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Vega Baja Municipio, PR

Community risk profile | NRI Score: -- Very Low

53,892
Population
0
Departments
0
Stations
14
Census Tracts

Natural Hazard Loss Profile

Expected annual loss across the 18 natural hazards in FEMA's National Risk Index. Life safety is expressed in fatality-equivalents, combining expected deaths and injuries. Property loss counts building damage only, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
2.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
6th highest of 78
Life Safety per 100k
3.96
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
2nd highest of 78
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$28.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 78
Property Loss per Resident
$533
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
73rd highest of 78

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Vega Baja Municipio, the largest single contributor is Tsunami, 66% of the life-safety total.

Vega Baja Municipio carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $28.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 78 Puerto Rico counties. Nationally, Vega Baja Municipio ranks 263rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 181st for life safety per 100k residents, 615th for property loss, and 753rd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

50%
50%
Property (buildings): $28.7M (49.6%)
Life safety: $29.2M (50.4%)
Agriculture: $0 (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $57,965,165 per year. Life safety is shown here in dollars, at FEMA's $13.7M value of statistical life, so the three shares sum to the total.

Hazards Ranked Two Ways

The hazard that threatens people is often not the hazard that destroys buildings. Both columns cover the same 18 hazards over the same year.

By life-safety loss ($/yr)

Tsunami
$19.2M
Earthquake
$7.8M
Hurricane
$1.4M
Lightning
$663K
Inland Flooding
$85K
Tornado
$20K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$16.9M
Earthquake
$5.9M
Inland Flooding
$4.7M
Landslide
$1.1M
Tsunami
$173K
Coastal Flooding
$17K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Vega Baja Municipio. Gray tracts have no modeled loss or no resident population. Per-resident figures on this map use the National Risk Index 2020 tract population.

Fire Service Profile

No departments registered in NERIS Public for Vega Baja Municipio, PR.

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Vega Baja Municipio. Click column headers to sort.

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 boundaries and station counts are self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Population and Life-Safety Loss reflect each department's full jurisdiction. County-level risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.

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Risk Snapshot

41.1%
Poverty Rate
23.2%
Age 65+
21.9%
Disability Rate
6.9%
Uninsured
53.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.4%
Mobile Homes
20.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$25,676
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

0
Last 10 Years
0
Last 25 Years
None
Most Frequent

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