Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Cold Wave
$1.4B
Tornado
$506.0M
Heat Wave
$358.7M
Earthquake
$178.9M
Strong Wind
$77.7M
County Rankings
Counties in Illinois 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 5.2M | 95 | $1.2B | Relatively High |
| DuPage County | 930,024 | 18 | $135.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Will County | 701,462 | 40 | $125.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lake County | 714,223 | 21 | $85.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Kane County | 517,255 | 21 | $79.2M | Relatively High |
| Madison County | 264,238 | 42 | $62.9M | Relatively High |
| St. Clair County | 253,694 | 37 | $60.6M | Relatively High |
| McHenry County | 312,591 | 15 | $42.2M | Relatively High |
| Sangamon County | 194,947 | 15 | $40.4M | Relatively High |
| Peoria County | 179,645 | 15 | $38.9M | Relatively High |
| Winnebago County | 283,292 | 13 | $37.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Champaign County | 208,741 | 21 | $34.0M | Relatively High |
| McLean County | 171,556 | 14 | $33.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Kendall County | 137,675 | 9 | $32.7M | Relatively High |
| Rock Island County | 142,757 | 16 | $24.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Grundy County | 53,219 | 28 | $23.8M | Very High |
| LaSalle County | 108,714 | 45 | $21.0M | Relatively High |
| Williamson County | 66,876 | 10 | $20.2M | Very High |
| Tazewell County | 130,290 | 14 | $19.9M | Relatively High |
| Jackson County | 53,064 | 14 | $19.5M | Very High |
| DeKalb County | 100,703 | 13 | $17.7M | Relatively High |
| Macon County | 101,849 | 11 | $15.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Randolph County | 30,058 | 10 | $15.1M | Very High |
| Macoupin County | 44,350 | 11 | $15.1M | Very High |
| Morgan County | 33,021 | 6 | $14.6M | Very High |
| Franklin County | 37,323 | 11 | $14.3M | Very High |
| Kankakee County | 106,635 | 12 | $14.3M | Relatively High |
| Jefferson County | 36,550 | 28 | $13.3M | Very High |
| Perry County | 20,639 | 10 | $12.3M | Very High |
| Vermilion County | 72,386 | 18 | $11.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Iroquois County | 26,449 | 18 | $11.3M | Very High |
| Adams County | 64,754 | 11 | $11.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Monroe County | 35,036 | 9 | $10.7M | Relatively High |
| Marion County | 37,000 | 3 | $10.6M | Very High |
| Clinton County | 36,954 | 18 | $8.7M | Very High |
| Christian County | 33,538 | 12 | $8.6M | Relatively High |
| Ogle County | 51,495 | 12 | $8.0M | Relatively High |
| Knox County | 49,046 | 13 | $7.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Washington County | 13,627 | 6 | $7.7M | Very High |
| Saline County | 23,213 | 6 | $7.5M | Very High |
| Livingston County | 35,565 | 26 | $7.5M | Very High |
| Montgomery County | 27,942 | 24 | $7.4M | Very High |
| Coles County | 46,777 | 4 | $7.3M | Relatively High |
| Union County | 16,997 | 8 | $7.3M | Very High |
| Shelby County | 20,720 | 10 | $7.2M | Very High |
| Fulton County | 33,020 | 14 | $7.1M | Relatively High |
| Massac County | 13,865 | 3 | $7.1M | Very High |
| Henry County | 48,643 | 9 | $7.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pulaski County | 5,015 | 6 | $6.7M | Very High |
| Whiteside County | 54,947 | 9 | $6.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cass County | 12,784 | 5 | $6.6M | Relatively High |
| Boone County | 53,230 | 7 | $6.6M | Relatively High |
| Woodford County | 38,312 | 10 | $6.4M | Relatively High |
| Jersey County | 21,274 | 9 | $6.4M | Relatively High |
| Logan County | 27,713 | 9 | $6.3M | Relatively High |
| Effingham County | 34,522 | 10 | $6.2M | Relatively High |
| Stephenson County | 43,768 | 11 | $6.1M | Relatively High |
| Wayne County | 15,973 | 6 | $5.6M | Very High |
| Hamilton County | 7,916 | 2 | $5.1M | Very High |
| Fayette County | 21,315 | 26 | $4.7M | Relatively High |
| McDonough County | 26,920 | 10 | $4.6M | Relatively Low |
| White County | 13,619 | 4 | $4.6M | Very High |
| Bond County | 16,716 | 6 | $4.5M | Very High |
| Bureau County | 32,866 | 17 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| Johnson County | 13,376 | 5 | $4.5M | Very High |
| Lee County | 33,869 | 8 | $4.4M | Relatively High |
| Douglas County | 19,751 | 7 | $4.3M | Very High |
| Jo Daviess County | 21,851 | 11 | $4.1M | Relatively High |
| Pike County | 14,469 | 13 | $3.8M | Relatively High |
| Hancock County | 17,281 | 12 | $3.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Edgar County | 16,535 | 8 | $3.5M | Relatively High |
| Richland County | 15,598 | 4 | $3.4M | Relatively High |
| Crawford County | 18,511 | 7 | $3.3M | Relatively High |
| Mason County | 12,745 | 10 | $3.2M | Relatively High |
| De Witt County | 15,373 | 5 | $3.2M | Relatively High |
| Alexander County | 4,875 | 7 | $3.1M | Very High |
| Clay County | 13,052 | 5 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Moultrie County | 14,424 | 7 | $2.9M | Very High |
| Piatt County | 16,695 | 8 | $2.9M | Very High |
| Ford County | 13,406 | 7 | $2.8M | Relatively High |
| Greene County | 11,683 | 7 | $2.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lawrence County | 15,031 | 4 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Mercer County | 15,495 | 8 | $2.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Warren County | 16,447 | 4 | $2.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Menard County | 12,095 | 5 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Wabash County | 11,119 | 9 | $2.3M | Relatively High |
| Clark County | 15,266 | 5 | $2.2M | Relatively High |
| Carroll County | 15,576 | 12 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Marshall County | 11,647 | 12 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Schuyler County | 6,787 | 3 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Brown County | 6,322 | 6 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Gallatin County | 4,819 | 5 | $1.9M | Very High |
| Jasper County | 9,180 | 1 | $1.7M | Very High |
| Cumberland County | 10,334 | 3 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Pope County | 3,739 | 3 | $1.5M | Very High |
| Calhoun County | 4,330 | 7 | $1.4M | Relatively High |
| Edwards County | 6,075 | 4 | $1.3M | Relatively High |
| Scott County | 4,937 | 2 | $1.3M | Relatively High |
| Henderson County | 6,193 | 8 | $965.4K | Relatively High |
| Hardin County | 3,605 | 2 | $909.1K | Relatively High |
| Putnam County | 5,601 | 4 | $875.1K | Relatively High |
| Stark County | 5,308 | 3 | $736.1K | Relatively High |
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Risk Snapshot
11.8%
Poverty Rate
17.0%
Age 65+
12.1%
Disability Rate
6.9%
Uninsured
63.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.3%
Mobile Homes
7.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.3%
Wood Heat
$91,911
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
277
Last 10 Years
808
Last 25 Years
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