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Most Disaster-Prone States

Ranked by the number of federal disaster declarations since 1953. This is a count of official declarations — it reflects federal-aid history and how often events crossed the declaration threshold, not a forecast or a risk score.

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1California397 declarations 2Texas390 declarations 3Oklahoma259 declarations 4Washington223 declarations 5Florida188 declarations 6Oregon174 declarations 7New Mexico126 declarations 8Arizona120 declarations 9New York118 declarations 10Nevada114 declarations 11Montana113 declarations 12Louisiana111 declarations 13Colorado111 declarations 14Alabama102 declarations 15Mississippi99 declarations 16Kentucky98 declarations 17Tennessee97 declarations 18South Dakota96 declarations 19Alaska95 declarations 20Kansas94 declarations 21Nebraska88 declarations 22Arkansas88 declarations 23Missouri87 declarations 24North Carolina85 declarations 25West Virginia85 declarations 26Georgia81 declarations 27Minnesota81 declarations 28Iowa78 declarations 29Virginia77 declarations 30North Dakota75 declarations 31Hawaii73 declarations 32Maine71 declarations 33Illinois68 declarations 34Pennsylvania64 declarations 35New Hampshire63 declarations 36Vermont62 declarations 37Utah61 declarations 38Idaho61 declarations 39Ohio60 declarations 40New Jersey59 declarations 41Massachusetts59 declarations 42Indiana56 declarations 43Wisconsin56 declarations 44Puerto Rico51 declarations 45South Carolina51 declarations 46Michigan46 declarations 47Wyoming45 declarations 48Connecticut43 declarations 49Maryland38 declarations 50VI33 declarations 51Rhode Island31 declarations 52MP30 declarations 53Delaware26 declarations 54GU25 declarations 55District of Columbia24 declarations 56FM21 declarations 57AS17 declarations 58MH7 declarations 59PW1 declarations

Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.