With increased travel, both internationally and domestically, and higher bedbug resistance to existing pesticides, Orkin has seen an almost 33 percent boost in bedbug business compared to 2011.
Here are the top 50 U.S. cities, ranked in order of the number of bedbug treatments. The number in parenthesis is the shift in ranking compared to January to December 2011:
1. Chicago (+1)
2. Detroit (+1)
3. Los Angeles (+2)
4. Denver
5. Cincinnati (-4)
6. Columbus, Ohio
7. Washington, D.C. (+1)
8. Cleveland/Akron/Canton (+5)
9. Dallas/Ft. Worth (-2)
10.New York (-1)
11.Dayton, Ohio (+4)
12.Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (-2)
13.Seattle/Tacoma (+14)
14.San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (-2)
15.Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+4)
16.Indianapolis (+15)
17.Omaha, Neb. (+11)
18.Houston (-7)
19.Milwaukee (+13)
20.Baltimore (-2)
21.Syracuse, N.Y. (+2)
22.Boston (-8)
23.Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+2)
24.Lexington, Ky. (-2)
25.Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (-1)
26.Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (+10)
27.Knoxville, Tenn. (+11)
28.Buffalo, N.Y. (+1)
29.Atlanta (-8)
30.Louisville, Ky. (+5)
31.Charleston/Huntington, W. Va. (+18)
32.San Diego, Calif. (-6)
33.Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (+12)
34.Minneapolis/St. Paul (+12)
35.Phoenix (-1)
36.Pittsburgh (-6)
37.Honolulu (-19)
38.Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Mich. (+1)
39.Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (-1)
40.Nashville, Tenn.
41.Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (+7)
42.Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (+2)
43.Charlotte (-10)
44.Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.
45.Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (-4)
46.Las Vegas (-30)
47.Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, S.C.
48.Champaign/Springfield, Ill.
49.Portland, Or.
50.Sioux City, Iowa
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With increased travel, both internationally and domestically, and higher bedbug resistance to existing pesticides, Orkin has seen an almost 33 percent boost in bedbug business compared to 2011.
Here are the top 50 U.S. cities, ranked in order of the number of bedbug treatments. The number in parenthesis is the shift in ranking compared to January to December 2011:
1. Chicago (+1)
2. Detroit (+1)
3. Los Angeles (+2)
4. Denver
5. Cincinnati (-4)
6. Columbus, Ohio
7. Washington, D.C. (+1)
8. Cleveland/Akron/Canton (+5)
9. Dallas/Ft. Worth (-2)
10.New York (-1)
11.Dayton, Ohio (+4)
12.Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (-2)
13.Seattle/Tacoma (+14)
14.San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (-2)
15.Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+4)
16.Indianapolis (+15)
17.Omaha, Neb. (+11)
18.Houston (-7)
19.Milwaukee (+13)
20.Baltimore (-2)
21.Syracuse, N.Y. (+2)
22.Boston (-8)
23.Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+2)
24.Lexington, Ky. (-2)
25.Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (-1)
26.Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (+10)
27.Knoxville, Tenn. (+11)
28.Buffalo, N.Y. (+1)
29.Atlanta (-8)
30.Louisville, Ky. (+5)
31.Charleston/Huntington, W. Va. (+18)
32.San Diego, Calif. (-6)
33.Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (+12)
34.Minneapolis/St. Paul (+12)
35.Phoenix (-1)
36.Pittsburgh (-6)
37.Honolulu (-19)
38.Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Mich. (+1)
39.Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (-1)
40.Nashville, Tenn.
41.Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (+7)
42.Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (+2)
43.Charlotte (-10)
44.Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.
45.Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (-4)
46.Las Vegas (-30)
47.Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, S.C.
48.Champaign/Springfield, Ill.
49.Portland, Or.
50.Sioux City, Iowa