Hurricane Risk in Mississippi

All Mississippi counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hurricane score

Hurricane risk — tropical cyclones bringing extreme wind, rain, and storm surge — is rated for 82 of 82 Mississippi counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Harrison County carries the state's highest hurricane score at 98.5, with $87M in expected annual hurricane losses.

4 Mississippi counties are rated High or Very High for hurricane, and expected annual losses from hurricane total roughly $296M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Hurricane

#CountyHurricane ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Harrison County
98.5
Very High 0.24 / yr $87M
2 Jackson County
97.8
High 0.28 / yr $62M
3 Pearl River County
96.5
High 0.20 / yr $23M
4 Hancock County
95.2
High 0.22 / yr $18M
5 George County
92.7
Medium 0.26 / yr $14M
6 Stone County
91.1
Medium 0.23 / yr $7M
7 Jones County
91.0
Medium 0.16 / yr $7M
8 Forrest County
90.4
Medium 0.20 / yr $7M
9 Marion County
89.9
Medium 0.15 / yr $6M
10 Wayne County
89.2
Medium 0.17 / yr $5M
11 Lamar County
89.0
Medium 0.18 / yr $6M
12 Covington County
87.8
Medium 0.15 / yr $3M
13 Greene County
87.5
Medium 0.22 / yr $4M
14 Pike County
87.2
Medium 0.15 / yr $3M
15 Hinds County
86.4
Medium 0.09 / yr $3M
16 Amite County
86.3
Medium 0.15 / yr $3M
17 Smith County
83.9
Medium 0.13 / yr $2M
18 Lauderdale County
83.3
Medium 0.11 / yr $2M
19 Leake County
81.8
Medium 0.09 / yr $1M
20 Scott County
81.6
Medium 0.11 / yr $1M
21 Rankin County
81.5
Low 0.09 / yr $2M
22 Neshoba County
81.1
Low 0.09 / yr $2M
23 Jasper County
81.0
Low 0.13 / yr $1M
24 Wilkinson County
80.9
Low 0.14 / yr $1M
25 Perry County
80.7
Low 0.21 / yr $2M
26 Simpson County
80.6
Low 0.11 / yr $2M
27 Newton County
80.1
Low 0.12 / yr $1M
28 Lincoln County
79.6
Low 0.14 / yr $1M
29 Walthall County
79.6
Low 0.14 / yr $1M
30 Jefferson Davis County
78.4
Low 0.13 / yr $904K
31 Lawrence County
78.2
Low 0.12 / yr $1M
32 Copiah County
78.1
Low 0.11 / yr $971K
33 Madison County
77.7
Low 0.09 / yr $2M
34 Clarke County
76.0
Low 0.14 / yr $899K
35 Adams County
75.2
Low 0.11 / yr $657K
36 Warren County
74.1
Low 0.08 / yr $607K
37 Sunflower County
73.8
Low 0.05 / yr $529K
38 Lowndes County
72.8
Low 0.06 / yr $593K
39 Winston County
72.5
Low 0.07 / yr $456K
40 Washington County
72.3
Low 0.05 / yr $442K
41 Leflore County
71.7
Low 0.06 / yr $436K
42 Noxubee County
71.0
Low 0.07 / yr $374K
43 Monroe County
70.8
Low 0.06 / yr $458K
44 Yazoo County
70.5
Low 0.07 / yr $393K
45 Franklin County
69.9
Low 0.12 / yr $373K
46 Clay County
69.7
Low 0.07 / yr $377K
47 Oktibbeha County
69.2
Low 0.07 / yr $451K
48 Lee County
68.8
Low 0.05 / yr $451K
49 Attala County
68.3
Low 0.08 / yr $368K
50 Claiborne County
67.9
Low 0.09 / yr $320K
51 Panola County
67.8
Low 0.06 / yr $300K
52 Chickasaw County
67.5
Low 0.06 / yr $327K
53 Holmes County
66.5
Low 0.07 / yr $238K
54 Humphreys County
66.5
Low 0.06 / yr $252K
55 Bolivar County
66.4
Low 0.03 / yr $254K
56 Kemper County
65.6
Low 0.09 / yr $254K
57 Jefferson County
65.1
Low 0.10 / yr $224K
58 Pontotoc County
65.0
Low 0.05 / yr $274K
59 Tallahatchie County
64.5
Low 0.05 / yr $211K
60 Sharkey County
63.7
Low 0.06 / yr $193K
61 Calhoun County
63.6
Low 0.06 / yr $220K
62 Union County
62.0
Low 0.05 / yr $192K
63 Lafayette County
61.1
Low 0.06 / yr $245K
64 Grenada County
60.7
Low 0.06 / yr $145K
65 Issaquena County
60.5
Low 0.07 / yr $153K
66 Coahoma County
59.7
Low 0.03 / yr $131K
67 Choctaw County
59.5
Low 0.07 / yr $145K
68 Tippah County
59.2
Low 0.05 / yr $138K
69 Carroll County
58.7
Low 0.06 / yr $123K
70 Alcorn County
57.6
Very Low 0.04 / yr $119K
71 Tishomingo County
57.1
Very Low 0.04 / yr $109K
72 Prentiss County
56.8
Very Low 0.05 / yr $103K
73 Quitman County
55.8
Very Low 0.03 / yr $77K
74 Webster County
55.4
Very Low 0.06 / yr $90K
75 Itawamba County
54.8
Very Low 0.05 / yr $88K
76 Yalobusha County
54.0
Very Low 0.07 / yr $83K
77 Montgomery County
53.7
Very Low 0.07 / yr $87K
78 DeSoto County
49.7
Very Low 0.03 / yr $80K
79 Marshall County
49.1
Very Low 0.04 / yr $44K
80 Tunica County
48.2
Very Low 0.02 / yr $41K
81 Tate County
45.8
Very Low 0.04 / yr $43K
82 Benton County
37.4
Very Low 0.05 / yr $15K

82 Mississippi counties with measurable hurricane risk. See the national hurricane ranking or all Mississippi counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Mississippi county has the highest hurricane risk?

Harrison County has the highest FEMA hurricane risk score in Mississippi at 98.5 (Very High), with $87M in expected annual losses and about 0.24 events per year.

How many Mississippi counties face significant hurricane risk?

82 Mississippi counties record measurable hurricane risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 4 of them are rated High or Very High.

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