Rankings · Risk

The states safest from hurricanes

Tropical cyclone risk.

FEMA National Risk Index percentile, 0-100. Covers hurricanes and tropical storms including remnants, so parts of New England read higher than their latitude suggests. Landlocked interior states read zero.

  1. 1Alaska0.0
  2. 2Colorado0.0
  3. 3Idaho0.0
  4. 4Minnesota0.0
  5. 5Montana0.0
  6. 6North Dakota0.0
  7. 7Nebraska0.0
  8. 8Nevada0.0
  9. 9Oregon0.0
  10. 10South Dakota0.0
  11. 11Utah0.0
  12. 12Washington0.0
  13. 13Wyoming0.0
  14. 14California1.6
  15. 15New Mexico8.6
  16. 16Kansas10.4
  17. 17Wisconsin13.4
  18. 18Iowa13.5
  19. 19Arizona21.9
  20. 20Missouri25.0
  21. 21Indiana28.2
  22. 22Kentucky35.0
  23. 23Illinois35.3
  24. 24Oklahoma38.3
  25. 25Michigan41.5
  26. 26Ohio46.5
  27. 27Tennessee51.6
  28. 28Arkansas54.2
  29. 29West Virginia57.2
  30. 30Vermont67.2
  31. 31Georgia70.7
  32. 32Hawaii71.7
  33. 33Texas75.9
  34. 34Alabama77.1
  35. 35Mississippi77.1
  36. 36Virginia79.3
  37. 37Pennsylvania82.5
  38. 38North Carolina84.0
  39. 39New Hampshire84.3
  40. 40Maine87.4
  41. 41New York87.4
  42. 42Rhode Island87.4
  43. 43Maryland87.9
  44. 44South Carolina88.5
  45. 45New Jersey89.9
  46. 46Delaware91.1
  47. 47Louisiana92.4
  48. 48Massachusetts93.2
  49. 49Connecticut94.3
  50. 50District of Columbia96.0
  51. 51Florida98.2
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Source: FEMA National Risk Index. · How this is built