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Disaster risk in New York

New York ranks #93 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 31 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 31st percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New York.

resilience score
31
Some Fun
National rank
#93 of 134
In New York
#2 of 2
Percentile
31st

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; New York sits 19 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 York

  1. T#91 Honolulu, HI 32
  2. T#91 St. Louis, MO 32
  3. #93 New York, NY — this page 31
  4. #94 Tampa, FL 30
  5. T#95 Bakersfield, CA 29

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 New York

New York scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: