US Counties With the Lowest Area in Drought

3,144 US counties ranked by area in drought, from lowest to highest. First are Baldwin County, GA (0), Bibb County, GA (0) and Columbia County, GA (0). The middle one of the 3,144 has 23.8.

What this measures

The share of the area in moderate drought or worse, averaged over the year's weekly Drought Monitor maps. A county half in drought all year and a county fully in drought for half the year both score 50%. Experts draw the maps each week from rain, soil, stream and crop data, so they are a judgment, not a direct measurement. Source: US Drought Monitor.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

Every state, lowest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

More on area in drought

• US Counties With the Highest Area in Drought
• Area in drought by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.