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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Michigan

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.

Michigan ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Iron County $2,454Relatively Low$101,500
2 Dickinson County $1,768Relatively Low$130,300
3 Leelanau County $1,647Relatively Low$406,900
4 Mecosta County $1,455Relatively Low$169,900
5 Cheboygan County $1,419Relatively Low$175,200
6 Huron County $1,320Relatively Low$141,300
7 Sanilac County $1,306Relatively Low$162,200
8 Tuscola County $1,287Relatively Low$136,900
9 Roscommon County $1,166Relatively Low$148,000
10 Gratiot County $1,147Relatively Low$136,800
11 Baraga County $1,134Very Low$124,400
12 Menominee County $1,120Relatively Low$142,700
13 Oscoda County $1,102Very Low$126,000
14 Alger County $1,044Very Low$165,700
15 Lake County $1,015Very Low$122,900
16 Benzie County $988Very Low$254,400
17 Oceana County $976Very Low$167,600
18 Marquette County $933Relatively Low$202,000
19 Midland County $931Relatively Low$184,300
20 Saginaw County $926Relatively Moderate$139,400
21 Alcona County $925Very Low$157,500
22 Delta County $925Relatively Low$146,800
23 Arenac County $919Very Low$129,000
24 Missaukee County $916Very Low$163,700
25 Manistee County $910Very Low$166,600
26 Isabella County $897Relatively Low$165,100
27 Ogemaw County $888Very Low$138,600
28 Crawford County $884Very Low$149,900
29 Schoolcraft County $878Very Low$123,500
30 Monroe County $875Relatively Moderate$215,700
31 Emmet County $874Very Low$275,300
32 Antrim County $874Very Low$222,500
33 Montmorency County $856Very Low$142,000
34 Presque Isle County $853Very Low$135,200
35 Bay County $852Relatively Low$135,100
36 Ionia County $849Relatively Low$189,400
37 Kalkaska County $841Very Low$174,300
38 Gladwin County $836Very Low$153,200
39 Lapeer County $813Relatively Low$229,100
40 Branch County $810Relatively Low$147,500
41 Gogebic County $806Very Low$99,700
42 St. Joseph County $801Relatively Low$167,600
43 Ontonagon County $801Very Low$101,000
44 Shiawassee County $799Relatively Low$164,600
45 Montcalm County $798Relatively Low$172,100
46 Grand Traverse County $787Relatively Low$296,200
47 Lenawee County $783Relatively Low$181,100
48 Clare County $781Relatively Low$117,400
49 Clinton County $778Relatively Low$243,700
50 Hillsdale County $757Relatively Low$170,500
51 Macomb County $752Relatively High$231,400
52 St. Clair County $741Relatively Moderate$213,900
53 Livingston County $732Relatively Low$331,100
54 Iosco County $726Very Low$122,900
55 Luce County $714Very Low$110,400
56 Allegan County $712Relatively Low$247,000
57 Berrien County $708Relatively Moderate$211,400
58 Houghton County $705Very Low$140,300
59 Osceola County $702Very Low$139,600
60 Barry County $700Relatively Low$243,700
61 Wexford County $697Very Low$160,300
62 Otsego County $694Very Low$196,500
63 Newaygo County $681Relatively Low$178,300
64 Genesee County $680Relatively Moderate$172,900
65 Oakland County $679Relatively High$320,400
66 Van Buren County $679Relatively Low$189,900
67 Eaton County $665Relatively Low$206,700
68 Charlevoix County $662Very Low$242,800
69 Cass County $648Relatively Low$205,200
70 Calhoun County $646Relatively Low$151,500
71 Mackinac County $642Very Low$165,600
72 Washtenaw County $621Relatively Moderate$353,000
73 Ingham County $620Relatively Moderate$187,500
74 Ottawa County $620Relatively Moderate$291,200
75 Jackson County $610Relatively Low$182,900
76 Wayne County $579Relatively High$170,200
77 Kent County $577Relatively Moderate$265,700
78 Chippewa County $565Very Low$153,100
79 Keweenaw County $559Very Low$181,400
80 Alpena County $554Very Low$137,800
81 Mason County $526Very Low$199,300
82 Kalamazoo County $519Relatively Moderate$227,500
83 Muskegon County $413Relatively Low$180,900

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 Michigan

Other rankings

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