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Poison Poles — A Report About Their Toxic Trail and Safer Alternatives

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**Estimate of Pole Miles and Distribution Poles by State**
State	Overhead Distribution Pole Miles1	Estimated Number of Distribution Poles2	State Rank
TX	395,752	11,278,938	1
OH	234,884	6,694,185	2
NC	179,617	5,119,098	3
CA	161,009	4,588,762	4
GA	156,226	4,452,448	5
MO	148,065	4,219,848	6
NY	144,467	4,117,310	7
PA	137,931	3,931,021	8
AL	129,140	3,680,502	9
OK	127,954	3,646,676	10
FL	127,411	3,631,223	11
IL	121,123	3,451,995	12
TN	117,267	3,342,114	13
VA	114,811	3,272,115	14
MI	114,338	3,258,628	15
MN	104,088	2,966,510	16
IA	101,705	2,898,604	17
WI	100,064	2,851,831	18
MS	96,870	2,760,804	19
IN	94,258	2,686,360	20
KY	93,263	2,657,995	21
KS	90,995	2,593,371	22
KE	78,826	2,246,550	23
OR	77,721	2,215,059	24
LA	74,213	2,115,063	25
CO	71,114	2,026,737	26
SC	67,214	1,915,586	27
AR	53,985	1,538,573	28
WA	53,741	1,531,622	29
MA	53,548	1,526,119	30
SD	50,394	1,436,241	31
MT	49,272	1,404,255	32
NM	43,326	1,234,777	33
ND	41,672	1,187,645	34
AZ	40,255	1,147,264	35
NJ	35,636	1,015,640	36
MD	32,085	914,413	37
ID	28,728	818,757	38
ME	22,767	648,871	39
CT	21,951	625,617	40
WY	20,829	593,640	41
NV	16,235	462,711	42
VT	14,964	426,477	43
NH	13,244	377,456	44
AK	7,768	221,379	45
UT	6,152	175,323	46
RI	5,668	161,531	47
HI	5,515	157,178	48
DC	4,485	127,822	49
DE	3,164	90,163	50
WV	3,105	88,482	51
Totals	4,088,817	116,531,291
1. Pole mises for Arkansas Power & Light (AR), Interstate Power (IA), and Niagara Mohawk Power (NY) obtained from other sources since data not available in UDI database.\|\| top 2. Based on information compiled from utility and industry sources, the number of distribution poles was estimated using a weighted average of 28.5 poles/pole mile. \|\| top
Source: Utility Data Institute's U.S. Electric Power Business Directory and database, 1996.

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