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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Florida

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.

Florida ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Hardee County $3,121Relatively Low$129,400
2 Gulf County $2,988Relatively Low$235,700
3 Monroe County $2,693Relatively Moderate$723,800
4 Collier County $2,476Relatively High$486,800
5 Indian River County $2,374Relatively High$314,700
6 Calhoun County $2,297Relatively Low$134,000
7 Franklin County $2,269Relatively Low$254,300
8 Taylor County $2,139Relatively Low$100,200
9 Lafayette County $2,132Very Low$131,600
10 Walton County $2,096Relatively Moderate$376,400
11 DeSoto County $2,076Relatively Moderate$151,500
12 Bay County $2,075Relatively Moderate$276,900
13 Holmes County $2,004Relatively Low$101,400
14 Washington County $1,994Relatively Low$156,000
15 Hamilton County $1,967Relatively Low$110,400
16 Glades County $1,938Relatively Low$114,800
17 Liberty County $1,883Very Low$117,600
18 Martin County $1,760Relatively Moderate$386,500
19 Okeechobee County $1,749Relatively Low$179,000
20 Citrus County $1,608Relatively High$223,200
21 Hendry County $1,607Relatively Low$189,700
22 Okaloosa County $1,599Relatively Moderate$324,800
23 Suwannee County $1,575Relatively Low$160,900
24 Wakulla County $1,554Relatively Low$216,300
25 Brevard County $1,546Relatively High$304,400
26 Madison County $1,539Relatively Low$105,900
27 Dixie County $1,538Very Low$96,900
28 Manatee County $1,511Relatively High$359,800
29 Charlotte County $1,503Relatively High$291,000
30 Jackson County $1,487Relatively Low$113,900
31 St. Lucie County $1,469Relatively High$305,800
32 Santa Rosa County $1,421Relatively Moderate$302,100
33 Lee County $1,356Relatively High$326,300
34 Escambia County $1,354Relatively High$234,200
35 Sarasota County $1,329Relatively High$373,100
36 Jefferson County $1,280Very Low$198,800
37 Union County $1,185Very Low$160,400
38 Bradford County $1,183Very Low$180,300
39 Leon County $1,183Relatively Moderate$279,800
40 Gadsden County $1,173Relatively Low$154,700
41 Highlands County $1,016Relatively Moderate$177,900
42 Gilchrist County $988Very Low$191,000
43 Putnam County $959Relatively Low$147,300
44 Osceola County $895Relatively Moderate$317,600
45 St. Johns County $891Relatively Moderate$457,600
46 Palm Beach County $869Relatively High$407,300
47 Hillsborough County $868Relatively High$333,300
48 Pasco County $867Relatively High$265,800
49 Broward County $865Relatively High$380,400
50 Miami-Dade County $855Very High$425,400
51 Levy County $851Relatively Low$171,400
52 Flagler County $828Relatively Moderate$333,400
53 Volusia County $824Relatively High$278,000
54 Orange County $821Relatively High$358,300
55 Columbia County $821Relatively Low$186,400
56 Marion County $803Relatively High$220,800
57 Alachua County $795Relatively Moderate$266,800
58 Polk County $768Relatively High$240,000
59 Hernando County $747Relatively Moderate$240,700
60 Pinellas County $717Relatively High$319,000
61 Clay County $699Relatively Moderate$281,500
62 Baker County $698Very Low$225,000
63 Seminole County $697Relatively Moderate$357,300
64 Sumter County $689Relatively Moderate$356,000
65 Duval County $651Relatively High$274,900
66 Nassau County $643Relatively Low$351,100
67 Lake County $641Relatively Moderate$287,900

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.

Nationwide

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

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