Lowest Disaster Risk Counties

Counties with the lowest natural disaster risk — minimal flood, wildfire, tornado, and hurricane exposure.

Based on FEMA National Risk Index data.

Showing top 100 of 3144 counties with data

#	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska	100	84.8	76.9	25.5
2	Loving County, Texas	100	N/A	N/A	16.7
3	Kalawao County, Hawaii	99.9	N/A	60.3	39.7
4	McPherson County, Nebraska	99.9	72.4	86.5	23.4
5	Thomas County, Nebraska	99.9	71.7	87.8	30.8
6	Grant County, Nebraska	99.8	81.2	81.7	28.5
7	Logan County, Nebraska	99.8	74.1	81	30.2
8	Loup County, Nebraska	99.8	79.8	85.7	22.7
9	Arthur County, Nebraska	99.7	78.8	80.7	27.4
10	Hooker County, Nebraska	99.7	62	90.8	13.3
11	King County, Texas	99.7	N/A	94.6	29.2
12	Skagway Municipality, Alaska	99.6	92.6	71	34.7
13	Blaine County, Nebraska	99.6	68.9	84.7	23.4
14	Harding County, New Mexico	99.6	91.6	88.7	10.3
15	Terrell County, Texas	99.6	79.7	92.6	14.1
16	Echols County, Georgia	99.5	74.5	85.4	23.7
17	Treasure County, Montana	99.5	84.9	77.1	31.1
18	McMullen County, Texas	99.5	46.3	90.4	13.3
19	Schley County, Georgia	99.4	77.3	81.4	22.3
20	Keweenaw County, Michigan	99.4	75.8	85.9	18.6
21	Slope County, North Dakota	99.4	91.6	87.8	24.2
22	Taliaferro County, Georgia	99.3	67	87.4	14.8
23	Clark County, Idaho	99.3	94.1	85.1	17.4
24	Rock County, Nebraska	99.3	73.7	88.1	20.9
25	Banner County, Nebraska	99.2	59.7	78.7	29.9
26	Billings County, North Dakota	99.2	91.9	84.5	36.4
27	Rich County, Utah	99.2	94.1	82.2	33.6
28	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska	99.1	89	83.6	22
29	Glascock County, Georgia	99.1	74.5	83.2	19.5
30	Piute County, Utah	99.1	90.2	84.1	12.5
31	Hinsdale County, Colorado	99	94	76.3	25.4
32	Golden Valley County, Montana	99	88	84.5	20.8
33	Burke County, North Dakota	99	83.1	85.4	46.3
34	Kent County, Texas	99	76.8	83	30
35	Wallace County, Kansas	98.9	59	87.9	22.7
36	Crane County, Texas	98.9	65.5	82.9	22.5
37	Sterling County, Texas	98.9	72.1	75	34.8
38	Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska	98.8	82.1	72.1	49.1
39	Garfield County, Nebraska	98.8	61.8	86.6	28.2
40	Hayes County, Nebraska	98.8	66.6	90.3	22.8
41	Petroleum County, Montana	98.7	81.9	85.5	22.1
42	Sioux County, Nebraska	98.7	68.1	82.8	18.7
43	Jones County, South Dakota	98.7	69.7	85.9	25.6
44	Oneida County, Idaho	98.6	87.8	75.9	30.8
45	Keya Paha County, Nebraska	98.6	70.2	84.4	22.8
46	Shackelford County, Texas	98.6	66.1	86.1	25.6
47	Renville County, North Dakota	98.5	83.2	80.7	33.2
48	Harding County, South Dakota	98.5	76	89.9	32.2
49	Norton city, Virginia	98.5	80.3	87.7	8.5
50	Robertson County, Kentucky	98.4	83.4	87.6	17.6
51	Falls Church city, Virginia	98.4	74.3	13.5	84.4
52	Garfield County, Washington	98.4	85.1	84	24.1
53	Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska	98.3	83.1	60.1	41.6
54	Carter County, Montana	98.3	89.8	86.5	17.4
55	Oliver County, North Dakota	98.3	84.6	83.6	33.6
56	Irion County, Texas	98.3	75.4	78.7	21.3
57	Daniels County, Montana	98.2	78	86.5	21.3
58	Eddy County, North Dakota	98.2	77.3	88.2	19.5
59	Wayne County, Utah	98.2	92.4	79.9	29.1
60	Greeley County, Kansas	98.1	48.5	81.6	34.8
61	Fisher County, Texas	98.1	54.3	88.3	25.6
62	Grand Isle County, Vermont	98.1	64.1	57.7	42.5
63	Chattahoochee County, Georgia	98	74.4	76	22
64	Treutlen County, Georgia	98	75.4	87.4	12
65	Towner County, North Dakota	98	77.6	85.8	24.5
66	Red Lake County, Minnesota	97.9	75.3	83.6	34
67	Esmeralda County, Nevada	97.9	85.7	77	N/A
68	Bowman County, North Dakota	97.9	81.1	81.6	38.1
69	Calhoun County, Arkansas	97.8	88.2	86	24.9
70	Dundy County, Nebraska	97.8	79.2	88.7	20.3
71	Kinney County, Texas	97.8	62.7	86.3	26.7
72	Lane County, Kansas	97.7	61.9	90.9	18
73	Hudspeth County, Texas	97.7	69.1	90.9	9.1
74	Poquoson city, Virginia	97.7	76.9	48.9	62.3
75	Webster County, Georgia	97.6	73.7	89	10
76	Garfield County, Montana	97.6	83.8	85	23.7
77	Brown County, Nebraska	97.6	71.9	81.3	17
78	Williamsburg city, Virginia	97.6	86.1	66.4	29.2
79	Luce County, Michigan	97.5	73.7	83.6	18.9
80	Camden County, North Carolina	97.5	85	63.2	40.7
81	Highland County, Virginia	97.5	86.4	84.2	24.5
82	Perkins County, South Dakota	97.4	65	85.9	26.1
83	Van Buren County, Tennessee	97.4	91	86.9	22.7
84	Radford city, Virginia	97.4	82.5	77.7	17.9
85	Scott County, Illinois	97.3	63.4	85.8	31
86	Trego County, Kansas	97.3	61.3	86.4	31.3
87	Gilliam County, Oregon	97.3	73.9	78.8	25.3
88	Talbot County, Georgia	97.2	71.7	78.5	12.8
89	Meagher County, Montana	97.2	82.6	82.3	20.1
90	Garden County, Nebraska	97.2	69.1	87.5	12.6
91	Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska	97.1	80.8	75.4	36
92	Sherman County, Oregon	97.1	82.7	81.4	22.2
93	Jeff Davis County, Texas	97.1	86.9	77.3	4.7
94	Cheyenne County, Colorado	97	89.3	83.1	27.6
95	Grant County, Minnesota	97	75.9	80.3	31
96	Menard County, Texas	97	55.6	83.5	14.9
97	Lewis County, Idaho	96.9	83.5	84.2	15.8
98	Kidder County, North Dakota	96.9	83.8	85.2	23.8
99	Motley County, Texas	96.9	71.4	87.4	24.4
100	Roberts County, Texas	96.9	74	84.2	26.5

Data: U.S. Census ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better).