Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Heat Wave
$364.7M
Cold Wave
$254.6M
Riverine Flooding
$93.0M
Tornado
$68.5M
Strong Wind
$66.2M
County Rankings
Counties in Pennsylvania ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.
NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.
Department and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.
| County ▲ | Population ▲ | Departments ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia County | 1.6M | 16 | $355.4M | Relatively High |
| Montgomery County | 867,573 | 111 | $97.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Allegheny County | 1.2M | 185 | $54.8M | Relatively Low |
| Lehigh County | 378,792 | 54 | $48.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Bucks County | 647,461 | 68 | $40.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Delaware County | 579,222 | 81 | $38.7M | Relatively Low |
| Chester County | 547,840 | 43 | $32.9M | Relatively Low |
| Berks County | 433,015 | 74 | $29.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lancaster County | 557,931 | 69 | $26.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Monroe County | 167,515 | 47 | $19.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Luzerne County | 327,675 | 93 | $19.8M | Relatively Low |
| York County | 462,924 | 54 | $18.0M | Relatively Low |
| Northampton County | 318,580 | 48 | $16.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Dauphin County | 289,593 | 34 | $15.5M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lackawanna County | 216,146 | 57 | $12.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Cumberland County | 268,323 | 28 | $10.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Schuylkill County | 143,558 | 43 | $9.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Carbon County | 65,382 | 26 | $8.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lebanon County | 144,186 | 39 | $8.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lycoming County | 113,489 | 38 | $6.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Westmoreland County | 352,500 | 109 | $6.0M | Very Low |
| Erie County | 269,052 | 41 | $5.7M | Relatively Low |
| Blair County | 121,277 | 35 | $4.9M | Relatively Low |
| Cambria County | 131,538 | 63 | $4.8M | Relatively Low |
| Adams County | 106,115 | 31 | $4.3M | Relatively Low |
| Franklin County | 157,379 | 30 | $4.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Northumberland County | 90,560 | 34 | $4.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Pike County | 60,621 | 44 | $3.9M | Relatively Low |
| Perry County | 46,239 | 22 | $3.8M | Relatively High |
| Butler County | 197,254 | 65 | $3.8M | Relatively Low |
| Huntingdon County | 43,653 | 30 | $3.4M | Relatively Moderate |
| Clearfield County | 78,635 | 53 | $3.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Centre County | 158,576 | 23 | $3.2M | Very Low |
| Bradford County | 59,858 | 28 | $3.2M | Relatively High |
| Washington County | 210,042 | 74 | $3.1M | Relatively Low |
| Wayne County | 51,262 | 37 | $3.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Fayette County | 125,997 | 58 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Indiana County | 83,042 | 52 | $3.0M | Relatively Low |
| Columbia County | 65,362 | 36 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Beaver County | 166,324 | 46 | $2.7M | Very Low |
| Clinton County | 37,798 | 22 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Susquehanna County | 38,219 | 29 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Crawford County | 82,716 | 36 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Mercer County | 109,257 | 32 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Mifflin County | 46,041 | 24 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Warren County | 37,920 | 24 | $2.1M | Relatively High |
| Bedford County | 47,513 | 25 | $2.0M | Relatively High |
| Snyder County | 39,668 | 19 | $2.0M | Relatively High |
| McKean County | 39,904 | 22 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Jefferson County | 43,864 | 23 | $1.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Somerset County | 72,799 | 32 | $1.8M | Relatively Low |
| Clarion County | 37,179 | 17 | $1.8M | Relatively Low |
| Lawrence County | 85,024 | 24 | $1.6M | Relatively Low |
| Union County | 42,456 | 8 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Elk County | 30,506 | 13 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Venango County | 49,801 | 23 | $1.6M | Relatively Low |
| Tioga County | 40,945 | 17 | $1.4M | Relatively High |
| Greene County | 34,835 | 20 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Juniata County | 23,379 | 22 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Armstrong County | 64,622 | 43 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate |
| Potter County | 16,188 | 19 | $1.0M | Relatively Moderate |
| Forest County | 6,715 | 5 | $1.0M | Very High |
| Wyoming County | 25,967 | 13 | $914.6K | Relatively High |
| Montour County | 18,103 | 7 | $716.4K | Relatively Moderate |
| Fulton County | 14,531 | 6 | $459.1K | Relatively Moderate |
| Sullivan County | 5,888 | 21 | $249.7K | Relatively Moderate |
| Cameron County | 4,427 | 5 | $214.6K | Relatively High |
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Risk Snapshot
11.7%
Poverty Rate
19.5%
Age 65+
14.4%
Disability Rate
5.6%
Uninsured
67.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.5%
Mobile Homes
9.2%
Vacancy Rate
2.1%
Wood Heat
$85,723
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
198
Last 10 Years
745
Last 25 Years
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