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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Colorado

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.

Colorado ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 San Juan County $19,181Very Low$406,900
2 Mineral County $10,497Very Low$413,000
3 Jackson County $7,758Very Low$250,000
4 Kiowa County $5,770Very Low$148,600
5 Clear Creek County $4,583Relatively Low$572,800
6 Rio Blanco County $4,231Very Low$243,400
7 Cheyenne County $3,943Very Low$187,100
8 Yuma County $3,929Very Low$215,600
9 Hinsdale County $3,891Very Low$438,800
10 Phillips County $3,721Very Low$255,300
11 Ouray County $3,708Very Low$670,100
12 Sedgwick County $3,693Very Low$142,700
13 Dolores County $3,587Very Low$231,900
14 Kit Carson County $3,552Very Low$221,400
15 Grand County $3,137Relatively Low$507,200
16 Baca County $2,959Very Low$122,000
17 Pitkin County $2,919Relatively Low$1,131,200
18 Gunnison County $2,692Relatively Low$597,200
19 San Miguel County $2,507Very Low$613,100
20 Summit County $2,392Relatively Low$850,700
21 Lincoln County $2,329Very Low$232,100
22 Eagle County $2,319Relatively Low$814,700
23 Prowers County $2,246Relatively Low$150,900
24 Logan County $2,213Relatively Low$228,100
25 Bent County $2,194Very Low$137,900
26 Chaffee County $2,172Relatively Low$598,500
27 Washington County $2,101Very Low$218,300
28 Huerfano County $1,983Very Low$256,700
29 Morgan County $1,836Relatively Low$299,300
30 Rio Grande County $1,759Relatively Low$215,400
31 Elbert County $1,722Very Low$664,600
32 La Plata County $1,703Relatively Low$549,100
33 Crowley County $1,695Very Low$106,700
34 Conejos County $1,683Very Low$162,100
35 Custer County $1,662Very Low$358,800
36 Otero County $1,557Relatively Low$160,700
37 Saguache County $1,547Very Low$200,000
38 Routt County $1,525Very Low$756,200
39 Teller County $1,495Very Low$445,000
40 Lake County $1,485Very Low$401,300
41 Gilpin County $1,464Very Low$512,600
42 Archuleta County $1,403Very Low$451,400
43 Moffat County $1,324Very Low$262,500
44 Park County $1,292Very Low$489,300
45 Garfield County $1,282Relatively Low$490,600
46 Fremont County $1,267Relatively Low$282,100
47 Costilla County $1,228Very Low$171,300
48 Alamosa County $1,206Very Low$218,800
49 Montezuma County $1,132Relatively Low$308,100
50 Delta County $1,113Relatively Low$318,000
51 Las Animas County $1,021Very Low$214,500
52 Jefferson County $964Relatively High$604,400
53 Boulder County $927Relatively Moderate$713,900
54 Montrose County $889Relatively Low$357,900
55 Weld County $872Relatively Moderate$444,500
56 Larimer County $835Relatively Moderate$532,200
57 Douglas County $834Relatively Moderate$674,000
58 El Paso County $751Relatively Moderate$431,000
59 Pueblo County $714Relatively Moderate$271,800
60 Adams County $708Relatively Moderate$458,400
61 Arapahoe County $676Relatively Moderate$526,000
62 Denver County $674Relatively High$586,700
63 Broomfield County $553Very Low$631,600
64 Mesa County $538Relatively Low$349,400

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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