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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Wisconsin

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.

Wisconsin ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Florence County $8,324Relatively Low$170,000
2 Forest County $2,981Relatively Low$170,000
3 Sawyer County $2,749Relatively Low$223,300
4 Juneau County $2,250Relatively Low$165,200
5 Marinette County $2,215Relatively Low$154,600
6 Menominee County $2,184Very Low$97,000
7 Crawford County $2,142Relatively Low$175,100
8 Columbia County $2,120Relatively Moderate$258,700
9 Adams County $2,104Relatively Low$184,500
10 Vernon County $2,080Relatively Low$210,600
11 Marquette County $1,956Relatively Low$201,100
12 Richland County $1,886Relatively Low$182,800
13 Lafayette County $1,796Very Low$182,100
14 Langlade County $1,757Relatively Low$145,800
15 Green Lake County $1,748Relatively Low$206,300
16 Vilas County $1,720Relatively Low$270,700
17 Rusk County $1,675Very Low$152,000
18 Monroe County $1,669Relatively Low$197,200
19 Burnett County $1,641Relatively Low$215,500
20 Trempealeau County $1,614Relatively Low$203,300
21 Jackson County $1,574Relatively Low$186,900
22 Shawano County $1,560Relatively Low$179,100
23 Lincoln County $1,534Relatively Low$177,700
24 Oneida County $1,424Relatively Low$227,500
25 Taylor County $1,414Very Low$186,500
26 Price County $1,396Very Low$146,000
27 Clark County $1,392Relatively Low$163,800
28 Waushara County $1,376Relatively Low$186,000
29 Washburn County $1,373Very Low$207,900
30 Oconto County $1,350Relatively Low$212,000
31 Barron County $1,341Relatively Low$198,300
32 Douglas County $1,329Relatively Low$190,400
33 Pepin County $1,323Very Low$196,100
34 Marathon County $1,316Relatively Moderate$205,500
35 Iron County $1,306Very Low$155,200
36 Sauk County $1,297Relatively Low$242,400
37 Dunn County $1,279Relatively Low$226,200
38 Ashland County $1,259Very Low$160,500
39 Bayfield County $1,251Very Low$228,100
40 Wood County $1,234Relatively Low$168,100
41 Buffalo County $1,230Very Low$197,600
42 Polk County $1,221Relatively Low$241,200
43 Jefferson County $1,214Relatively Low$253,800
44 Portage County $1,211Relatively Low$230,400
45 Chippewa County $1,192Relatively Low$237,700
46 Pierce County $1,191Very Low$308,600
47 Green County $1,140Relatively Low$236,900
48 Eau Claire County $1,108Relatively Low$242,400
49 Rock County $1,100Relatively Moderate$215,900
50 Iowa County $1,084Very Low$248,100
51 Waupaca County $1,063Relatively Low$192,800
52 La Crosse County $1,062Relatively Low$243,200
53 Grant County $1,048Relatively Low$186,300
54 Winnebago County $1,047Relatively Moderate$208,600
55 Fond du Lac County $1,026Relatively Low$209,800
56 Kewaunee County $1,022Very Low$208,900
57 Door County $1,019Relatively Low$305,800
58 St. Croix County $981Relatively Low$349,700
59 Dodge County $955Relatively Low$218,400
60 Brown County $940Relatively Moderate$245,900
61 Kenosha County $939Relatively Moderate$247,800
62 Walworth County $935Relatively Low$275,900
63 Manitowoc County $925Relatively Low$172,900
64 Calumet County $890Very Low$252,100
65 Milwaukee County $879Relatively High$216,500
66 Ozaukee County $875Relatively Low$368,900
67 Washington County $856Relatively Low$316,200
68 Waukesha County $829Relatively Moderate$373,600
69 Racine County $806Relatively Moderate$239,400
70 Outagamie County $764Relatively Low$244,100
71 Dane County $741Relatively Moderate$366,100
72 Sheboygan County $732Relatively Low$218,400

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.

Nationwide

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

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