9 FEMA areas

Hurricane Risk by City in Louisiana

Compare 10 cities using FEMA's relative hurricane scores and annualized frequency for the county-equivalent areas shown.

Highest relative score

99.0/100

Jefferson Parish

Covered cities: Metairie

Lowest relative score in this set

76.1/100

Ouachita Parish

Covered cities: Monroe

These are relative FEMA scores for county-equivalent areas. They are not annual probabilities or property-level findings.

Louisiana hurricane rankings

Cities sharing a FEMA area are grouped together and receive the same score.

Rank	FEMA area and cities	Rating	Score	Annualized frequency
#1	Jefferson Parish Metairie	Relatively High	99.0/100	0.353 per year
#2	Orleans Parish New Orleans	Relatively High	98.4/100	0.266 per year
#3	Terrebonne Parish Houma	Relatively High	97.9/100	0.376 per year
#4	St. Tammany Parish Mandeville Slidell	Relatively High	97.8/100	0.230 per year
#5	Lafayette Parish Lafayette	Relatively High	97.7/100	0.170 per year
#6	East Baton Rouge Parish Baton Rouge	Relatively High	97.6/100	0.206 per year
#7	Calcasieu Parish Lake Charles	Relatively High	97.4/100	0.142 per year
#8	Caddo Parish Shreveport	Relatively Low	78.6/100	0.052 per year
#9	Ouachita Parish Monroe	Relatively Low	76.1/100	0.056 per year

Occurrence thresholds vary by hazard. The FEMA methodology defines the value for each hazard.

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Questions about hurricane risk in Louisiana

Which covered Louisiana cities have the highest relative hurricane risk?

Metairie use FEMA data for Jefferson Parish, which has the highest relative hurricane score in this covered set at 99.0/100. Cities sharing the same FEMA area share the same score.

Which covered Louisiana area has the lowest relative hurricane score?

Ouachita Parish has the lowest score in this covered set at 76.1/100. This is a relative FEMA comparison, not a declaration that every property there is safe.

Are these hurricane figures city-level?

No. The city links provide geographic navigation, while the scores and frequencies cover the FEMA county-equivalent areas shown in the table. Address-level conditions require local maps and property details.

Is the FEMA relative score an annual probability?

No. The relative score compares FEMA areas on a 0–100 scale. Annualized frequency appears separately with hazard-specific units.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.19.0, released March 2023. Hazard data covers FEMA county-equivalent areas.

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