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Disaster risk in Bakersfield

Bakersfield ranks T#95 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 29 — Quiet. That puts it in the 30th percentile nationally and #4 of 18 in California.

resilience score
29
Quiet
National rank
T#95 of 134
In California
#4 of 18
Percentile
30th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Bakersfield sits 21 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

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Ranked around Bakersfield

  1. #93 New York, NY 31
  2. #94 Tampa, FL 30
  3. T#95 Bakersfield, CA — this page 29
  4. #97 Detroit, MI 28
  5. #98 Santa Barbara, CA 27

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Bakersfield

Bakersfield scores 0 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: