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

All 46 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/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston County | 98.6 |
| 2 | Horry County | 98.2 |
| 3 | Beaufort County | 97.1 |
| 4 | Berkeley County | 94.8 |
| 5 | Greenville County | 94 |
| 6 | Dorchester County | 93.7 |
| 7 | Richland County | 93.1 |
| 8 | Georgetown County | 92.5 |
| 9 | Lexington County | 90.9 |
| 10 | Spartanburg County | 90.7 |
| 11 | Florence County | 89.6 |
| 12 | York County | 88.7 |
| 13 | Orangeburg County | 87.7 |
| 14 | Anderson County | 87.2 |
| 15 | Oconee County | 85.6 |
| 16 | Colleton County | 85.5 |
| 17 | Dillon County | 84.3 |
| 18 | Aiken County | 84.2 |
| 19 | Williamsburg County | 82.1 |
| 20 | Sumter County | 81.7 |
| 21 | Marion County | 80.7 |
| 22 | Lancaster County | 79.4 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 78.6 |
| 24 | Pickens County | 77.6 |
| 25 | Clarendon County | 76.5 |
| 26 | Laurens County | 76.2 |
| 27 | Chesterfield County | 74 |
| 28 | Greenwood County | 72.7 |
| 29 | Darlington County | 72.3 |
| 30 | Cherokee County | 69.7 |
| 31 | Kershaw County | 66.7 |
| 32 | Hampton County | 64.8 |
| 33 | Newberry County | 62 |
| 34 | Union County | 58.2 |
| 35 | Marlboro County | 57.5 |
| 36 | Bamberg County | 46.5 |
| 37 | Barnwell County | 45.8 |
| 38 | Abbeville County | 45.4 |
| 39 | Chester County | 43.2 |
| 40 | Fairfield County | 40.8 |
| 41 | Saluda County | 40.1 |
| 42 | Lee County | 36 |
| 43 | Allendale County | 35.5 |
| 44 | Calhoun County | 22.7 |
| 45 | Edgefield County | 22 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 9.5 |