# Counties in North Carolina by national Risk Index score (FEMA), 2025

All 100 values come from Federal Emergency Management Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nri_risk_index_score`
- Unit: index
- Definition: FEMA's composite natural hazard risk score for a US county, from 0 to 100: the county's national percentile rank among all counties for risk, which combines expected annual losses from 18 natural hazards with social vulnerability and community resilience. Higher means more risk.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties, National Risk Index Score Composite (RISK_SCORE) (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, National Risk Index Score Composite (RISK_SCORE). 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/national-risk-index-score/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 97.1 |
| 2 | New Hanover County | 96.1 |
| 3 | Brunswick County | 95.8 |
| 4 | Wake County | 95.6 |
| 5 | Onslow County | 95 |
| 6 | Craven County | 93.6 |
| 7 | Carteret County | 93.5 |
| 8 | Guilford County | 93.5 |
| 9 | Forsyth County | 91.5 |
| 10 | Robeson County | 91.1 |
| 11 | Wayne County | 90.4 |
| 12 | Sampson County | 90.2 |
| 13 | Pitt County | 89.8 |
| 14 | Durham County | 89.6 |
| 15 | Dare County | 89.6 |
| 16 | Cumberland County | 89.5 |
| 17 | Duplin County | 89.4 |
| 18 | Buncombe County | 89.3 |
| 19 | Union County | 89.1 |
| 20 | Beaufort County | 88.2 |
| 21 | Davidson County | 87.2 |
| 22 | Cabarrus County | 87.1 |
| 23 | Pender County | 86.9 |
| 24 | Columbus County | 86.9 |
| 25 | Johnston County | 85.6 |
| 26 | Gaston County | 84.9 |
| 27 | Lenoir County | 84.6 |
| 28 | Bladen County | 84.6 |
| 29 | Henderson County | 83.8 |
| 30 | Rowan County | 82.9 |
| 31 | Wilkes County | 82.6 |
| 32 | Iredell County | 80.8 |
| 33 | Randolph County | 80.6 |
| 34 | Nash County | 80.6 |
| 35 | Catawba County | 80.6 |
| 36 | Jackson County | 80.5 |
| 37 | Orange County | 79.1 |
| 38 | Haywood County | 77.2 |
| 39 | Alamance County | 77.1 |
| 40 | Edgecombe County | 76.4 |
| 41 | Wilson County | 76.3 |
| 42 | Moore County | 75.6 |
| 43 | Harnett County | 75.3 |
| 44 | Macon County | 73.8 |
| 45 | Lincoln County | 73.8 |
| 46 | Surry County | 73.6 |
| 47 | Halifax County | 72.9 |
| 48 | Rutherford County | 72.7 |
| 49 | Pamlico County | 72.4 |
| 50 | Rockingham County | 71.9 |
| 51 | Watauga County | 71.9 |
| 52 | Burke County | 70.2 |
| 53 | Cleveland County | 70 |
| 54 | Hertford County | 68.2 |
| 55 | Lee County | 67.5 |
| 56 | Caldwell County | 67.4 |
| 57 | Chatham County | 67.2 |
| 58 | Ashe County | 66.8 |
| 59 | Hyde County | 66.4 |
| 60 | Bertie County | 66.4 |
| 61 | Martin County | 65.5 |
| 62 | Jones County | 64.5 |
| 63 | Transylvania County | 64.3 |
| 64 | Scotland County | 63.7 |
| 65 | Greene County | 62.6 |
| 66 | Richmond County | 60.8 |
| 67 | Washington County | 59.6 |
| 68 | Granville County | 59.4 |
| 69 | McDowell County | 59.2 |
| 70 | Stanly County | 58.8 |
| 71 | Pasquotank County | 58.7 |
| 72 | Cherokee County | 56.7 |
| 73 | Franklin County | 51.7 |
| 74 | Warren County | 50.8 |
| 75 | Hoke County | 50.1 |
| 76 | Anson County | 50 |
| 77 | Swain County | 49.1 |
| 78 | Montgomery County | 49 |
| 79 | Vance County | 48.4 |
| 80 | Avery County | 47.5 |
| 81 | Tyrrell County | 46 |
| 82 | Alexander County | 45.8 |
| 83 | Northampton County | 44.2 |
| 84 | Yancey County | 42.2 |
| 85 | Davie County | 41.7 |
| 86 | Person County | 41.5 |
| 87 | Stokes County | 39.7 |
| 88 | Yadkin County | 38.4 |
| 89 | Perquimans County | 37.7 |
| 90 | Polk County | 36.9 |
| 91 | Alleghany County | 34.7 |
| 92 | Chowan County | 34.3 |
| 93 | Madison County | 27.4 |
| 94 | Clay County | 26.9 |
| 95 | Mitchell County | 24 |
| 96 | Caswell County | 22.4 |
| 97 | Graham County | 20.1 |
| 98 | Currituck County | 18.1 |
| 99 | Gates County | 10.5 |
| 100 | Camden County | 2.5 |