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Disaster risk in Omaha

Omaha ranks T#51 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 62 — Fun. That puts it in the 63rd percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Nebraska.

resilience score
62
Fun
National rank
T#51 of 134
In Nebraska
#2 of 2
Percentile
63rd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Omaha sits 12 points above 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 Omaha

  1. #49 El Paso, TX 64
  2. #50 Raleigh, NC 63
  3. T#51 Omaha, NE — this page 62
  4. #53 Lubbock, TX 61
  5. #54 Cincinnati, OH 60

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 Omaha

Omaha scores 68 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: