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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in California

The counties where FEMA's expected annual loss per household is smallest. Low exposure is one of the few housing-cost advantages that never shows up in the listing price. It shows up in what an insurer actually charges, which is not the same as the insurance figure in these tables, since that is a statewide average and cannot vary by county. 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.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

California ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Sacramento County $620Relatively High$498,900
2 Placer County $1,046Relatively Moderate$658,800
3 San Diego County $1,327Very High$791,600
4 Sutter County $1,348Relatively Moderate$399,400
5 Kern County $1,482Relatively High$310,600
6 Stanislaus County $1,501Relatively High$426,600
7 Tulare County $1,507Relatively High$303,000
8 Yolo County $1,517Relatively Moderate$593,800
9 Butte County $1,544Relatively Moderate$408,700
10 El Dorado County $1,641Relatively Moderate$640,500
11 Yuba County $1,651Relatively Low$380,000
12 Fresno County $1,730Relatively High$362,600
13 San Joaquin County $1,748Relatively High$494,500
14 Orange County $1,793Very High$915,500
15 Solano County $1,875Relatively High$589,600
16 Shasta County $1,896Relatively Moderate$347,200
17 Nevada County $1,924Relatively Moderate$602,800
18 San Luis Obispo County $1,964Relatively High$777,200
19 Kings County $2,195Relatively Moderate$305,700
20 Tuolumne County $2,216Relatively Moderate$406,200
21 Los Angeles County $2,242Very High$783,300
22 San Francisco County $2,353Very High$1,380,500
23 Contra Costa County $2,358Very High$830,800
24 Amador County $2,417Relatively Low$422,800
25 Merced County $2,420Relatively High$368,400
26 Marin County $2,513Relatively High$1,390,000
27 Ventura County $2,741Relatively High$768,400
28 San Mateo County $2,798Relatively High$1,494,500
29 Lassen County $2,802Relatively Low$259,500
30 Tehama County $2,812Relatively Moderate$315,600
31 Riverside County $2,972Very High$510,300
32 Calaveras County $2,986Relatively Moderate$441,800
33 Santa Clara County $3,003Very High$1,382,800
34 Modoc County $3,004Very Low$212,000
35 Siskiyou County $3,014Relatively Moderate$284,500
36 Imperial County $3,021Relatively High$279,500
37 Mono County $3,022Relatively Low$514,300
38 Monterey County $3,047Relatively High$723,100
39 San Bernardino County $3,106Very High$475,000
40 Sonoma County $3,174Relatively High$779,000
41 Alameda County $3,178Very High$1,057,400
42 Santa Barbara County $3,204Relatively High$735,700
43 Mendocino County $3,376Relatively High$486,000
44 Humboldt County $3,438Relatively High$418,800
45 Santa Cruz County $3,462Relatively High$1,015,200
46 Inyo County $3,574Relatively Low$338,400
47 Madera County $3,630Relatively High$367,700
48 Napa County $3,746Relatively High$838,800
49 Lake County $3,832Relatively Moderate$316,800
50 San Benito County $3,963Relatively Moderate$751,500
51 Glenn County $4,191Relatively Low$338,400
52 Mariposa County $5,069Relatively Moderate$358,000
53 Plumas County $5,098Relatively Moderate$327,400
54 Trinity County $5,421Relatively Low$329,000
55 Colusa County $5,442Relatively Moderate$375,100
56 Sierra County $6,980Very Low$334,100
57 Alpine County $10,117Very Low$466,100
58 Del Norte County $14,798Relatively High$319,600

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

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

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