Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Cold Wave
$182.8M
Tornado
$173.8M
Heat Wave
$139.6M
Hurricane
$80.7M
Lightning
$45.8M
County Rankings
Counties in Louisiana 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Baton Rouge Parish | 452,938 | 16 | $84.1M | Relatively High |
| Jefferson Parish | 430,920 | 23 | $46.4M | Very High |
| Orleans Parish | 371,853 | 6 | $43.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| St. Tammany Parish | 272,421 | 14 | $34.5M | Very High |
| Lafayette Parish | 247,997 | 9 | $34.5M | Very High |
| Caddo Parish | 230,004 | 15 | $32.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Livingston Parish | 148,115 | 17 | $24.8M | Very High |
| Terrebonne Parish | 106,186 | 14 | $24.0M | Very High |
| Bossier Parish | 129,789 | 18 | $23.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Calcasieu Parish | 207,088 | 18 | $23.6M | Very High |
| Ascension Parish | 130,314 | 9 | $23.1M | Very High |
| Ouachita Parish | 158,480 | 3 | $22.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lafourche Parish | 96,252 | 16 | $20.0M | Very High |
| Tangipahoa Parish | 136,738 | 13 | $17.6M | Very High |
| St. Landry Parish | 81,670 | 13 | $15.8M | Relatively High |
| Iberia Parish | 68,599 | 14 | $13.5M | Very High |
| St. Martin Parish | 51,353 | 7 | $13.2M | Very High |
| Rapides Parish | 127,527 | 25 | $12.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Evangeline Parish | 32,060 | 7 | $10.5M | Very High |
| St. Charles Parish | 51,396 | 17 | $10.5M | Very High |
| St. Mary Parish | 47,828 | 13 | $9.2M | Very High |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | 20,217 | 4 | $8.5M | Very High |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 40,743 | 6 | $7.8M | Very High |
| Avoyelles Parish | 38,905 | 14 | $7.8M | Relatively High |
| Acadia Parish | 56,955 | 16 | $7.5M | Very High |
| Vernon Parish | 47,117 | 11 | $7.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lincoln Parish | 48,174 | 5 | $7.1M | Relatively High |
| Iberville Parish | 29,815 | 13 | $6.6M | Very High |
| Vermilion Parish | 57,123 | 15 | $6.4M | Very High |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | 27,974 | 1 | $6.3M | Relatively High |
| Webster Parish | 35,820 | 16 | $5.4M | Relatively High |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 31,924 | 7 | $5.3M | Very High |
| St. Bernard Parish | 44,419 | 4 | $5.1M | Relatively High |
| Washington Parish | 45,120 | 13 | $4.9M | Very High |
| Allen Parish | 22,477 | 7 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| West Feliciana Parish | 15,327 | 4 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| East Feliciana Parish | 19,271 | 9 | $4.1M | Very High |
| Beauregard Parish | 36,676 | 11 | $4.0M | Relatively High |
| Natchitoches Parish | 36,693 | 12 | $4.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| St. James Parish | 19,528 | 2 | $3.8M | Very High |
| Assumption Parish | 20,484 | 7 | $3.7M | Very High |
| Sabine Parish | 21,977 | 5 | $3.6M | Relatively High |
| Morehouse Parish | 24,551 | 11 | $3.4M | Relatively High |
| De Soto Parish | 27,026 | 10 | $3.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Richland Parish | 19,822 | 9 | $3.1M | Relatively High |
| Union Parish | 20,821 | 8 | $3.0M | Relatively High |
| Plaquemines Parish | 22,803 | 6 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Grant Parish | 22,095 | 10 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cameron Parish | 5,015 | 10 | $2.8M | Very High |
| Claiborne Parish | 13,833 | 8 | $2.7M | Relatively High |
| Bienville Parish | 12,638 | 10 | $2.5M | Relatively High |
| Madison Parish | 9,513 | 3 | $2.4M | Relatively High |
| Franklin Parish | 19,408 | 5 | $2.4M | Relatively High |
| Concordia Parish | 18,174 | 9 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| St. Helena Parish | 10,858 | 9 | $2.1M | Very High |
| Jackson Parish | 14,884 | 6 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Winn Parish | 13,467 | 2 | $2.0M | Relatively High |
| Red River Parish | 7,443 | 3 | $1.6M | Very High |
| East Carroll Parish | 7,072 | 5 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| La Salle Parish | 14,789 | 9 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Caldwell Parish | 9,500 | 10 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| West Carroll Parish | 9,464 | 7 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Catahoula Parish | 8,583 | 7 | $885.1K | Relatively High |
| Tensas Parish | 3,935 | 4 | $583.5K | Relatively High |
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Risk Snapshot
18.9%
Poverty Rate
16.7%
Age 65+
16.3%
Disability Rate
7.8%
Uninsured
46.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.6%
Mobile Homes
14.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$66,147
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
1325
Last 10 Years
2121
Last 25 Years
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