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Disaster risk in San Jose

San Jose ranks T#116 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 14 — Quiet. That puts it in the 14th percentile nationally and T#8 of 18 in California.

resilience score
14
Quiet
National rank
T#116 of 134
In California
T#8 of 18
Percentile
14th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; San Jose sits 36 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 San Jose

  1. T#112 Irving, TX 16
  2. #115 Seattle, WA 15
  3. T#116 San Jose, CA — this page 14
  4. T#118 Fremont, CA 13
  5. T#118 Oakland, CA 13

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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 San Jose

San Jose scores 62 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: