Community resilience to disasters
How ready a county is to get through a disaster and bounce back. Counties are ranked from 0 (least) to 100 (most). The rank mixes 49 facts about a place, such as schooling, health care, jobs, housing, emergency services and local government. It comes from a University of South Carolina index, which FEMA changed a little. Many of the facts come from the Census Bureau's survey, so it partly repeats other measures on this site.
Reported for3,144areas, in 51 states — none in PR
Link to density0.42not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.60Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
Typeratepercentile (0-100)
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
Nothing to draw here: this measure has no state figures. Its publisher reports it for counties. This site does not add county numbers up into state figures, since a home-made figure could clash with one an agency publishes itself. The chart above covers the whole country, year by year.
Where it comes from
FEMA National Risk Index (Census and University of South Carolina indexes) · FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, NRI_Table_Counties, RESL_SCORE
A national ranking of counties from 0 to 100. A ranking of a larger area cannot be worked out from the rankings of its parts.
Combining areas: it cannot be combined, so it is shown only where its publisher works it out.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 118 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Community resilience to disasters and Natural amenities scaleWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Natural amenities scale tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Natural amenities scale by US county | -0.33 | -0.48 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Social connection scoreWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Social connection score tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Social connection score by US county | +0.44 | +0.47 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Economic connectednessWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Economic connectedness tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Economic connectedness by US county | +0.49 | +0.44 |
| Community resilience to disasters and House price index (2000 = 100)Where Community resilience to disasters is higher, House price index (2000 = 100) tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. House price index (2000 = 100) by US county | -0.21 | -0.42 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Daily sunlightWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Daily sunlight tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Daily sunlight by US county | -0.43 | -0.41 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Winter daily sunlightWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Winter daily sunlight tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Winter daily sunlight by US county | -0.41 | -0.40 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Mainline Protestant adherentsWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Mainline Protestant adherents tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Mainline Protestant adherents by US county | +0.27 | +0.38 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Returns claiming the earned income creditWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Returns claiming the earned income credit by US county | -0.49 | -0.38 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Cloud coverWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Cloud cover tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Cloud cover by US county | +0.39 | +0.37 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Heating degree daysWhere Community resilience to disasters is higher, Heating degree days tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Heating degree days by US county | +0.29 | +0.36 |
9 more pairs with community resilience to disasters have a page: Material security score · Winter nightly low · Population (WONDER) · Freezing days · Average temperature · People per tax return · Arrivals per 100 people staying · Days of 90°F or hotter · Economy score.
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Community resilience to disasters and Share White, not HispanicNot an independent finding: one is modelled from the other. It is an estimate from a statistical model that uses the other as an input, so part of the match is built in. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | +0.32 | +0.42 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Share Black, not HispanicNot an independent finding: one is modelled from the other. It is an estimate from a statistical model that uses the other as an input, so part of the match is built in. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | -0.18 | -0.12 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceNot an independent finding: one is modelled from the other. It is an estimate from a statistical model that uses the other as an input, so part of the match is built in. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | -0.36 | -0.43 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Share Asian, not HispanicNot an independent finding: one is modelled from the other. It is an estimate from a statistical model that uses the other as an input, so part of the match is built in. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | +0.13 | -0.22 |
| Community resilience to disasters and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicNot an independent finding: one is modelled from the other. It is an estimate from a statistical model that uses the other as an input, so part of the match is built in. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | -0.27 | -0.14 |
Highest and lowest
Of 3,144 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Ozaukee County, WI — 100
- St. Charles Parish, LA — 100
- Kalawao County, HI — 99.9
- Dare County, NC — 99.9
- Orleans Parish, LA — 99.9
Lowest
- Hudspeth County, TX — 0.0318
- Esmeralda County, NV — 0.0636
- Presidio County, TX — 0.0954
- Oglala Lakota County, SD — 0.127
- Clark County, ID — 0.159
The middle area reports 50. The middle half of counties falls between 25 and 75 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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