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Disaster risk in New Orleans

New Orleans 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 Louisiana.

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

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; New Orleans 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.

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

Ranked around New Orleans

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

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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 New Orleans

New Orleans scores 64 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: