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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in California

FEMA publishes an expected annual loss for every county, but the raw figure tracks how much there is to lose, so a national list of it is really a list of large metros. Dividing by occupied housing units gives the number an individual owner can use. Expected annual loss is FEMA's National Risk Index figure for the county, divided by the number of occupied housing units the Census reports there. It is an actuarial average, not a forecast for any one year.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

California ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Del Norte County $14,798Relatively High$319,600
2 Alpine County $10,117Very Low$466,100
3 Sierra County $6,980Very Low$334,100
4 Colusa County $5,442Relatively Moderate$375,100
5 Trinity County $5,421Relatively Low$329,000
6 Plumas County $5,098Relatively Moderate$327,400
7 Mariposa County $5,069Relatively Moderate$358,000
8 Glenn County $4,191Relatively Low$338,400
9 San Benito County $3,963Relatively Moderate$751,500
10 Lake County $3,832Relatively Moderate$316,800
11 Napa County $3,746Relatively High$838,800
12 Madera County $3,630Relatively High$367,700
13 Inyo County $3,574Relatively Low$338,400
14 Santa Cruz County $3,462Relatively High$1,015,200
15 Humboldt County $3,438Relatively High$418,800
16 Mendocino County $3,376Relatively High$486,000
17 Santa Barbara County $3,204Relatively High$735,700
18 Alameda County $3,178Very High$1,057,400
19 Sonoma County $3,174Relatively High$779,000
20 San Bernardino County $3,106Very High$475,000
21 Monterey County $3,047Relatively High$723,100
22 Mono County $3,022Relatively Low$514,300
23 Imperial County $3,021Relatively High$279,500
24 Siskiyou County $3,014Relatively Moderate$284,500
25 Modoc County $3,004Very Low$212,000
26 Santa Clara County $3,003Very High$1,382,800
27 Calaveras County $2,986Relatively Moderate$441,800
28 Riverside County $2,972Very High$510,300
29 Tehama County $2,812Relatively Moderate$315,600
30 Lassen County $2,802Relatively Low$259,500
31 San Mateo County $2,798Relatively High$1,494,500
32 Ventura County $2,741Relatively High$768,400
33 Marin County $2,513Relatively High$1,390,000
34 Merced County $2,420Relatively High$368,400
35 Amador County $2,417Relatively Low$422,800
36 Contra Costa County $2,358Very High$830,800
37 San Francisco County $2,353Very High$1,380,500
38 Los Angeles County $2,242Very High$783,300
39 Tuolumne County $2,216Relatively Moderate$406,200
40 Kings County $2,195Relatively Moderate$305,700
41 San Luis Obispo County $1,964Relatively High$777,200
42 Nevada County $1,924Relatively Moderate$602,800
43 Shasta County $1,896Relatively Moderate$347,200
44 Solano County $1,875Relatively High$589,600
45 Orange County $1,793Very High$915,500
46 San Joaquin County $1,748Relatively High$494,500
47 Fresno County $1,730Relatively High$362,600
48 Yuba County $1,651Relatively Low$380,000
49 El Dorado County $1,641Relatively Moderate$640,500
50 Butte County $1,544Relatively Moderate$408,700
51 Yolo County $1,517Relatively Moderate$593,800
52 Tulare County $1,507Relatively High$303,000
53 Stanislaus County $1,501Relatively High$426,600
54 Kern County $1,482Relatively High$310,600
55 Sutter County $1,348Relatively Moderate$399,400
56 San Diego County $1,327Very High$791,600
57 Placer County $1,046Relatively Moderate$658,800
58 Sacramento County $620Relatively High$498,900

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in California

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