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Disaster risk in Long Beach

Long Beach ranks T#131 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 8 — Quiet. That puts it in the 3rd percentile nationally and T#16 of 18 in California.

resilience score
8
Quiet
National rank
T#131 of 134
In California
T#16 of 18
Percentile
3rd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Long Beach sits 42 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 Long Beach

  1. T#129 Houston, TX 9
  2. T#129 Riverside, CA 9
  3. T#131 Long Beach, CA — this page 8

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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 Long Beach

Long Beach scores 31 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: