Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
County Rankings
Counties in New Mexico 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | 673,930 | 4 | $33.5M | Relatively Low |
| Taos County | 34,543 | 10 | $18.8M | Very High |
| Dona Ana County | 224,266 | 3 | $11.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| McKinley County | 70,431 | 8 | $9.9M | Relatively Low |
| Santa Fe County | 156,105 | 8 | $8.3M | Relatively Low |
| San Juan County | 120,942 | 3 | $7.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Chaves County | 64,217 | 9 | $7.0M | Very High |
| Lea County | 73,733 | 6 | $6.7M | Relatively High |
| Eddy County | 61,105 | 2 | $6.5M | Very High |
| Sandoval County | 153,604 | 3 | $5.7M | Relatively Low |
| Valencia County | 78,458 | 4 | $4.8M | Relatively High |
| Otero County | 68,816 | 4 | $3.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Sierra County | 11,500 | 8 | $3.2M | Very High |
| San Miguel County | 26,850 | 11 | $3.0M | Very High |
| Curry County | 47,638 | 3 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Grant County | 27,775 | 10 | $2.7M | Relatively High |
| Rio Arriba County | 40,070 | 14 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Lincoln County | 20,224 | 6 | $2.5M | Very High |
| Roosevelt County | 18,928 | 6 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Cibola County | 26,845 | 10 | $2.2M | Relatively High |
| Luna County | 25,611 | 3 | $2.0M | Relatively High |
| Colfax County | 12,322 | 15 | $1.5M | Very High |
| Socorro County | 16,200 | 5 | $1.4M | Very High |
| Torrance County | 15,490 | 5 | $808.7K | Very High |
| Catron County | 3,743 | 8 | $762.4K | Very High |
| Los Alamos County | 19,435 | 3 | $759.7K | Relatively Low |
| Hidalgo County | 4,041 | 3 | $613.3K | Relatively High |
| Quay County | 8,564 | 9 | $557.8K | Relatively High |
| Mora County | 4,149 | 10 | $471.8K | Very High |
| Union County | 4,013 | 8 | $460.1K | Very High |
| Guadalupe County | 4,381 | 2 | $221.1K | Very High |
| De Baca County | 1,576 | 2 | $109.8K | Very High |
| Harding County | 741 | 3 | $43.8K | Relatively Low |
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