Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Cold Wave
$307.3M
Heat Wave
$268.9M
Tornado
$86.4M
Strong Wind
$79.7M
Earthquake
$65.0M
County Rankings
Counties in New York 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens County | 2.3M | 4 | $147.2M | Relatively Low |
| Kings County | 2.6M | 1 | $124.8M | Relatively Low |
| Bronx County | 1.4M | 3 | $86.1M | Relatively Low |
| New York County | 1.6M | 3 | $79.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Erie County | 950,622 | 94 | $73.5M | Relatively Low |
| Nassau County | 1.4M | 54 | $44.9M | Relatively Low |
| Westchester County | 999,677 | 63 | $43.4M | Relatively Low |
| Suffolk County | 1.5M | 129 | $38.4M | Relatively Low |
| Monroe County | 753,753 | 34 | $33.1M | Relatively Low |
| Richmond County | 494,956 | 2 | $26.2M | Relatively Low |
| Orange County | 406,616 | 46 | $22.4M | Relatively Low |
| Onondaga County | 471,129 | 50 | $16.5M | Relatively Low |
| Rockland County | 341,883 | 15 | $15.3M | Relatively Low |
| Albany County | 317,018 | 50 | $13.4M | Relatively Low |
| Ulster County | 182,601 | 44 | $11.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Oneida County | 229,124 | 45 | $11.4M | Relatively Low |
| Broome County | 197,378 | 42 | $10.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Essex County | 36,973 | 29 | $10.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Dutchess County | 298,220 | 40 | $10.1M | Relatively Low |
| Rensselaer County | 160,332 | 39 | $9.0M | Relatively Low |
| Saratoga County | 238,284 | 32 | $8.9M | Relatively Low |
| Warren County | 65,517 | 17 | $8.2M | Relatively Low |
| St. Lawrence County | 107,226 | 36 | $7.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Sullivan County | 79,721 | 41 | $6.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Otsego County | 60,108 | 36 | $6.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Schenectady County | 160,369 | 21 | $5.7M | Very Low |
| Chautauqua County | 125,544 | 40 | $5.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Niagara County | 210,721 | 29 | $5.3M | Relatively Low |
| Delaware County | 44,487 | 28 | $4.5M | Relatively High |
| Steuben County | 92,588 | 50 | $4.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cattaraugus County | 76,145 | 40 | $4.2M | Relatively High |
| Washington County | 60,522 | 28 | $3.9M | Relatively Low |
| Jefferson County | 115,040 | 35 | $3.9M | Relatively Low |
| Columbia County | 61,100 | 23 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Clinton County | 78,493 | 24 | $3.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Tompkins County | 104,537 | 18 | $3.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Putnam County | 98,107 | 17 | $3.1M | Very Low |
| Greene County | 47,409 | 23 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Fulton County | 52,487 | 17 | $3.0M | Relatively Low |
| Oswego County | 117,953 | 33 | $3.0M | Very Low |
| Montgomery County | 49,528 | 16 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Chenango County | 46,321 | 11 | $2.9M | Relatively High |
| Genesee County | 57,787 | 16 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Chemung County | 82,147 | 19 | $2.9M | Relatively Low |
| Allegany County | 47,159 | 25 | $2.8M | Relatively High |
| Ontario County | 112,625 | 31 | $2.7M | Very Low |
| Madison County | 67,328 | 25 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Herkimer County | 59,757 | 23 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cayuga County | 75,102 | 23 | $2.5M | Relatively Low |
| Livingston County | 61,498 | 22 | $2.0M | Relatively Low |
| Wayne County | 90,929 | 26 | $2.0M | Relatively Low |
| Cortland County | 46,246 | 11 | $1.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Tioga County | 47,864 | 14 | $1.7M | Relatively High |
| Franklin County | 46,696 | 20 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Wyoming County | 39,753 | 21 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Schoharie County | 30,049 | 14 | $1.6M | Relatively High |
| Orleans County | 39,608 | 10 | $1.0M | Very Low |
| Lewis County | 26,607 | 27 | $936.7K | Relatively Moderate |
| Seneca County | 32,920 | 11 | $897.9K | Relatively Moderate |
| Yates County | 24,526 | 12 | $807.6K | Relatively Moderate |
| Schuyler County | 17,562 | 12 | $659.8K | Relatively Moderate |
| Hamilton County | 5,089 | 11 | $403.2K | Relatively Moderate |
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Risk Snapshot
14.0%
Poverty Rate
17.9%
Age 65+
12.6%
Disability Rate
5.0%
Uninsured
74.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.1%
Mobile Homes
10.1%
Vacancy Rate
1.3%
Wood Heat
$96,410
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
306
Last 10 Years
1024
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
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