Louisiana cities by disaster risk

17 cities and communities with 25,000 or more people. Ratings are for the county each city sits in.

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City	County	Overall risk	Top hazard	People
New Orleans	Orleans Parish	High	Hurricane	371,853
Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	Inland flooding	222,771
Shreveport	Caddo Parish	Moderate	Inland flooding	180,982
Metairie	Jefferson Parish	High	Hurricane	139,729
Lafayette	Lafayette Parish	High	Hurricane	121,715
Lake Charles	Calcasieu Parish	High	Hurricane	81,143
Kenner	Jefferson Parish	High	Hurricane	64,904
Bossier City	Bossier Parish	Moderate	Inland flooding	62,901
Monroe	Ouachita Parish	Moderate	Inland flooding	47,004
Alexandria	Rapides Parish	Moderate	Inland flooding	44,060
Prairieville	Ascension Parish	Moderate	Hurricane	35,238
Marrero	Jefferson Parish	High	Hurricane	32,540
Houma	Terrebonne Parish	Moderate	Hurricane	32,392
Central	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	Inland flooding	29,783
Slidell	St. Tammany Parish	High	Hurricane	28,561
Laplace	St. John the Baptist Parish	Moderate	Hurricane	28,343
New Iberia	Iberia Parish	Moderate	Hurricane	27,571