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| Below is a comparison of the 2003 and 2004 Spring Allergy Capitals™: | ||
2004 RANK |
2003 RANK |
SPRING ALLERGY CAPITAL |
1
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4
|
Atlanta, GA
|
2
|
Augusta-Aiken,GA-SC
|
|
3
|
1
|
Louisville,KY
|
4
|
5
|
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill,NC-SC
|
5
|
3
|
St. Louis,MO
|
6
|
2
|
Austin-San Marcos,TX
|
7
|
Springfield,MA
|
|
8
|
Little Rock-North Little Rock,AR
|
|
9
|
Knoxville,TN
|
|
10
|
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton,PA
|
|
11
|
14
|
Orlando,FL
|
12
|
Jackson,MS
|
|
13
|
Tulsa,OK
|
|
14
|
Chattanooga,TN
|
|
15
|
7
|
Nashville,TN
|
16
|
Lexington,KY
|
|
17
|
Columbia,SC
|
|
18
|
12
|
Dallas-Ft. Worth,TX
|
19
|
13
|
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson,SC
|
20
|
20
|
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria,TX
|
21
|
18
|
San Antonio,TX
|
22
|
19
|
Jacksonville,FL
|
23
|
33
|
Philadelphia,PA
|
24
|
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission,TX
|
|
25
|
15
|
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point,NC
|
26
|
Johnson City,TN
|
|
27
|
34
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,FL
|
28
|
22
|
Memphis,TN
|
29
|
Madison,WI
|
|
30
|
Wichita,KS
|
|
31
|
8
|
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill,NC
|
32
|
27
|
Boston,MA
|
33
|
17
|
Indianapolis,IN
|
34
|
11
|
Albuquerque,NM
|
35
|
6
|
Hartford,CT
|
36
|
23
|
Kansas City,MO-KS
|
37
|
28
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul,MN-WI
|
38
|
25
|
Las Vegas, NV
|
39
|
Des Moines,IA
|
|
40
|
Tucson,AZ
|
|
41
|
Charleston-North Charleston,SC
|
|
42
|
26
|
Baltimore-Hagerstown,MD
|
43
|
10
|
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek,MI
|
44
|
Fort Wayne,IN
|
|
45
|
10
|
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland,MI
|
46
|
Lansing-East Lansing,MI
|
|
47
|
21
|
Oklahoma City,OK
|
48
|
29
|
New York,NY
|
49
|
16
|
Birmingham,AL
|
50
|
24
|
Phoenix-Mesa,AZ
|
51
|
Baton Rouge,LA
|
|
52
|
32
|
Salt Lake City-Ogden,UT
|
53
|
Toledo,OH
|
|
54
|
9
|
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle,PA
|
55
|
Canton-Massillon,OH
|
|
56
|
35
|
Pittsburgh,PA
|
57
|
Bakersfield,CA
|
|
58
|
Modesto,CA
|
|
59
|
Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Hazleton,PA
|
|
60
|
Mobile,AL
|
|
61
|
Stockton-Lodi,CA
|
|
62
|
31
|
New Orleans,LA
|
63
|
Richmond-Petersburg,VA
|
|
64
|
30
|
Providence,RI
|
65
|
46
|
Milwaukee-Waukesha,WI
|
66
|
El Paso,TX
|
|
67
|
Lancaster,PA
|
|
68
|
Pensacola,FL
|
|
69
|
39
|
Detroit,MI
|
70
|
Omaha,NE
|
|
71
|
42
|
Cincinnati,OH
|
72
|
Dayton-Springfield,OH
|
|
73
|
43
|
Sacramento,CA
|
74
|
36
|
Columbus,OH
|
75
|
Youngstown-Warren,OH
|
|
76
|
Syracuse,NY
|
|
77
|
37
|
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria,OH
|
78
|
Sarasota-Bradenton,FL
|
|
79
|
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton,FL
|
|
80
|
Rochester,NY
|
|
81
|
45
|
Portland-Salem,OR-WA
|
82
|
49
|
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,CA
|
83
|
Lakeland-Winter Haven,FL
|
|
84
|
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay,FL
|
|
85
|
38
|
Albany-Schenectady-Troy,NY
|
86
|
Fresno,CA
|
|
87
|
Fort Myers-Cape Coral,FL
|
|
88
|
Boise City,ID
|
|
89
|
Colorado Springs,CO
|
|
90
|
Buffalo-Niagara Falls,NY
|
|
91
|
40
|
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett,WA
|
92
|
Daytona Beach,FL
|
|
93
|
48
|
Denver,CO
|
94
|
47
|
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,VA
|
95
|
41
|
Chicago,IL
|
96
|
San Diego,CA
|
|
97
|
44
|
Washington,DC
|
98
|
Spokane,WA
|
|
99
|
50
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach,CA
|
100
|
Miami,FL
|
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