Red and Blue Counties Want More Corporate Action on Climate Change

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24/7 Wall St. Insights

• Nationwide, 68.9% of Americans think corporations and industry should do more to address global warming.
• In some counties, much larger shares want corporate action on climate change.
• 16 of the top 50 counties are in the Northeast.
• 17 of the top 50 counties are considered relatively high or very high risk for natural disaster.
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In their semi-annual survey, Yale asked participants if they think "corporations and industry should be doing more, less, or currently doing the right amount to address global warming". While nationwide 68.9% of Americans think corporations and industry should do more to address global warming, large regional disparities persist throughout the country.

In Manhattan, 81.3% of residents believe corporations should do more to address climate change, the most of any county nationwide. Meanwhile, in Wyoming County in southwest West Virginia, just 53.1% of residents believe corporations should do more to address climate change, the least of any county. On average, 72.4% of residents in the Northeast believe corporations should do more to address climate change, compared to 70.6% of residents in the West, 67.8% in the Midwest, and 66.6% in the South. While many climate change opinions fall along political lines, the places that want more corporate action on climate change are a mix of red and blue counties.

To determine the counties that want corporate action on climate change the most, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on climate change belief from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication . Counties were ranked based on the percentage of surveyed residents who answered that "corporations and industry should be doing more" to address global warming in 2023. Supplemental data on median household income and the percentage of adults with at least a bachelor's degree is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and is for 2022. Data on natural hazard risk rating is from FEMA .

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