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

All 133 values come from Federal Emergency Management Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nri_social_vulnerability_score`
- Unit: index
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_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, 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).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-vulnerability-score/virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Halifax County | 97.4 |
| 2 | Northampton County | 96.9 |
| 3 | Lunenburg County | 96.4 |
| 4 | Greensville County | 95.4 |
| 5 | Charlotte County | 95 |
| 6 | Northumberland County | 91.2 |
| 7 | Hopewell city | 90.7 |
| 8 | Lee County | 90.6 |
| 9 | Nottoway County | 89.8 |
| 10 | Henry County | 89.3 |
| 11 | Danville city | 88.2 |
| 12 | Scott County | 87.8 |
| 13 | Lancaster County | 87.8 |
| 14 | Accomack County | 87.3 |
| 15 | Bristol city | 86.8 |
| 16 | Prince Edward County | 86.7 |
| 17 | Buchanan County | 85.6 |
| 18 | Norton city | 85.3 |
| 19 | King and Queen County | 84.3 |
| 20 | Martinsville city | 83.2 |
| 20 | Middlesex County | 83.2 |
| 22 | Buckingham County | 82.8 |
| 23 | Pittsylvania County | 81.9 |
| 24 | Carroll County | 81.8 |
| 25 | Mathews County | 81.4 |
| 26 | Mecklenburg County | 80.2 |
| 27 | Grayson County | 80 |
| 28 | Tazewell County | 79.7 |
| 29 | Cumberland County | 78.3 |
| 30 | Franklin city | 78.2 |
| 31 | Charles City County | 77.7 |
| 32 | Sussex County | 77.1 |
| 33 | Galax city | 76.2 |
| 34 | Smyth County | 74.4 |
| 35 | Wythe County | 74.3 |
| 36 | Westmoreland County | 74.2 |
| 37 | Richmond County | 73.1 |
| 38 | Essex County | 72.8 |
| 39 | Pulaski County | 72.3 |
| 40 | Roanoke city | 72.3 |
| 41 | Brunswick County | 71.3 |
| 41 | Dickenson County | 71.3 |
| 43 | Lexington city | 70.2 |
| 44 | Russell County | 69.8 |
| 45 | Nelson County | 67.5 |
| 46 | Craig County | 66.9 |
| 47 | Page County | 66.4 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 64.5 |
| 49 | Giles County | 62.8 |
| 50 | Wise County | 62.5 |
| 51 | Petersburg city | 62.4 |
| 52 | Emporia city | 61.3 |
| 53 | Washington County | 61 |
| 54 | Rockbridge County | 60 |
| 55 | Amherst County | 57.8 |
| 56 | Campbell County | 56.8 |
| 57 | Patrick County | 56.1 |
| 58 | Shenandoah County | 55.4 |
| 59 | Bath County | 53.9 |
| 60 | Rappahannock County | 53.8 |
| 61 | Augusta County | 52.3 |
| 62 | Alleghany County | 51.7 |
| 63 | Bland County | 50.1 |
| 64 | Surry County | 50 |
| 65 | Lynchburg city | 49.2 |
| 66 | Highland County | 49 |
| 67 | Buena Vista city | 48.3 |
| 68 | Southampton County | 47.7 |
| 69 | Winchester city | 47.6 |
| 70 | Louisa County | 43.3 |
| 71 | Covington city | 41.9 |
| 72 | Amelia County | 41 |
| 73 | Richmond city | 38.9 |
| 74 | Portsmouth city | 37.4 |
| 75 | Norfolk city | 36.4 |
| 76 | Culpeper County | 36.3 |
| 77 | Newport News city | 36.2 |
| 77 | Rockingham County | 36.2 |
| 79 | Dinwiddie County | 35.9 |
| 80 | Appomattox County | 34.8 |
| 81 | Hampton city | 34.6 |
| 82 | Harrisonburg city | 34.3 |
| 83 | Albemarle County | 34 |
| 84 | Greene County | 33.6 |
| 85 | Bedford County | 31.1 |
| 86 | Staunton city | 30.6 |
| 87 | Floyd County | 30.2 |
| 88 | Madison County | 28.8 |
| 89 | Radford city | 27.9 |
| 90 | Fluvanna County | 26.9 |
| 91 | Manassas Park city | 26.8 |
| 92 | Montgomery County | 26.6 |
| 93 | Caroline County | 25 |
| 94 | Gloucester County | 22.8 |
| 95 | Henrico County | 22.4 |
| 96 | Roanoke County | 21 |
| 97 | Manassas city | 19.2 |
| 97 | Suffolk city | 19.2 |
| 99 | Charlottesville city | 16.6 |
| 100 | Alexandria city | 15.4 |
| 101 | Waynesboro city | 15 |
| 102 | James City County | 15 |
| 103 | New Kent County | 14.8 |
| 104 | Isle of Wight County | 14.4 |
| 105 | Chesapeake city | 13.8 |
| 105 | Warren County | 13.8 |
| 107 | Powhatan County | 13.4 |
| 108 | Colonial Heights city | 12.8 |
| 108 | Goochland County | 12.8 |
| 108 | Salem city | 12.8 |
| 111 | Botetourt County | 12.2 |
| 111 | Orange County | 12.2 |
| 113 | Fairfax County | 11.4 |
| 114 | Arlington County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Chesterfield County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Clarke County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Fairfax city | 10.6 |
| 114 | Falls Church city | 10.6 |
| 114 | Fauquier County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Frederick County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Fredericksburg city | 10.6 |
| 114 | Hanover County | 10.6 |
| 114 | King George County | 10.6 |
| 114 | King William County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Loudoun County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Poquoson city | 10.6 |
| 114 | Prince George County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Prince William County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Spotsylvania County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Stafford County | 10.6 |
| 114 | Virginia Beach city | 10.6 |
| 114 | Williamsburg city | 10.6 |
| 114 | York County | 10.6 |