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Disaster risk in Raleigh

Raleigh ranks #50 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 63 — Fun. That puts it in the 63rd percentile nationally and #5 of 6 in North Carolina.

resilience score
63
Fun
National rank
#50 of 134
In North Carolina
#5 of 6
Percentile
63rd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Raleigh sits 13 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 Raleigh

  1. T#47 Wilmington, DE 65
  2. #49 El Paso, TX 64
  3. #50 Raleigh, NC — this page 63
  4. T#51 Atlanta, GA 62
  5. T#51 Omaha, NE 62

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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 Raleigh

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