Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
County Rankings
Counties in Washington 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King County | 2.3M | 35 | $671.9M | Relatively High |
| Pierce County | 930,319 | 33 | $227.3M | Relatively High |
| Snohomish County | 844,430 | 23 | $145.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Grays Harbor County | 77,053 | 17 | $135.8M | Very High |
| Whatcom County | 230,503 | 12 | $102.9M | Relatively High |
| Pacific County | 23,994 | 8 | $84.5M | Very High |
| Chelan County | 80,172 | 6 | $61.6M | Very High |
| Yakima County | 257,152 | 7 | $57.8M | Relatively High |
| Kitsap County | 277,881 | 7 | $56.3M | Relatively High |
| Thurston County | 299,067 | 17 | $55.8M | Relatively High |
| Clark County | 516,959 | 13 | $51.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Spokane County | 549,056 | 16 | $40.6M | Relatively Low |
| Kittitas County | 47,172 | 9 | $40.0M | Very High |
| Cowlitz County | 112,360 | 7 | $26.8M | Relatively High |
| Clallam County | 77,813 | 14 | $25.2M | Relatively High |
| Lewis County | 85,154 | 11 | $23.6M | Very High |
| Skagit County | 131,328 | 21 | $17.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Okanogan County | 43,425 | 11 | $17.2M | Very High |
| Benton County | 212,905 | 9 | $15.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Island County | 86,836 | 5 | $12.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Mason County | 67,982 | 14 | $9.8M | Relatively High |
| Grant County | 101,799 | 20 | $5.8M | Relatively Moderate |
| Franklin County | 98,902 | 6 | $5.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Walla Walla County | 62,161 | 2 | $5.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Skamania County | 12,402 | 6 | $5.1M | Relatively High |
| Jefferson County | 33,577 | 5 | $3.3M | Relatively High |
| Whitman County | 47,003 | 15 | $3.2M | Relatively Low |
| Lincoln County | 11,489 | 8 | $3.1M | Very High |
| Stevens County | 48,067 | 25 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Klickitat County | 23,411 | 16 | $2.7M | Very High |
| Wahkiakum County | 4,658 | 1 | $2.6M | Very High |
| Douglas County | 44,366 | 4 | $2.4M | Very High |
| Adams County | 20,800 | 7 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pend Oreille County | 14,050 | 5 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| San Juan County | 18,478 | 4 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Ferry County | 7,387 | 5 | $932.5K | Very High |
| Asotin County | 22,467 | 3 | $721.6K | Relatively Low |
| Columbia County | 4,014 | 1 | $335.4K | Very High |
| Garfield County | 2,353 | 0 | $114.4K | Relatively High |
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