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Disaster risk in Louisville

Louisville ranks T#83 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 38 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 39th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Kentucky.

resilience score
38
Some Fun
National rank
T#83 of 134
In Kentucky
#2 of 2
Percentile
39th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Louisville sits 12 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 Louisville

  1. #81 Sacramento, CA 40
  2. #82 St. Petersburg, FL 39
  3. T#83 Louisville, KY — this page 38
  4. #85 Minneapolis, MN 37
  5. #86 Milwaukee, WI 36

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

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 Louisville

Louisville scores 48 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: