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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in North Dakota

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.

North Dakota ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Grand Forks County $805Relatively Low$244,200
2 Cass County $1,002Relatively Moderate$284,700
3 Stark County $1,094Very Low$260,400
4 Ward County $1,302Relatively Low$259,100
5 Williams County $1,626Relatively Low$267,800
6 Ramsey County $1,664Very Low$197,400
7 Stutsman County $1,753Relatively Low$200,300
8 Burleigh County $1,779Relatively Moderate$314,700
9 Richland County $1,852Very Low$177,600
10 Pierce County $1,855Very Low$143,400
11 Morton County $1,890Relatively Low$249,600
12 Mountrail County $1,930Very Low$222,200
13 McKenzie County $1,980Very Low$357,300
14 Burke County $2,105Very Low$141,900
15 Adams County $2,147Very Low$108,300
16 Mercer County $2,168Very Low$196,200
17 Pembina County $2,169Very Low$116,600
18 Bowman County $2,218Very Low$176,400
19 Eddy County $2,269Very Low$115,500
20 Nelson County $2,299Very Low$114,500
21 Wells County $2,348Very Low$106,400
22 Traill County $2,461Very Low$193,200
23 Renville County $2,570Very Low$163,400
24 Barnes County $2,590Relatively Low$168,100
25 Foster County $2,599Very Low$162,800
26 Benson County $2,624Very Low$83,100
27 Walsh County $2,710Very Low$125,700
28 Bottineau County $2,735Very Low$190,900
29 Ransom County $2,807Very Low$174,800
30 Divide County $2,849Very Low$173,100
31 Towner County $2,859Very Low$122,800
32 Rolette County $2,900Relatively Low$93,000
33 Cavalier County $2,951Very Low$122,300
34 Kidder County $3,022Very Low$138,500
35 Dickey County $3,135Very Low$167,100
36 Sargent County $3,186Very Low$149,600
37 Dunn County $3,199Very Low$244,000
38 McHenry County $3,238Very Low$143,200
39 Griggs County $3,293Very Low$128,200
40 LaMoure County $3,313Very Low$118,000
41 Slope County $3,338Very Low$121,300
42 Hettinger County $3,532Very Low$110,900
43 Oliver County $3,562Very Low$217,000
44 McLean County $3,863Relatively Low$233,100
45 Grant County $4,234Very Low$85,800
46 Billings County $4,675Very Low$322,500
47 Logan County $4,902Very Low$101,800
48 Steele County $5,933Very Low$120,400
49 Sheridan County $6,241Very Low$107,700
50 McIntosh County $6,515Very Low$80,300
51 Golden Valley County $7,191Very Low$119,200
52 Emmons County $7,800Relatively Low$112,400
53 Sioux County $11,661Relatively Low$87,400

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

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

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