Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in the United States
Top 25 of 3144 counties with data.
Ranked by natural disaster risk (FEMA National Risk Index, FEMA NRI v1.20), lowest first.
Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in the United States
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | County page | |
| 02 | County page | |
| 03 | Yakutat, AK10.6 County page | |
| 04 | Wrangell, AK11.0 County page | |
| 05 | Skagway, AK11.4 County page | |
| 06 | North Slope, AK11.8 County page | |
| 07 | County page | |
| 08 | Anchorage, AK13.0 County page | |
| 09 | County page | |
| 10 | Petersburg, AK13.7 County page | |
| 11 | Haines, AK13.8 County page | |
| 12 | Bristol Bay, AK14.7 County page | |
| 13 | County page | |
| 14 | Kusilvak, AK15.3 County page | |
| 15 | County page | |
| 16 | Loving, TX16.5 County page | |
| 17 | Nome, AK16.9 County page | |
| 18 | County page | |
| 19 | Dillingham, AK17.2 County page | |
| 20 | County page | |
| 21 | County page | |
| 22 | Washoe, NV19.9 County page | |
| 23 | County page | |
| 24 | Copper River, AK20.6 County page | |
| 25 | County page | |
How this ranking works
This page ranks every US county by natural disaster risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.
For natural disaster risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh natural disaster risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.
Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of natural disaster risk.
Frequently asked questions
- Which US county has the lowest natural disaster risk?
- Aleutians West, AK has the lowest natural disaster risk in the United States, at 0.0.
- What is the natural disaster risk in Aleutians West, AK?
- Aleutians West, AK is ranked #1 in the United States for natural disaster risk, at 0.0.
- What are the top US counties for natural disaster risk?
- Aleutians West, AK (0.0), then Aleutians East, AK (4.0), and Yakutat, AK (10.6). The full top 25 is in the table on this page.
- How is this natural disaster risk ranking calculated?
- Counties in the United States are ranked by natural disaster risk (FEMA National Risk Index, FEMA NRI v1.20), lowest first. Values describe the county, not an individual property. Source vintage is shown on the page.
Related
Lowest Natural Disaster Risk Counties in the US, state by state
The same ranking, scoped to a single state.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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