Hurricane Risk by State & County

Ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hurricane hazard score · code HRCN

Hurricane risk reflects tropical cyclones bringing extreme wind, rain, and storm surge. FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county's hurricane hazard from its expected annual loss, annualized event frequency, and exposed population. Harris County, Texas currently leads the nation with a hurricane score of 100.0 and $458M in expected annual loss. Florida, Texas, South Carolina account for much of the highest-rated hurricane risk in this dataset.

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Hurricane Risk by State

#StateExpected Ann. LossAvg. ScoreRatingCounties Rated
1Florida$4.28B
94.0
Very High 67 of 67
2Louisiana$1.55B
83.5
Very High 64 of 64
3North Carolina$1.29B
80.1
Very High 100 of 100
4Texas$1.27B
50.1
Medium 254 of 254
5South Carolina$1.19B
85.3
Very High 46 of 46
6Georgia$524M
70.5
High 159 of 159
7Alabama$466M
74.0
High 67 of 67
8Mississippi$296M
72.2
High 82 of 82
9New York$242M
71.1
High 62 of 62
10Virginia$212M
68.2
High 133 of 133
11Massachusetts$193M
89.9
Very High 14 of 14
12New Jersey$185M
87.6
Very High 21 of 21
13Connecticut$184M
92.5
Very High 9 of 9
14Pennsylvania$170M
73.3
High 67 of 67
15Maryland$128M
83.5
Very High 24 of 24
16Maine$79M
84.7
Very High 16 of 16
17Delaware$52M
92.3
Very High 3 of 3
18New Hampshire$41M
80.1
Very High 10 of 10
19District of Columbia$29M
96.0
Very High 1 of 1
20Rhode Island$20M
82.1
Very High 5 of 5
21West Virginia$9M
51.7
Medium 55 of 55
22Vermont$8M
64.7
High 14 of 14
23Arkansas$6M
49.4
Medium 75 of 75
24Tennessee$6M
43.4
Medium 95 of 95
25Ohio$5M
41.4
Medium 88 of 88
26Kentucky$2M
32.3
Low 120 of 120
27Hawaii$2M
57.3
Medium 5 of 5
28Michigan$2M
25.3
Low 83 of 83
29Illinois$1M
26.6
Low 102 of 102
30Missouri$1M
22.4
Low 115 of 115
31Oklahoma$1M
30.0
Low 77 of 77
32Indiana$1M
24.6
Low 92 of 92
33Iowa$237K
9.0
Very Low 99 of 99
34Kansas$188K
4.2
Very Low 105 of 105
35Wisconsin$146K
6.6
Very Low 72 of 72
36New Mexico$96K
7.5
Very Low 33 of 33
37Arizona$51K
13.0
Very Low 15 of 15
38California$9K
0.7
Very Low 58 of 58
39Minnesota$1K
0.1
Very Low 87 of 87
40Washington$0
0.0
Very Low 39 of 39
41Oregon$0
0.0
Very Low 36 of 36
42Nevada$0
0.0
Very Low 17 of 17
43Colorado$0
0.0
Very Low 64 of 64
44Idaho$0
0.0
Very Low 44 of 44
45Wyoming$0
0.0
Very Low 23 of 23
46Utah$0
0.0
Very Low 29 of 29
47Alaska$0
0.0
Very Low 30 of 30
48Montana$0
0.0
Very Low 56 of 56
49South Dakota$0
0.0
Very Low 66 of 66
50Nebraska$0
0.0
Very Low 93 of 93
51North Dakota$0
0.0
Very Low 53 of 53

States ranked by total expected annual hurricane losses; the average score is the mean over all counties, counting unrated counties as zero.

Riskiest Counties for Hurricane

#CountyStateHurricane ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1Harris CountyTX
100.0
Very High 0.18 / yr$458M
2Miami-Dade CountyFL
100.0
Very High 0.30 / yr$331M
3Palm Beach CountyFL
99.9
Very High 0.33 / yr$287M
4Lee CountyFL
99.9
Very High 0.25 / yr$300M
5Broward CountyFL
99.8
Very High 0.29 / yr$280M
6Jefferson ParishLA
99.8
Very High 0.28 / yr$251M
7Collier CountyFL
99.7
Very High 0.29 / yr$216M
8Brevard CountyFL
99.7
Very High 0.28 / yr$281M
9Orleans ParishLA
99.7
Very High 0.25 / yr$223M
10Charleston CountySC
99.6
Very High 0.34 / yr$281M
11Horry CountySC
99.6
Very High 0.30 / yr$200M
12Hidalgo CountyTX
99.5
Very High 0.13 / yr$127M
13Sarasota CountyFL
99.5
Very High 0.23 / yr$180M
14Beaufort CountySC
99.5
Very High 0.34 / yr$201M
15Mobile CountyAL
99.4
Very High 0.24 / yr$178M
16Chatham CountyGA
99.4
Very High 0.35 / yr$189M
17Hillsborough CountyFL
99.3
Very High 0.25 / yr$178M
18Manatee CountyFL
99.3
Very High 0.23 / yr$154M
19Baldwin CountyAL
99.2
Very High 0.24 / yr$159M
20St. Lucie CountyFL
99.2
Very High 0.33 / yr$148M
21Indian River CountyFL
99.2
Very High 0.31 / yr$132M
22New Hanover CountyNC
99.1
Very High 0.37 / yr$181M
23Brunswick CountyNC
99.1
Very High 0.37 / yr$111M
24Cameron CountyTX
99.0
Very High 0.16 / yr$84M
25Charlotte CountyFL
99.0
Very High 0.24 / yr$100M

Showing the top 25 seeded counties for hurricane risk.