# Counties in California by expected annual loss from natural hazards (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025

All 58 values come from Federal Emergency Management Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nri_expected_annual_loss`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average loss in US dollars that FEMA expects a US state or county to suffer each year from 18 natural hazards, adding building value, agriculture value and lives lost or injuries valued in dollars, from the National Risk Index. FEMA modelled it from historical hazard frequency, exposure and loss ratios.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties and States, Expected Annual Loss Total Composite (EAL_VALT) (https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fema
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index Dataset: National Risk Index Counties and States, Expected Annual Loss Total Composite (EAL_VALT). https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355. Retrieved 2026-10-12. This product uses the FEMA National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/expected-annual-loss-natural-hazards/california-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 7,601,846,373 |
| 2 | Riverside County | 2,265,637,643 |
| 3 | San Bernardino County | 2,075,099,789 |
| 4 | Santa Clara County | 1,965,273,928 |
| 5 | Orange County | 1,926,466,710 |
| 6 | Alameda County | 1,884,810,319 |
| 7 | San Diego County | 1,539,181,273 |
| 8 | Contra Costa County | 970,545,043 |
| 9 | San Francisco County | 853,429,993 |
| 10 | Ventura County | 762,169,091 |
| 11 | San Mateo County | 739,963,779 |
| 12 | Sonoma County | 604,686,272 |
| 13 | Fresno County | 557,308,877 |
| 14 | Santa Barbara County | 477,257,074 |
| 15 | San Joaquin County | 421,872,900 |
| 16 | Kern County | 416,967,444 |
| 17 | Monterey County | 402,383,624 |
| 18 | Sacramento County | 352,365,427 |
| 19 | Santa Cruz County | 335,404,888 |
| 20 | Solano County | 292,106,753 |
| 21 | Stanislaus County | 264,910,086 |
| 22 | Marin County | 259,347,945 |
| 23 | Tulare County | 214,061,799 |
| 24 | San Luis Obispo County | 213,915,950 |
| 25 | Merced County | 204,766,057 |
| 26 | Humboldt County | 188,646,913 |
| 27 | Napa County | 186,047,671 |
| 28 | Placer County | 162,559,843 |
| 29 | Madera County | 161,585,532 |
| 30 | Imperial County | 147,566,580 |
| 31 | Del Norte County | 142,370,364 |
| 32 | Shasta County | 135,490,378 |
| 33 | Butte County | 127,169,962 |
| 34 | El Dorado County | 124,273,271 |
| 35 | Mendocino County | 116,713,329 |
| 36 | Yolo County | 116,239,527 |
| 37 | Lake County | 101,021,475 |
| 38 | Kings County | 96,009,401 |
| 39 | Nevada County | 80,582,306 |
| 40 | San Benito County | 80,008,769 |
| 41 | Tehama County | 68,974,530 |
| 42 | Siskiyou County | 56,992,092 |
| 43 | Calaveras County | 53,438,402 |
| 44 | Tuolumne County | 50,552,907 |
| 45 | Yuba County | 46,339,094 |
| 46 | Sutter County | 44,793,211 |
| 47 | Plumas County | 41,063,083 |
| 48 | Glenn County | 40,918,947 |
| 49 | Colusa County | 40,632,840 |
| 50 | Amador County | 38,826,327 |
| 51 | Mariposa County | 38,096,975 |
| 52 | Trinity County | 29,126,156 |
| 53 | Inyo County | 28,320,123 |
| 54 | Lassen County | 25,386,681 |
| 55 | Mono County | 16,685,128 |
| 56 | Modoc County | 9,805,827 |
| 57 | Sierra County | 8,418,251 |
| 58 | Alpine County | 4,785,307 |