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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Louisiana

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.

Louisiana ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Cameron Parish $5,194Very Low$183,300
2 Plaquemines Parish $3,427Relatively Low$275,800
3 Terrebonne Parish $3,362Relatively Moderate$189,100
4 St. Mary Parish $3,243Relatively Moderate$128,000
5 Livingston Parish $3,225Relatively High$218,900
6 St. John the Baptist Parish $3,109Relatively Moderate$184,000
7 St. James Parish $3,082Relatively Low$197,800
8 St. Charles Parish $3,047Relatively Moderate$256,800
9 Ascension Parish $2,567Relatively Moderate$265,300
10 West Feliciana Parish $2,467Very Low$263,200
11 Iberville Parish $2,431Relatively Low$177,100
12 St. Tammany Parish $2,410Relatively High$272,200
13 Assumption Parish $2,400Relatively Low$141,200
14 Iberia Parish $2,373Relatively Moderate$156,000
15 Jefferson Davis Parish $2,371Relatively Low$145,000
16 Acadia Parish $2,354Relatively Moderate$146,900
17 St. Martin Parish $2,353Relatively Moderate$151,000
18 Tensas Parish $2,214Very Low$80,300
19 Lafourche Parish $2,213Relatively Moderate$190,800
20 St. Bernard Parish $2,197Relatively Low$192,100
21 Tangipahoa Parish $2,140Relatively Moderate$204,600
22 Calcasieu Parish $2,124Relatively High$208,500
23 Jefferson Parish $2,096Relatively High$243,500
24 Madison Parish $2,055Very Low$90,600
25 Vermilion Parish $2,021Relatively Moderate$159,700
26 Washington Parish $1,970Relatively Moderate$139,400
27 Orleans Parish $1,961Relatively High$296,400
28 East Feliciana Parish $1,950Relatively Low$213,700
29 Lafayette Parish $1,911Relatively High$234,200
30 Pointe Coupee Parish $1,891Relatively Low$174,500
31 Evangeline Parish $1,875Relatively Low$118,500
32 Allen Parish $1,823Relatively Low$110,800
33 East Carroll Parish $1,814Very Low$87,400
34 St. Helena Parish $1,680Very Low$106,400
35 Sabine Parish $1,640Relatively Low$129,400
36 St. Landry Parish $1,578Relatively Moderate$142,900
37 East Baton Rouge Parish $1,520Relatively High$241,800
38 Claiborne Parish $1,457Very Low$82,400
39 Avoyelles Parish $1,369Relatively Low$120,200
40 Red River Parish $1,341Very Low$103,200
41 Catahoula Parish $1,300Very Low$88,000
42 Union Parish $1,289Relatively Low$115,400
43 West Baton Rouge Parish $1,284Very Low$225,900
44 Vernon Parish $1,214Relatively Low$143,500
45 Beauregard Parish $1,214Relatively Low$164,500
46 Webster Parish $1,206Relatively Low$105,600
47 Winn Parish $1,197Very Low$102,600
48 Grant Parish $1,156Very Low$135,900
49 Morehouse Parish $1,148Relatively Low$108,700
50 West Carroll Parish $1,077Very Low$97,600
51 Caldwell Parish $1,071Very Low$106,000
52 Franklin Parish $1,055Very Low$117,200
53 Bienville Parish $1,044Very Low$93,600
54 Richland Parish $1,040Very Low$124,500
55 Concordia Parish $1,029Very Low$102,400
56 LaSalle Parish $1,020Very Low$137,200
57 Jackson Parish $1,008Very Low$107,400
58 Bossier Parish $957Relatively Moderate$215,100
59 Natchitoches Parish $956Relatively Low$163,000
60 Caddo Parish $935Relatively Moderate$175,900
61 Lincoln Parish $909Relatively Low$195,500
62 De Soto Parish $883Very Low$150,700
63 Ouachita Parish $827Relatively Moderate$183,000
64 Rapides Parish $813Relatively Moderate$179,100

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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