The following are studies detailing urban canopy cover:
Tree Canopy Studies & Municipal Tree Regulations, Fulcher, Orcutt, Rittman, & Powers, Practicum Project, UW, June 2012
Puget Sound Urban Tree Canopy and Stormwater Retention -2019
Atlanta, GA – 36.8% canopy*
Annapolis, MD – 44.9% – 2006 – Capital Gazette
Baltimore, MD – 21.0% canopy*
Bellevue, WA – 36% canopy – Urban Ecosystem Analysis – Oct 2008
Bonny Lake, WA – 43% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – 2012
Bothell, WA – 45% Canopy – An Assessment of Urban Tree Canopy in the City of Bothell, WA March 2016
Boston, MA – 22.3% canopy*
Calgary, Canada – 7.2% canopy*
Denver, CO – 19.7% – Urban Tree Assessment for the City of Denver 2013
Freehold, NJ – 34.4% canopy*
Grand Rapids, MI – 34% canopy – An Assessmeny of Urban Tree Canopy in Grand Rapids, Michigan 2015
Jersey City, NJ – 11.5% canopy*
Kirkland, WA – 40.7% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Report – June 2011
Lake Forest Park, WA – 45% canopy – I-Tree Ecosystem Analysis – April 2011
Minneapolis, MN – 26.5% canopy*
Moorestown, NJ – 28.0% canopy*
Morgantown, WV – 35.9% canopy*
Nashville, TN – 47% canopy – Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Tree Canopy Study, April 2010
New York, NY – 21.0% canopy*
Peniscola, FL -29% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Study Sept 2014
Philadelphia, PA – 15.7% canopy*
Port Angeles, WA 27% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment 2012
Redmond, WA – 38% tree canopy – City of Redmond Tree Canopy – 2016
Renton, WA – 28.6 % canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Report – July 2011
Sammamish, WA – 46% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – 2012
South King County Canopy Study – WA -2017
San Diego – 13% canopy – Urban Forestry Program – 2016
San Francisco, CA DATA SF -13.7%
Seattle, WA – 22.9% canopy – Tree Canopy Cover Assessment– May 2009
Seattle, WA – 28% canopy – 2016 Seattle Tree Canopy Assessment – Executive Summary
Slide Presentation – Seattle LIDAR Canopy Cover Assessment – May 8, 2017
Shoreline, WA – 30.6% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – March 2011
Snoqualmie, WA – 44% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – 2012
Syracuse, NY – 23.1% canopy*
Tacoma, WA – 19% canopy (goal 30% by 2030) – Canopy Cover – 2009
Tukwila, WA – 35% canopy- Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – Dec 2012
Toronto, Canada – 26.6% – 28% canopy (goal 40%) – Actions to Grow Toronto’s Tree Canopy – 2016
Vancouver, BC – 18% canopy – Urban Forest Strategy – April 15, 2014
Vancouver, WA – 18.6% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – Sept 2011
Washington, DC – 28.1% – I-Tree Ecosystem Analysis – Jan 2010
Woodbridge, NJ – 29.5% canopy*
Woodinville, WA – 45% canopy – Urban Tree Canopy Assessment – 2019
* from table in I-Tree Ecosystem Analysis WASHINGTON Jan. 2010