Mississippi

Natural Disaster Risk by County

Counties
82
All ranked by NRI score
State Avg. Score
50.9
Medium risk
Total State EAL
$1.64B
Expected annual losses
Highest Risk
Harrison
Score 95.6 · High

County Rankings

#CountyRisk ScoreRisk RatingTop HazardAnn. Loss
1Harrison County
95.6
High Hurricane$155M
2Hinds County
94.3
Medium Hail$117M
3Jackson County
92.3
Medium Hurricane$111M
4DeSoto County
89.0
Medium Tornado$86M
5Lauderdale County
87.0
Medium Cold Wave$45M
6Warren County
86.3
Medium Drought$43M
7Pearl River County
86.1
Medium Hurricane$44M
8Rankin County
85.0
Medium Hail$60M
9Washington County
83.0
Medium Tornado$30M
10Hancock County
82.7
Medium Hurricane$38M
11Madison County
82.1
Medium Tornado$54M
12Lee County
81.3
Medium Earthquake$38M
13Lowndes County
80.9
Low Tornado$34M
14Jones County
80.2
Low Tornado$31M
15Forrest County
78.1
Low Tornado$33M
16Bolivar County
76.8
Low Earthquake$22M
17Leflore County
73.5
Low Drought$20M
18Marshall County
71.2
Low Earthquake$19M
19Yazoo County
71.2
Low Lightning$19M
20Pike County
70.4
Low Tornado$18M
21Sunflower County
69.6
Low Cold Wave$18M
22Panola County
69.2
Low Strong Wind$17M
23Monroe County
68.5
Low Cold Wave$20M
24Alcorn County
65.0
Low Earthquake$19M
25Lamar County
65.0
Low Hurricane$22M
26Lafayette County
64.4
Low Earthquake$26M
27Oktibbeha County
62.8
Low Earthquake$19M
28Coahoma County
62.5
Low Earthquake$15M
29Copiah County
61.3
Low Landslide$15M
30Marion County
60.0
Low Hurricane$16M
31Neshoba County
58.3
Low Tornado$15M
32George County
58.0
Low Hurricane$22M
33Adams County
57.3
Low Heat Wave$13M
34Scott County
55.9
Low Hail$12M
35Leake County
55.7
Low Strong Wind$11M
36Wayne County
55.7
Low Hurricane$13M
37Grenada County
55.4
Low Earthquake$12M
38Newton County
52.4
Low Tornado$11M
39Stone County
52.0
Low Hurricane$13M
40Prentiss County
51.5
Low Earthquake$12M
41Simpson County
51.0
Low Hurricane$12M
42Covington County
50.8
Low Hurricane$10M
43Pontotoc County
50.1
Low Earthquake$13M
44Holmes County
49.8
Low Drought$9M
45Itawamba County
49.6
Low Cold Wave$12M
46Lincoln County
48.4
Low Heat Wave$11M
47Amite County
48.2
Low Hurricane$9M
48Smith County
47.2
Low Hurricane$10M
49Chickasaw County
43.9
Low Strong Wind$10M
50Tippah County
43.8
Low Earthquake$10M
51Union County
43.5
Low Earthquake$11M
52Clay County
42.5
Very Low Earthquake$9M
53Greene County
42.2
Very Low Hurricane$9M
54Tate County
41.2
Very Low Earthquake$11M
55Tallahatchie County
40.1
Very Low Drought$8M
56Winston County
39.9
Very Low Tornado$8M
57Jasper County
38.9
Very Low Hurricane$8M
58Tishomingo County
37.1
Very Low Earthquake$9M
59Tunica County
36.3
Very Low Earthquake$8M
60Clarke County
36.0
Very Low Lightning$9M
61Attala County
34.2
Very Low Tornado$8M
62Wilkinson County
33.5
Very Low Lightning$6M
63Noxubee County
29.0
Very Low Drought$5M
64Humphreys County
27.9
Very Low Drought$5M
65Calhoun County
27.7
Very Low Earthquake$7M
66Walthall County
25.5
Very Low Strong Wind$7M
67Lawrence County
25.0
Very Low Hurricane$7M
68Claiborne County
24.7
Very Low Hail$5M
69Carroll County
23.3
Very Low Strong Wind$5M
70Jefferson Davis County
23.1
Very Low Hurricane$5M
71Perry County
19.5
Very Low Hurricane$6M
72Yalobusha County
19.5
Very Low Lightning$5M
73Quitman County
18.5
Very Low Drought$4M
74Franklin County
17.3
Very Low Hurricane$4M
75Sharkey County
15.8
Very Low Drought$4M
76Benton County
15.2
Very Low Earthquake$4M
77Kemper County
14.9
Very Low Hurricane$4M
78Webster County
12.6
Very Low Earthquake$4M
79Choctaw County
11.5
Very Low Strong Wind$4M
80Jefferson County
11.3
Very Low Heat Wave$3M
81Montgomery County
10.9
Very Low Earthquake$4M
82Issaquena County
8.0
Very Low Drought$3M

All 82 Mississippi counties, ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score.