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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Mississippi

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.

Mississippi ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Issaquena County $7,671Very Low$90,700
2 Sharkey County $2,738Very Low$108,000
3 Warren County $2,528Relatively Moderate$144,400
4 Greene County $2,467Very Low$94,200
5 George County $2,398Relatively Low$168,100
6 Sunflower County $2,225Relatively Low$103,400
7 Yazoo County $2,128Relatively Low$129,200
8 Tunica County $2,093Very Low$154,500
9 Pearl River County $2,040Relatively Moderate$174,500
10 Leflore County $2,009Relatively Low$98,200
11 Jackson County $1,945Relatively Moderate$181,700
12 Claiborne County $1,924Very Low$80,800
13 Hancock County $1,920Relatively Moderate$206,600
14 Harrison County $1,904Relatively High$199,300
15 Stone County $1,898Relatively Low$163,300
16 Bolivar County $1,865Relatively Low$123,600
17 Humphreys County $1,831Very Low$88,800
18 Tallahatchie County $1,819Very Low$82,200
19 Smith County $1,812Relatively Low$114,000
20 Wilkinson County $1,795Very Low$80,200
21 Coahoma County $1,769Relatively Low$86,400
22 Washington County $1,742Relatively Moderate$99,300
23 Wayne County $1,733Relatively Low$88,000
24 Marion County $1,707Relatively Low$117,000
25 Lauderdale County $1,564Relatively Moderate$124,500
26 Quitman County $1,534Very Low$68,600
27 Marshall County $1,515Relatively Low$172,200
28 Amite County $1,513Relatively Low$89,800
29 Holmes County $1,512Relatively Low$76,500
30 Lawrence County $1,510Very Low$104,600
31 Leake County $1,478Relatively Low$114,600
32 Lowndes County $1,473Relatively Low$157,400
33 Copiah County $1,467Relatively Low$105,600
34 Neshoba County $1,457Relatively Low$96,600
35 Covington County $1,443Relatively Low$98,500
36 Noxubee County $1,443Very Low$85,200
37 Clarke County $1,441Very Low$114,300
38 Chickasaw County $1,440Relatively Low$100,400
39 Franklin County $1,439Very Low$95,100
40 Monroe County $1,432Relatively Low$115,200
41 Panola County $1,400Relatively Low$121,500
42 Newton County $1,396Relatively Low$102,700
43 Grenada County $1,395Relatively Low$123,400
44 Lafayette County $1,383Relatively Low$260,500
45 Jefferson County $1,365Very Low$81,400
46 Alcorn County $1,312Relatively Low$132,300
47 Walthall County $1,302Very Low$120,600
48 Hinds County $1,302Relatively Moderate$151,200
49 Itawamba County $1,295Relatively Low$122,400
50 Simpson County $1,293Relatively Low$111,600
51 Carroll County $1,290Very Low$105,500
52 Perry County $1,282Very Low$126,000
53 Tippah County $1,280Relatively Low$128,400
54 Jones County $1,280Relatively Low$126,800
55 Prentiss County $1,278Relatively Low$116,500
56 Kemper County $1,265Very Low$90,200
57 Madison County $1,260Relatively Moderate$286,300
58 DeSoto County $1,239Relatively Moderate$248,700
59 Benton County $1,231Very Low$109,300
60 Attala County $1,222Very Low$107,600
61 Scott County $1,203Relatively Low$89,900
62 Lee County $1,192Relatively Moderate$187,800
63 Jasper County $1,174Very Low$118,600
64 Pike County $1,163Relatively Low$110,500
65 Calhoun County $1,154Very Low$82,900
66 Clay County $1,141Very Low$115,600
67 Forrest County $1,120Relatively Low$152,900
68 Choctaw County $1,116Very Low$104,500
69 Pontotoc County $1,096Relatively Low$141,700
70 Adams County $1,084Relatively Low$106,300
71 Winston County $1,083Very Low$121,200
72 Yalobusha County $1,082Very Low$97,200
73 Montgomery County $1,073Very Low$110,700
74 Jefferson Davis County $1,068Very Low$87,100
75 Tate County $1,060Very Low$173,000
76 Union County $1,050Relatively Low$159,100
77 Rankin County $1,009Relatively Moderate$223,400
78 Tishomingo County $987Very Low$132,500
79 Webster County $953Very Low$109,500
80 Oktibbeha County $900Relatively Low$219,500
81 Lamar County $865Relatively Low$218,700
82 Lincoln County $841Relatively Low$131,800

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 Mississippi

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