Rank	State	Damage reports per million people per year
1	South Dakota	17.77
2	Kansas	14.17
3	Nebraska	11.36
4	Idaho	10.17
5	Vermont	8.79
6	Oklahoma	8.3
7	Arkansas	7.67
8	Wyoming	7.35
9	South Carolina	6.88
10	New Hampshire	6.78
11	Maine	6.52
12	North Dakota	6.34
13	Iowa	5.71
14	Tennessee	5.01
15	North Carolina	4.82
16	Kentucky	4.62
17	Delaware	4.09
18	Rhode Island	3.61
19	Georgia	3.56
20 (tie)	Pennsylvania	3.42
20 (tie)	Colorado	3.42
21	Montana	3.31
22	Maryland	3.16
23	Wisconsin	3.15
24	Massachusetts	2.97
25	Minnesota	2.88
26	Virginia	2.69
27	Michigan	2.57
28	Connecticut	2.5
29	Mississippi	2.4
30	Utah	2.32
31	Louisiana	2.28
32	West Virginia	2.21
33	Alabama	2.18
34	Indiana	1.86
35	Oregon	1.79
36	New York	1.58
37	Missouri	1.48
38	Texas	1.47
39	Florida	1.45
40	New Mexico	1.25
41	Ohio	1.09
42	Illinois	1.04
43	Arizona	0.99
44	D.C.	0.56
45	Hawaii	0.45
46	Nevada	0.44
47	Washington	0.41
48	New Jersey	0.38
49	Alaska	0.23
50	California	0.07
51	Puerto Rico	0.05

Source: Curran, Holle, and Lopez (2000)

Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001