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State Rollup · CA

California.

58 counties scored. Ranked by the Scout composite resilience index, which combines climate stability, water and food, social stability, infrastructure, and self-sufficiency.

MIN 32│MEDIAN 41│MAX 51
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Top 20 counties

Highest Scout composite scores in the state.
  1. #1
    Colusa County
    FIPS 06011·POP 21,811·#1,983 US
    51
    fair
  2. #2
    Sierra County
    FIPS 06091·POP 3,200·#2,336 US
    49
    fair
  3. #3
    Sutter County
    FIPS 06101·POP 99,621·#2,372 US
    49
    fair
  4. #4
    Kings County
    FIPS 06031·POP 152,259·#2,430 US
    48
    fair
  5. #5
    Merced County
    FIPS 06047·POP 281,054·#2,468 US
    48
    fair
  6. #6
    Yuba County
    FIPS 06115·POP 81,512·#2,470 US
    48
    fair
  7. #7
    Amador County
    FIPS 06005·POP 40,427·#2,490 US
    48
    fair
  8. #8
    Stanislaus County
    FIPS 06099·POP 552,683·#2,504 US
    48
    fair
  9. #9
    Glenn County
    FIPS 06021·POP 28,889·#2,523 US
    47
    fair
  10. #10
    Calaveras County
    FIPS 06009·POP 45,237·#2,611 US
    46
    fair
  11. #11
    Nevada County
    FIPS 06057·POP 102,095·#2,638 US
    46
    fair
  12. #12
    Imperial County
    FIPS 06025·POP 179,319·#2,645 US
    46
    fair
  13. #13
    Alpine County
    FIPS 06003·POP 1,198·#2,654 US
    46
    fair
  14. #14
    San Joaquin County
    FIPS 06077·POP 778,512·#2,717 US
    45
    fair
  15. #15
    Butte County
    FIPS 06007·POP 211,490·#2,719 US
    45
    fair
  16. #16
    Del Norte County
    FIPS 06015·POP 27,709·#2,720 US
    45
    fair
  17. #17
    Lake County
    FIPS 06033·POP 68,074·#2,723 US
    45
    fair
  18. #18
    Tuolumne County
    FIPS 06109·POP 55,536·#2,725 US
    45
    fair
  19. #19
    Tehama County
    FIPS 06103·POP 65,755·#2,745 US
    45
    fair
  20. #20
    Trinity County
    FIPS 06105·POP 15,882·#2,799 US
    44
    poor
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Bottom 10 counties

Lowest composite scores. Included for transparency, not alarm.
  1. #49
    Los Angeles County
    FIPS 06037·POP 10,005,712·#3,117 US
    32
    critical
  2. #50
    San Diego County
    FIPS 06073·POP 3,295,981·#3,109 US
    33
    critical
  3. #51
    Contra Costa County
    FIPS 06013·POP 1,165,466·#3,108 US
    33
    critical
  4. #52
    Alameda County
    FIPS 06001·POP 1,678,284·#3,105 US
    34
    critical
  5. #53
    San Bernardino County
    FIPS 06071·POP 2,179,979·#3,098 US
    35
    critical
  6. #54
    Santa Barbara County
    FIPS 06083·POP 447,998·#3,097 US
    35
    critical
  7. #55
    Riverside County
    FIPS 06065·POP 2,416,838·#3,096 US
    35
    critical
  8. #56
    Orange County
    FIPS 06059·POP 3,183,647·#3,094 US
    35
    critical
  9. #57
    San Benito County
    FIPS 06069·POP 64,102·#3,087 US
    35
    poor
  10. #58
    Monterey County
    FIPS 06053·POP 438,599·#3,075 US
    36
    poor
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Every county

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Scout composite resilience index · Get Ready

Composite combines five sub-scores using a weighted average. Source datasets: FEMA National Risk Index, NOAA temperature anomaly, NOAA precipitation normals, IRS county-to-county migration, CDC Social Vulnerability Index, USDA Rural-Urban Continuum Codes. Open Scout map.