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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 317,991,131 |
| 2 | Wake County | 299,065,920 |
| 3 | New Hanover County | 257,117,221 |
| 4 | Onslow County | 215,723,817 |
| 5 | Brunswick County | 153,346,369 |
| 6 | Guilford County | 134,616,223 |
| 7 | Carteret County | 129,050,009 |
| 8 | Craven County | 118,299,872 |
| 9 | Union County | 110,331,118 |
| 10 | Forsyth County | 104,148,054 |
| 11 | Durham County | 90,860,454 |
| 12 | Cumberland County | 90,247,573 |
| 13 | Cabarrus County | 85,720,336 |
| 14 | Buncombe County | 82,367,937 |
| 15 | Pitt County | 81,134,182 |
| 16 | Dare County | 80,830,202 |
| 17 | Pender County | 66,929,532 |
| 18 | Wayne County | 66,302,542 |
| 19 | Davidson County | 64,252,664 |
| 20 | Johnston County | 61,546,004 |
| 21 | Gaston County | 59,266,114 |
| 22 | Robeson County | 56,916,747 |
| 23 | Sampson County | 54,810,999 |
| 24 | Beaufort County | 54,308,983 |
| 25 | Iredell County | 53,306,862 |
| 26 | Duplin County | 53,139,346 |
| 27 | Orange County | 49,711,444 |
| 28 | Rowan County | 48,047,595 |
| 29 | Catawba County | 45,371,137 |
| 30 | Columbus County | 42,143,536 |
| 31 | Alamance County | 41,431,415 |
| 32 | Henderson County | 40,743,749 |
| 33 | Randolph County | 39,439,559 |
| 34 | Bladen County | 38,601,452 |
| 35 | Harnett County | 37,322,198 |
| 36 | Nash County | 36,649,152 |
| 37 | Lenoir County | 35,685,622 |
| 38 | Moore County | 34,554,854 |
| 39 | Wilkes County | 33,107,564 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 32,218,360 |
| 41 | Haywood County | 31,661,816 |
| 42 | Wilson County | 30,147,273 |
| 43 | Jackson County | 28,744,730 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 27,288,876 |
| 45 | Surry County | 26,942,359 |
| 46 | Watauga County | 25,974,370 |
| 47 | Rockingham County | 25,063,194 |
| 48 | Caldwell County | 25,031,741 |
| 49 | Chatham County | 24,822,348 |
| 50 | Macon County | 24,397,519 |
| 51 | Edgecombe County | 24,279,304 |
| 52 | Rutherford County | 23,964,935 |
| 53 | Burke County | 22,809,035 |
| 54 | Pamlico County | 22,560,020 |
| 55 | Stanly County | 21,902,694 |
| 56 | Martin County | 20,874,777 |
| 57 | Lee County | 20,182,633 |
| 58 | Granville County | 20,011,695 |
| 59 | Halifax County | 19,642,613 |
| 60 | Transylvania County | 17,920,917 |
| 61 | Ashe County | 17,849,084 |
| 62 | Pasquotank County | 17,806,240 |
| 63 | Hertford County | 17,192,590 |
| 64 | Bertie County | 17,152,987 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 16,792,806 |
| 66 | McDowell County | 16,754,608 |
| 67 | Richmond County | 15,782,698 |
| 68 | Hyde County | 15,542,886 |
| 69 | Cherokee County | 14,960,675 |
| 70 | Greene County | 14,356,825 |
| 71 | Jones County | 14,313,889 |
| 72 | Scotland County | 13,996,772 |
| 73 | Washington County | 13,579,395 |
| 74 | Davie County | 13,123,472 |
| 75 | Hoke County | 13,078,738 |
| 76 | Montgomery County | 11,663,710 |
| 77 | Avery County | 11,322,451 |
| 78 | Stokes County | 10,892,301 |
| 79 | Vance County | 10,756,518 |
| 80 | Currituck County | 10,676,014 |
| 81 | Alexander County | 10,559,791 |
| 82 | Warren County | 10,249,205 |
| 83 | Anson County | 10,220,122 |
| 84 | Person County | 9,789,291 |
| 85 | Swain County | 9,764,061 |
| 86 | Yadkin County | 9,635,850 |
| 87 | Perquimans County | 9,410,903 |
| 88 | Chowan County | 9,240,725 |
| 89 | Tyrrell County | 9,238,909 |
| 90 | Madison County | 9,129,836 |
| 91 | Yancey County | 8,826,443 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 8,341,625 |
| 93 | Polk County | 8,012,435 |
| 94 | Mitchell County | 6,898,104 |
| 95 | Alleghany County | 6,628,716 |
| 96 | Caswell County | 6,278,212 |
| 97 | Graham County | 5,541,793 |
| 98 | Clay County | 5,106,612 |
| 99 | Gates County | 4,696,041 |
| 100 | Camden County | 3,471,307 |