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Chicago Ranked #1 City on Orkin’s Top 50 Rattiest Cities List for Fifth Consecutive Time
Atlanta and Minneapolis break into Top 10

ATLANTA, Oct. 15, 2019 – Winter is coming, and so are the rodents. Orkin released its Top 50 Rattiest Cities list today, and for the fifth consecutive time, Chicago takes the top spot. New to the Top 10 cities this year are Minneapolis and Atlanta, holding the eighth and tenth spots, respectively.

Orkin ranked metro regions by the number of new rodent treatments performed from September 15, 2018 – September 15, 2019. This ranking includes both residential and commercial treatments.

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

https://www.orkin.com/press-room/rod...p-cities-orkin