Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Cold Wave
$457.1M
Tornado
$163.8M
Heat Wave
$102.8M
Strong Wind
$49.6M
Lightning
$23.1M
County Rankings
Counties in Minnesota 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin County | 1.3M | 21 | $188.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Ramsey County | 542,945 | 2 | $85.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| St. Louis County | 200,123 | 11 | $59.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Dakota County | 445,771 | 4 | $41.4M | Relatively Low |
| Washington County | 276,238 | 3 | $31.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Olmsted County | 164,498 | 5 | $27.8M | Relatively High |
| Anoka County | 370,349 | 14 | $24.4M | Relatively Low |
| Carlton County | 36,518 | 2 | $19.5M | Very High |
| Scott County | 154,557 | 7 | $18.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Stearns County | 160,865 | 7 | $17.4M | Relatively High |
| Itasca County | 45,275 | 3 | $16.6M | Relatively High |
| Blue Earth County | 69,871 | 1 | $12.9M | Relatively High |
| Carver County | 110,041 | 7 | $12.8M | Relatively Low |
| Brown County | 25,800 | 2 | $11.5M | Relatively High |
| Crow Wing County | 67,686 | 4 | $10.8M | Relatively High |
| Wright County | 148,269 | 8 | $10.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Otter Tail County | 60,475 | 5 | $9.0M | Relatively High |
| Rice County | 67,917 | 2 | $8.8M | Relatively High |
| Winona County | 49,779 | 6 | $8.5M | Relatively High |
| Pine County | 29,640 | 4 | $7.7M | Relatively High |
| Sherburne County | 100,560 | 0 | $7.5M | Relatively Low |
| McLeod County | 36,798 | 0 | $7.2M | Relatively High |
| Lake County | 10,879 | 0 | $7.0M | Very High |
| Clay County | 66,059 | 9 | $6.6M | Relatively High |
| Kandiyohi County | 44,079 | 5 | $6.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Douglas County | 39,575 | 4 | $6.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Goodhue County | 47,943 | 1 | $5.9M | Relatively High |
| Chisago County | 57,991 | 5 | $5.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Polk County | 30,705 | 4 | $5.6M | Relatively High |
| Yellow Medicine County | 9,451 | 5 | $5.0M | Very High |
| Cass County | 30,992 | 2 | $4.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Steele County | 37,439 | 0 | $4.8M | Relatively High |
| Nicollet County | 34,411 | 0 | $4.7M | Relatively High |
| Lyon County | 25,503 | 0 | $4.7M | Relatively High |
| Beltrami County | 46,512 | 4 | $4.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Aitkin County | 16,056 | 2 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| Benton County | 41,593 | 0 | $4.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Mower County | 40,343 | 4 | $3.9M | Relatively High |
| Morrison County | 34,249 | 4 | $3.8M | Very High |
| Houston County | 18,653 | 0 | $3.8M | Relatively High |
| Freeborn County | 30,623 | 4 | $3.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Redwood County | 15,350 | 6 | $3.7M | Relatively High |
| Meeker County | 23,468 | 1 | $3.4M | Relatively High |
| Nobles County | 22,041 | 3 | $3.4M | Very High |
| Chippewa County | 12,377 | 3 | $3.3M | Relatively High |
| Renville County | 14,558 | 2 | $3.3M | Relatively High |
| Martin County | 19,780 | 1 | $3.2M | Relatively High |
| Isanti County | 42,596 | 1 | $3.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Sibley County | 15,005 | 3 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Fillmore County | 21,414 | 5 | $2.9M | Relatively High |
| Kanabec County | 16,390 | 0 | $2.9M | Relatively High |
| Cottonwood County | 11,458 | 2 | $2.8M | Relatively High |
| Mille Lacs County | 27,125 | 0 | $2.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lac qui Parle County | 6,682 | 4 | $2.7M | Relatively High |
| Swift County | 9,748 | 3 | $2.6M | Relatively High |
| Watonwan County | 11,205 | 0 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Stevens County | 9,739 | 2 | $2.5M | Relatively High |
| Le Sueur County | 29,113 | 1 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Koochiching County | 11,833 | 4 | $2.4M | Relatively High |
| Pope County | 11,418 | 1 | $2.3M | Relatively High |
| Jackson County | 9,933 | 1 | $2.3M | Relatively High |
| Pipestone County | 9,284 | 1 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Waseca County | 18,885 | 0 | $2.2M | Relatively High |
| Dodge County | 21,045 | 0 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Wabasha County | 21,565 | 1 | $2.2M | Relatively High |
| Faribault County | 13,914 | 1 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Big Stone County | 5,127 | 6 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cook County | 5,635 | 2 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Hubbard County | 21,831 | 0 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Becker County | 35,343 | 3 | $1.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Todd County | 25,575 | 3 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Rock County | 9,621 | 1 | $1.6M | Relatively High |
| Lincoln County | 5,603 | 3 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Murray County | 8,097 | 1 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Grant County | 6,127 | 4 | $1.4M | Relatively High |
| Wilkin County | 6,371 | 8 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Wadena County | 14,256 | 0 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Roseau County | 15,302 | 1 | $941.1K | Very High |
| Traverse County | 3,243 | 3 | $939.5K | Relatively High |
| Pennington County | 13,791 | 1 | $703.0K | Very High |
| Clearwater County | 8,616 | 3 | $589.8K | Relatively Low |
| Marshall County | 8,909 | 4 | $497.9K | Relatively High |
| Lake of the Woods County | 3,821 | 1 | $288.6K | Relatively Moderate |
| Norman County | 6,367 | 3 | $277.8K | Relatively High |
| Mahnomen County | 5,358 | 2 | $270.9K | Relatively High |
| Kittson County | 4,084 | 3 | $251.4K | Relatively High |
| Red Lake County | 3,915 | 1 | $216.0K | Relatively Moderate |
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Risk Snapshot
9.3%
Poverty Rate
17.3%
Age 65+
11.6%
Disability Rate
4.7%
Uninsured
52.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.9%
Mobile Homes
9.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.6%
Wood Heat
$96,493
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
330
Last 10 Years
732
Last 25 Years
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