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Buffalo on list of top bed bug cities

Chicago ranks as the number one city for bed bugs

Updated: Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013, 5:40 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013, 12:25 PM EST

Nancy Sanders

BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) - Buffalo has the dubious distinction of being listed as one of the top 50 cities for bed bugs across the United States.

Pest control company Orkin released a list of cities infected with bed bugs showing Buffalo at number 17, that is up one ranking from last year. Chicago is number one.

The following cities are ranked in order of the number of bed bug treatments Orkin performed from January to December 2012 along with their shift, if any, in ranking compared to January to December 2011.

See list of bed bug infested cities ranked by Orkin below:

1. Chicago (+1)	26. Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (+10)
2. Detroit (+1)	27. Knoxville, Tenn. (+11)
3. Los Angeles (+2)	28. Buffalo, N.Y. (+1)
4. Denver	29. Atlanta (-8)
5. Cincinnati (-4)	30. Louisville, Ky. (+5)
6. Columbus, Ohio	31. Charleston/Huntington, W. Va. (+18)
7. Washington, D.C. (+1)	32. San Diego, Calif. (-6)
8. Cleveland/Akron/Canton (+5)	33. Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (+12)
9. Dallas/Ft. Worth (-2)	34. Minneapolis/St. Paul (+12)
10. New York (-1)	35. Phoenix (-1)
11. Dayton, Ohio (+4)	36. Pittsburgh (-6)
12. Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (-2)	37. Honolulu (-19)
13. Seattle/Tacoma (+14)	38. Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Mich. (+1)
14. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (-2)	39. Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (-1)
15. Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+4)	40. Nashville, Tenn.
16. Indianapolis (+15)	41. Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (+7)
17. Omaha, Neb. (+11)	42. Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (+2)
18. Houston (-7)	43. Charlotte (-10)
19. Milwaukee (+13)	44. Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.
20. Baltimore (-2)	45. Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (-4)
21. Syracuse, N.Y. (+2)	46. Las Vegas (-30)
22. Boston (-8)	47. Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, S.C.
23. Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+2)	48. Champaign/Springfield, Ill.
24. Lexington, Ky. (-2)	49. Portland, Or.
25. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (-1)	50. Sioux City, Iowa

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