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Economic & Other Societal Impacts Related to
Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, & Other Weather Phenomena
Lightning
| Rank |
State |
Injuries per million people per year |
| 1 |
Wyoming |
5.74 |
| 2 |
New Mexico |
3.89 |
| 3 |
Florida |
3.8 |
| 4 |
Arkansas |
3.26 |
| 5 |
Colorado |
3.24 |
| 6 |
Maine |
2.68 |
| 7 (tied) |
Mississippi |
2.42 |
| 7 (tied) |
Oklahoma |
2.42 |
| 8 |
S. Dakota |
2.4 |
| 9 |
N. Carolina |
2.32 |
| 10 |
Tennessee |
2.29 |
| 11 |
N.H. |
2.24 |
| 12 |
Idaho |
2.23 |
| 13 |
S. Carolina |
2.22 |
| 14 |
Kansas |
2.13 |
| 15 |
Michigan |
2.03 |
| 16 |
Georgia |
1.79 |
| 17 |
Utah |
1.78 |
| 18 (tied) |
Louisiana |
1.65 |
| 18 (tied) |
Montana |
1.65 |
| 19 (tied) |
Kentucky |
1.63 |
| 19 (tied) |
Mass. |
1.63 |
| 20 (tied) |
Alabama |
1.6 |
| 20 (tied) |
Iowa |
1.6 |
| 21 (tied) |
Delaware |
1.33 |
| 21 (tied) |
R.I. |
1.33 |
| 21 (tied) |
W. Virginia |
1.33 |
| 22 |
Nebraska |
1.27 |
| 23 |
Pennsylvania |
1.26 |
| 24 |
Arizona |
1.23 |
| 25 |
Wisconsin |
1.21 |
| 26 |
Ohio |
1.13 |
| 27 |
Virginia |
1.06 |
| 28 (tied) |
N. Dakota |
1.05 |
| 28 (tied) |
Vermont |
1.05 |
| 29 |
Maryland |
0.94 |
| 30 |
D.C. |
0.89 |
| 31 |
Indiana |
0.87 |
| 32 |
Minnesota |
0.84 |
| 33 (tied) |
New York |
0.71 |
| 33 (tied) |
Texas |
0.71 |
| 34 |
Connecticut |
0.7 |
| 35 |
Illinois |
0.69 |
| 36 |
Missouri |
0.54 |
| 37 |
Nevada |
0.52 |
| 38 |
New Jersey |
0.49 |
| 39 |
Washington |
0.27 |
| 40 |
Oregon |
0.23 |
| 41 |
Hawaii |
0.1 |
| 42 (tied) |
Puerto Rico |
0.07 |
| 42 (tied) |
California |
0.07 |
| 43 |
Alaska |
0 |
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