Rankings · Risk

Lowest coastal flood risk by state

Coastal flood risk.

FEMA National Risk Index score for flooding driven by storm surge and high tides. Zero for inland counties by definition, so it shades only where a coastline exists.

  1. 1Arkansas0.0
  2. 2Arizona0.0
  3. 3Colorado0.0
  4. 4Iowa0.0
  5. 5Idaho0.0
  6. 6Kansas0.0
  7. 7Kentucky0.0
  8. 8Missouri0.0
  9. 9Montana0.0
  10. 10North Dakota0.0
  11. 11Nebraska0.0
  12. 12New Mexico0.0
  13. 13Nevada0.0
  14. 14Oklahoma0.0
  15. 15South Dakota0.0
  16. 16Tennessee0.0
  17. 17Utah0.0
  18. 18Vermont0.0
  19. 19West Virginia0.0
  20. 20Wyoming0.0
  21. 21Minnesota1.3
  22. 22Indiana4.2
  23. 23Georgia4.7
  24. 24Ohio7.6
  25. 25North Carolina9.2
  26. 26Alabama11.7
  27. 27Wisconsin11.9
  28. 28Mississippi12.8
  29. 29Alaska16.6
  30. 30Pennsylvania17.2
  31. 31Texas19.3
  32. 32Illinois19.6
  33. 33Michigan20.0
  34. 34Oregon21.1
  35. 35New Hampshire25.5
  36. 36South Carolina25.6
  37. 37Virginia33.8
  38. 38Maryland45.8
  39. 39Washington52.5
  40. 40Louisiana52.6
  41. 41Maine52.9
  42. 42California55.2
  43. 43Massachusetts59.5
  44. 44Rhode Island60.1
  45. 45Connecticut63.9
  46. 46New York64.0
  47. 47Hawaii68.3
  48. 48Florida70.5
  49. 49New Jersey70.9
  50. 50District of Columbia74.0
  51. 51Delaware84.6
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Source: FEMA National Risk Index. · How this is built