Atlanta was two spots lower than the previous year's ranking. 

Chicago topped the list for the third year in a row with New York City and Philadelphia in second and third. Cleveland and Charlotte moved up the list the most compared to last year. 

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Here's Orkin's complete ranking:

The worst U.S. cities for bed bugs, ranked by Orkin

  1. Chicago
  2. New York (+1)
  3. Philadelphia (-1)
  4. Cleveland-Akron, OH (+4)
  5. Los Angeles (+7)
  6. Detroit (-2)
  7. Indianapolis (-1)
  8. Baltimore (-3)
  9. Washington, D.C. (-2)
  10. Columbus, OH (-1)
  11. Champaign, IL (+2)
  12. Grand Rapids, MI (-1)
  13. Cincinnati (-3)
  14. Charlotte (+1)
  15. Denver (+2)
  16. Atlanta (-2)
  17. Dallas-Ft. Worth (-1)
  18. Pittsburgh (+2)
  19. Charleston, W.V. (+3)
  20. Raleigh-Durham (+4)
  21. Flint, MI (+2)
  22. San Francisco (-3)
  23. Norfolk, VA (+2)
  24. Greenville, SC (-3)
  25. St. Louis (-7)
  26. Richmond, VA
  27. Youngstown (+10)
  28. South Bend, IN (+5)
  29. Buffalo, NY (-1)
  30. Knoxville (-1)
  31. Cedar Rapids, IA (-1)
  32. Omaha, NE (-5)
  33. Nashville (+1)
  34. Dayton, OH (-2)
  35. Ft. Wayne, IN (+1)
  36. Harrisburg (+6)
  37. Davenport (-2)
  38. Toledo (-7)
  39. Seattle (+5)
  40. Milwaukee (-2)
  41. Tampa (-1)
  42. Lansing, MI (+6)
  43. Greensboro, N.C.
  44. Houston (-3)
  45. Miami (-6)
  46. Lexington, KY (+1)
  47. Orlando (-1)
  48. Peoria (-3)
  49. Louisville, KY (-3)
  50. Lincoln, NE

FOX TV Digital contributed to this report.

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