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Disaster risk in Birmingham

Birmingham ranks T#71 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 47 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 48th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Alabama.

resilience score
47
Some Fun
National rank
T#71 of 134
In Alabama
#2 of 2
Percentile
48th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Birmingham sits 3 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.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Birmingham

  1. #69 Indianapolis, IN 49
  2. #70 Washington, DC 48
  3. T#71 Birmingham, AL — this page 47
  4. #73 Newark, NJ 46
  5. #74 Austin, TX 45

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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 Birmingham

Birmingham scores 58 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: