Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Tornado
$237.4M
Cold Wave
$145.0M
Heat Wave
$90.7M
Lightning
$48.2M
Strong Wind
$42.3M
County Rankings
Counties in Alabama ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.
NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.
Department and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.
| County ▲ | Population ▲ | Departments ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 667,755 | 53 | $74.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Madison County | 405,718 | 17 | $51.1M | Relatively High |
| Mobile County | 412,590 | 18 | $37.5M | Relatively High |
| Shelby County | 230,211 | 44 | $33.1M | Relatively High |
| Morgan County | 124,471 | 19 | $28.3M | Relatively High |
| Tuscaloosa County | 237,552 | 31 | $27.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Baldwin County | 246,989 | 28 | $26.5M | Very High |
| Lauderdale County | 95,830 | 17 | $24.8M | Relatively High |
| Montgomery County | 226,718 | 17 | $21.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Marshall County | 99,748 | 28 | $21.5M | Relatively High |
| Limestone County | 111,233 | 15 | $19.3M | Relatively High |
| Calhoun County | 116,090 | 17 | $16.5M | Relatively High |
| Etowah County | 103,105 | 26 | $16.2M | Relatively High |
| Houston County | 108,140 | 17 | $14.0M | Relatively High |
| Colbert County | 58,022 | 16 | $13.6M | Very High |
| Cullman County | 90,566 | 22 | $12.4M | Relatively High |
| DeKalb County | 72,269 | 10 | $11.4M | Relatively High |
| Talladega County | 81,021 | 13 | $10.5M | Relatively High |
| St. Clair County | 94,166 | 38 | $10.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lawrence County | 33,276 | 7 | $9.9M | Relatively High |
| Jackson County | 53,053 | 23 | $9.5M | Relatively High |
| Walker County | 64,841 | 29 | $9.3M | Relatively High |
| Franklin County | 31,966 | 11 | $8.8M | Relatively High |
| Lee County | 181,134 | 13 | $8.8M | Relatively Low |
| Blount County | 59,518 | 29 | $7.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Escambia County | 36,629 | 20 | $7.0M | Very High |
| Marion County | 29,184 | 12 | $6.9M | Relatively High |
| Covington County | 37,628 | 26 | $6.3M | Very High |
| Coffee County | 54,920 | 12 | $6.0M | Very High |
| Elmore County | 89,526 | 24 | $6.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Autauga County | 59,947 | 12 | $5.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Chilton County | 45,992 | 21 | $5.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Dale County | 49,599 | 19 | $5.2M | Relatively High |
| Dallas County | 36,858 | 19 | $4.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cherokee County | 25,443 | 13 | $3.8M | Relatively High |
| Tallapoosa County | 40,938 | 15 | $3.8M | Relatively High |
| Winston County | 23,682 | 14 | $3.6M | Relatively High |
| Russell County | 58,811 | 9 | $3.4M | Relatively Low |
| Lamar County | 13,693 | 7 | $3.4M | Relatively High |
| Pickens County | 18,721 | 12 | $3.3M | Relatively High |
| Clarke County | 22,543 | 14 | $3.2M | Relatively High |
| Marengo County | 18,851 | 7 | $3.2M | Relatively High |
| Fayette County | 16,053 | 14 | $3.1M | Relatively High |
| Chambers County | 34,192 | 6 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Butler County | 18,630 | 14 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Hale County | 14,829 | 12 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Bibb County | 22,130 | 10 | $2.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Washington County | 15,143 | 19 | $2.7M | Very High |
| Choctaw County | 12,380 | 11 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Barbour County | 24,643 | 15 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Sumter County | 11,878 | 9 | $2.3M | Very High |
| Pike County | 32,987 | 12 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Greene County | 7,424 | 9 | $2.3M | Relatively High |
| Lowndes County | 9,833 | 11 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Henry County | 17,647 | 13 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Monroe County | 19,388 | 12 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Geneva County | 26,887 | 10 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Cleburne County | 15,426 | 10 | $1.8M | Relatively High |
| Clay County | 14,192 | 9 | $1.8M | Relatively High |
| Randolph County | 22,510 | 14 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Conecuh County | 11,275 | 19 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Crenshaw County | 13,122 | 16 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Wilcox County | 10,172 | 8 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Perry County | 8,031 | 10 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Bullock County | 10,058 | 7 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Macon County | 18,691 | 6 | $1.1M | Very Low |
| Coosa County | 10,300 | 9 | $970.2K | Relatively High |
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Risk Snapshot
15.6%
Poverty Rate
17.8%
Age 65+
16.5%
Disability Rate
9.2%
Uninsured
42.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.3%
Mobile Homes
14.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.7%
Wood Heat
$69,860
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
564
Last 10 Years
1164
Last 25 Years
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