Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Tornado
$155.2M
Cold Wave
$143.8M
Heat Wave
$87.1M
Earthquake
$38.8M
Strong Wind
$33.4M
County Rankings
Counties in Mississippi 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSoto County | 191,301 | 13 | $40.4M | Relatively High |
| Harrison County | 210,891 | 4 | $28.3M | Relatively High |
| Hinds County | 218,533 | 17 | $24.9M | Relatively High |
| Lauderdale County | 71,504 | 3 | $22.8M | Relatively High |
| Madison County | 111,647 | 9 | $19.4M | Relatively High |
| Rankin County | 158,854 | 15 | $19.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Jackson County | 145,249 | 5 | $19.0M | Very High |
| Lee County | 83,034 | 12 | $16.5M | Relatively High |
| Lafayette County | 58,327 | 4 | $13.6M | Relatively High |
| Forrest County | 78,272 | 6 | $12.3M | Relatively High |
| Lowndes County | 57,838 | 4 | $12.1M | Relatively High |
| Yazoo County | 24,835 | 5 | $11.0M | Very High |
| Monroe County | 33,747 | 11 | $10.3M | Relatively High |
| Washington County | 42,765 | 5 | $10.3M | Relatively High |
| Panola County | 32,808 | 6 | $9.9M | Relatively High |
| Alcorn County | 34,289 | 8 | $9.7M | Relatively High |
| Jones County | 66,472 | 5 | $9.3M | Relatively High |
| Warren County | 43,020 | 2 | $8.8M | Very High |
| Sunflower County | 24,333 | 4 | $8.4M | Very High |
| Itawamba County | 24,036 | 6 | $7.9M | Relatively High |
| Marshall County | 33,979 | 5 | $7.7M | Relatively High |
| Oktibbeha County | 51,771 | 5 | $7.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pearl River County | 57,458 | 10 | $7.5M | Very High |
| Coahoma County | 20,540 | 2 | $7.1M | Very High |
| Hancock County | 46,167 | 9 | $7.0M | Relatively High |
| Copiah County | 27,855 | 8 | $6.2M | Relatively High |
| Pontotoc County | 31,550 | 0 | $6.1M | Relatively High |
| Leflore County | 27,141 | 2 | $6.1M | Very High |
| Prentiss County | 25,184 | 11 | $5.9M | Relatively High |
| Tate County | 28,321 | 6 | $5.9M | Relatively High |
| Pike County | 39,602 | 3 | $5.4M | Relatively High |
| Tippah County | 21,523 | 6 | $5.4M | Relatively High |
| Lamar County | 65,713 | 6 | $5.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Neshoba County | 28,932 | 6 | $5.2M | Relatively High |
| Bolivar County | 29,534 | 2 | $4.7M | Very High |
| Union County | 28,122 | 8 | $4.7M | Relatively High |
| Adams County | 28,803 | 4 | $4.6M | Relatively High |
| Newton County | 21,093 | 7 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| Holmes County | 16,191 | 1 | $4.4M | Relatively High |
| Chickasaw County | 16,915 | 6 | $4.3M | Relatively High |
| Tishomingo County | 18,660 | 8 | $4.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Leake County | 21,319 | 7 | $3.7M | Relatively High |
| Grenada County | 21,217 | 2 | $3.6M | Relatively High |
| George County | 25,170 | 7 | $3.6M | Very High |
| Tallahatchie County | 11,764 | 0 | $3.5M | Very High |
| Clay County | 18,383 | 4 | $3.5M | Relatively High |
| Lincoln County | 34,877 | 4 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Scott County | 27,718 | 4 | $3.4M | Relatively High |
| Clarke County | 15,314 | 5 | $3.4M | Relatively High |
| Winston County | 17,536 | 4 | $3.1M | Relatively High |
| Attala County | 17,526 | 0 | $3.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Wayne County | 19,718 | 4 | $3.0M | Relatively High |
| Marion County | 24,193 | 5 | $2.9M | Very High |
| Tunica County | 9,475 | 4 | $2.9M | Very High |
| Simpson County | 25,691 | 7 | $2.7M | Relatively High |
| Stone County | 18,894 | 1 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Yalobusha County | 12,419 | 4 | $2.5M | Relatively High |
| Carroll County | 9,686 | 1 | $2.3M | Relatively High |
| Calhoun County | 12,922 | 3 | $2.3M | Relatively High |
| Wilkinson County | 8,162 | 5 | $2.3M | Very High |
| Jasper County | 16,059 | 5 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Walthall County | 13,839 | 3 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Kemper County | 8,729 | 2 | $2.0M | Very High |
| Covington County | 18,148 | 9 | $2.0M | Very High |
| Amite County | 12,565 | 0 | $1.9M | Very High |
| Choctaw County | 8,118 | 5 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Benton County | 7,589 | 2 | $1.8M | Relatively High |
| Noxubee County | 10,025 | 2 | $1.8M | Very High |
| Greene County | 13,615 | 3 | $1.8M | Very High |
| Quitman County | 5,774 | 0 | $1.7M | Relatively High |
| Claiborne County | 8,582 | 0 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Montgomery County | 9,602 | 1 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Smith County | 14,132 | 2 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Webster County | 9,972 | 4 | $1.5M | Relatively High |
| Humphreys County | 7,395 | 0 | $1.4M | Very High |
| Franklin County | 7,622 | 0 | $1.3M | Relatively High |
| Perry County | 11,449 | 0 | $1.1M | Relatively High |
| Lawrence County | 11,786 | 3 | $1.1M | Very High |
| Jefferson Davis County | 11,117 | 3 | $987.9K | Relatively High |
| Jefferson County | 7,068 | 1 | $986.6K | Relatively Moderate |
| Sharkey County | 3,872 | 0 | $901.6K | Relatively High |
| Issaquena County | 928 | 1 | $275.7K | Very High |
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Risk Snapshot
18.9%
Poverty Rate
17.2%
Age 65+
17.8%
Disability Rate
11.0%
Uninsured
41.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.4%
Mobile Homes
14.6%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$60,552
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
736
Last 10 Years
1296
Last 25 Years
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