Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Tornado
$338.6M
Hurricane
$271.7M
Cold Wave
$250.0M
Heat Wave
$164.9M
Lightning
$154.0M
County Rankings
Counties in Florida 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Dade County | 2.7M | 5 | $142.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Hillsborough County | 1.5M | 16 | $139.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Orange County | 1.5M | 12 | $86.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Broward County | 2.0M | 24 | $79.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pinellas County | 963,481 | 0 | $76.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Duval County | 1.0M | 7 | $48.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Leon County | 297,542 | 3 | $48.1M | Relatively High |
| Palm Beach County | 1.5M | 11 | $43.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lee County | 817,666 | 19 | $38.5M | Relatively High |
| Brevard County | 632,780 | 17 | $37.9M | Relatively High |
| Manatee County | 429,792 | 8 | $34.4M | Very High |
| Pasco County | 611,444 | 4 | $32.4M | Relatively High |
| Volusia County | 579,622 | 22 | $29.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Okaloosa County | 216,599 | 21 | $28.2M | Very High |
| Seminole County | 481,470 | 4 | $25.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Marion County | 400,078 | 12 | $25.1M | Relatively High |
| Escambia County | 325,923 | 18 | $24.5M | Relatively High |
| Bay County | 186,393 | 11 | $24.1M | Very High |
| Sarasota County | 459,547 | 5 | $24.1M | Relatively High |
| Collier County | 398,291 | 8 | $22.3M | Very High |
| Polk County | 790,694 | 18 | $22.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Santa Rosa County | 198,472 | 16 | $21.2M | Relatively High |
| St. Lucie County | 360,500 | 2 | $20.7M | Very High |
| Lake County | 412,924 | 11 | $18.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Alachua County | 285,492 | 19 | $15.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Osceola County | 427,415 | 6 | $13.2M | Relatively High |
| Citrus County | 162,472 | 2 | $11.8M | Very High |
| St. Johns County | 306,934 | 15 | $11.3M | Relatively High |
| Martin County | 162,176 | 5 | $10.3M | Very High |
| Indian River County | 166,936 | 1 | $10.2M | Very High |
| Charlotte County | 201,064 | 3 | $9.7M | Very High |
| Hernando County | 207,018 | 3 | $9.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Walton County | 82,948 | 7 | $9.5M | Very High |
| Clay County | 227,584 | 5 | $9.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Wakulla County | 35,387 | 6 | $7.9M | Relatively High |
| Monroe County | 81,860 | 8 | $7.5M | Very High |
| Sumter County | 143,408 | 3 | $7.0M | Relatively High |
| Gadsden County | 43,710 | 10 | $6.5M | Very High |
| Flagler County | 126,528 | 13 | $5.3M | Relatively High |
| Columbia County | 71,789 | 3 | $5.0M | Relatively High |
| Putnam County | 75,164 | 14 | $4.4M | Relatively High |
| Highlands County | 105,702 | 10 | $4.0M | Relatively High |
| Nassau County | 97,859 | 10 | $3.9M | Relatively Low |
| Washington County | 25,529 | 11 | $3.7M | Very High |
| Jackson County | 48,250 | 15 | $3.7M | Relatively High |
| DeSoto County | 35,386 | 0 | $3.1M | Very High |
| Suwannee County | 45,342 | 8 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Levy County | 45,391 | 3 | $2.8M | Relatively High |
| Holmes County | 19,513 | 9 | $2.5M | Relatively High |
| Calhoun County | 13,492 | 5 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Taylor County | 21,503 | 3 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Gulf County | 15,131 | 7 | $2.3M | Very High |
| Hendry County | 42,382 | 5 | $2.2M | Very High |
| Bradford County | 27,885 | 6 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Jefferson County | 15,091 | 4 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Madison County | 18,089 | 4 | $2.0M | Relatively High |
| Okeechobee County | 40,816 | 3 | $1.9M | Very High |
| Baker County | 28,430 | 3 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Hardee County | 25,675 | 3 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Franklin County | 12,553 | 5 | $1.6M | Relatively High |
| Hamilton County | 13,616 | 4 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Liberty County | 7,687 | 6 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Dixie County | 17,058 | 3 | $1.1M | Relatively High |
| Gilchrist County | 19,040 | 2 | $1.1M | Relatively High |
| Union County | 15,701 | 4 | $1.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Glades County | 12,563 | 2 | $859.6K | Very High |
| Lafayette County | 8,161 | 1 | $589.5K | Relatively High |
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Risk Snapshot
12.6%
Poverty Rate
21.3%
Age 65+
13.7%
Disability Rate
11.5%
Uninsured
34.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.0%
Mobile Homes
14.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$81,177
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
1231
Last 10 Years
1911
Last 25 Years
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