Counties in Florida by social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025

Jefferson County had the highest social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index) of 67 counties in 2025, at 97.9. St. Johns County had the lowest, at 11.4. The median was 56.7. Source: the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Highest97.9Jefferson County
Median56.767 counties

Top 40 counties, 2025

Jefferson County: 97.9 indexJefferson County97.9Gadsden County: 95 indexGadsden County95Highlands County: 94.1 indexHighlands County94.1Levy County: 93.5 indexLevy County93.5DeSoto County: 90.8 indexDeSoto County90.8Hendry County: 90.3 indexHendry County90.3Sumter County: 90 indexSumter County90Glades County: 89.7 indexGlades County89.7Taylor County: 89.4 indexTaylor County89.4Hamilton County: 89 indexHamilton County89Okeechobee County: 87.9 indexOkeechobee County87.9Citrus County: 82.3 indexCitrus County82.3Madison County: 80 indexMadison County80Putnam County: 79.7 indexPutnam County79.7Jackson County: 78.7 indexJackson County78.7Charlotte County: 77 indexCharlotte County77Miami-Dade County: 75.9 indexMiami-Dade County75.9Franklin County: 75 indexFranklin County75Collier County: 74.7 indexCollier County74.7Gilchrist County: 73.5 indexGilchrist County73.5Calhoun County: 73.1 indexCalhoun County73.1Columbia County: 71.4 indexColumbia County71.4Marion County: 69.6 indexMarion County69.6Martin County: 69 indexMartin County69Lee County: 67.8 indexLee County67.8Sarasota County: 67 indexSarasota County67Gulf County: 65.7 indexGulf County65.7Indian River County: 64.2 indexIndian River County64.2Flagler County: 60.9 indexFlagler County60.9Suwannee County: 60.1 indexSuwannee County60.1Pinellas County: 59.9 indexPinellas County59.9Palm Beach County: 59.8 indexPalm Beach County59.8Dixie County: 57.1 indexDixie County57.1Volusia County: 56.7 indexVolusia County56.7Hernando County: 56.5 indexHernando County56.5Broward County: 55.4 indexBroward County55.4Manatee County: 54.8 indexManatee County54.8Liberty County: 54.7 indexLiberty County54.7Monroe County: 53.9 indexMonroe County53.9Washington County: 53.1 indexWashington County53.1
index. Source: FEMA National Risk Index, National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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About this ranking

Social vulnerability of a US county as used in FEMA's National Risk Index, from 0 to 100: the county's national percentile rank among all counties, based on the Census Bureau's Community Resilience Estimates, which count residents with social and economic risk factors such as low income, age, disability and household conditions. Higher means more vulnerable.

The period is the year of the National Risk Index edition (the December 2025 edition is 2025), not a year of events. FEMA rebuilds the index with new data and methods in each edition, so values from different editions are not a time series. The index is meant for nationwide comparison and planning, not as a local risk assessment.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index Dataset: National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_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).

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Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2025). National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE) (Counties in Florida by social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355

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National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE), Counties in Florida by social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025. Federal Emergency Management Agency, 16 Dec. 2025, https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-vulnerability-score/florida-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2025. National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE). Counties in Florida by social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-vulnerability-score/florida-counties.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency (2025) National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE), Counties in Florida by social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-vulnerability-score/florida-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index)?

Jefferson County, with 97.9 in 2025, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Which county has the lowest social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index)?

St. Johns County, with 11.4 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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