How Does Your State Rank in Natural Disaster Risk?

CoreLogic recently released a risk analysis ranking “US States at Highest Risk of Property Damage Loss from Natural Hazards.” These hazards included: flood, wildfire, tornado, storm surge, earthquake, straight-line wind, hurricane wind, hail and sinkhole. Where does your state rank?
Rank |
State |
HRS |
1 |
FL |
94.51 |
2 |
RI |
79.67 |
3 |
LA |
79.23 |
4 |
CA |
75.56 |
5 |
MA |
72.12 |
6 |
KS |
69.51 |
7 |
CT |
69.04 |
8 |
OK |
66.82 |
9 |
SC |
66.38 |
10 |
DE |
65.38 |
11 |
OR |
64.89 |
12 |
NJ |
61.54 |
13 |
IA |
61.02 |
14 |
TX |
60.89 |
15 |
NC |
59.72 |
16 |
MO |
57.81 |
17 |
DC |
57.33 |
18 |
MS |
57.05 |
19 |
AR |
56.7 |
20 |
NH |
55.3 |
21 |
ID |
52.75 |
22 |
MD |
52.28 |
23 |
CO |
51.88 |
24 |
NE |
51.86 |
25 |
IL |
51.8 |
26 |
IN |
50.74 |
27 |
GA |
50.58 |
28 |
NV |
50.12 |
29 |
AL |
49.42 |
30 |
KY |
47.34 |
31 |
TN |
46.48 |
32 |
UT |
45.22 |
33 |
NM |
43.76 |
34 |
AZ |
42.81 |
35 |
VA |
42.35 |
36 |
WA |
42.3 |
37 |
WI |
38.52 |
38 |
SD |
38.24 |
39 |
MT |
37.91 |
40 |
MN |
36.42 |
41 |
OH |
34.61 |
42 |
ME |
31.64 |
43 |
WY |
30.24 |
44 |
PA |
28.79 |
45 |
VT |
28.31 |
46 |
ND |
27.5 |
47 |
NY |
24.97 |
48 |
WV |
20.67 |
49 |
MI |
20.22 |
Source: CoreLogic 2014
* AK and HI were excluded in the ranking due to limited natural hazard risk data
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