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Disaster risk in Sacramento

Sacramento ranks #81 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 40 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 40th percentile nationally and #2 of 18 in California.

resilience score
40
Some Fun
National rank
#81 of 134
In California
#2 of 18
Percentile
40th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Sacramento sits 10 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 Sacramento

  1. T#79 Columbus, OH 41
  2. T#79 Pittsburgh, PA 41
  3. #81 Sacramento, CA — this page 40
  4. #82 St. Petersburg, FL 39
  5. T#83 Louisville, KY 38

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 Sacramento

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