Air quality · ZIP 29201
Air quality in Columbia, SC
In 2025, Richland County, South Carolina — the county ZIP 29201 is in — had a median daily AQI of 47, which EPA rates Good. Of 365 days with a reading, 212 were Good, 153 Moderate and 0 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. This is EPA's annual county summary, not today's air.
Richland County, South Carolina · 2025 annual summary
Median AQI 47 — Good
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
- Good days
- 212
- Moderate days
- 153
- Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- 0
- Unhealthy+ days
- 0
- Max AQI
- 89
- 90th percentile AQI
- 61
This is a county-level ANNUAL SUMMARY for 2025, not a live current reading. For today's air quality, check a real-time monitor at airnow.gov. Categories follow EPA's official AQI breakpoints.
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What this page shows
The 2025 annual EPA Air Quality System summary for this ZIP's county — shown above.
Source & refresh
EPA Air Quality System (AQS), annual county summary. The figures are EPA's 2025 annual county summary. EPA publishes one summary a year, so this is not today's air. Primary source →
Limitations specific to this source
This is a county-level ANNUAL SUMMARY, not a live current reading and not an address-level measurement — for today's AQI, EPA's real-time AirNow feed is the correct source (not yet federated here). Not every county operates an EPA monitor; absence of data for a ZIP's county means no 2025 EPA reading exists, not that air is good.
South Carolina context
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See South Carolina state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.
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The other dimensions for ZIP 29201
Air quality is one of twelve public-records dimensions zipradar indexes per address. See the ZIP 29201 index for the other eleven — each with its own regulator, source and link:
All dimensions for Columbia, SC →Frequently asked questions
What is the air quality for ZIP 29201?
Richland County, South Carolina (which covers ZIP 29201) had a 2025 median AQI of 47 — Good, per EPA's Air Quality System. Over the year: 212 Good days, 153 Moderate, 0 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. This is a county-level ANNUAL SUMMARY for 2025, not a live current reading. For today's air quality, check a real-time monitor at airnow.gov. Categories follow EPA's official AQI breakpoints.
Where does the air quality data come from?
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS), annual county summary. The figures are EPA's 2025 annual county summary. EPA publishes one summary a year, so this is not today's air. The original is at https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html.
What are the limitations of air quality data?
This is a county-level ANNUAL SUMMARY, not a live current reading and not an address-level measurement — for today's AQI, EPA's real-time AirNow feed is the correct source (not yet federated here). Not every county operates an EPA monitor; absence of data for a ZIP's county means no 2025 EPA reading exists, not that air is good.
Is ZIP 29201 (Columbia) data current?
zipradar last checked this page against the source on 2026-09-24. The figures are EPA's 2025 annual county summary. EPA publishes one summary a year, so this is not today's air. The ZIP 29201 overview at /zip/29201/ lists the other topics zipradar covers for this ZIP.