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Geography Statistics > Tornadoes > Total number (per capita) (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  South Dakota:146.791 per 100,000 people 
#2  North Dakota:125.495 per 100,000 people 
#3  Nebraska:95.122 per 100,000 people 
#4  Wyoming:85.216 per 100,000 people 
#5  Kansas:76.876 per 100,000 people 
#6  Oklahoma:64.827 per 100,000 people 
#7  Iowa:46.32 per 100,000 people 
#8  Mississippi:35.569 per 100,000 people 
#9  Arkansas:30.729 per 100,000 people 
#10  Montana:25.436 per 100,000 people 
#11  Texas:24.016 per 100,000 people 
#12  Louisiana:24.007 per 100,000 people 
#13  Colorado:23.858 per 100,000 people 
#14  New Mexico:20.224 per 100,000 people 
#15  Missouri:20.102 per 100,000 people 
#16  Alabama:19.439 per 100,000 people 
#17  Minnesota:16.209 per 100,000 people 
#18  Wisconsin:15.245 per 100,000 people 
#19  Indiana:14.126 per 100,000 people 
#20  Florida:11.293 per 100,000 people 
#21  South Carolina:9.941 per 100,000 people 
#22  Georgia:9.788 per 100,000 people 
#23  Kentucky:8.938 per 100,000 people 
#24  Illinois:8.908 per 100,000 people 
#25  Tennessee:8.419 per 100,000 people 
#26  Idaho:8.047 per 100,000 people 
#27  Michigan:7.035 per 100,000 people 
#28  North Carolina:6.795 per 100,000 people 
#29  Maine:6.205 per 100,000 people 
#30  Delaware:6.165 per 100,000 people 
#31  Ohio:5.652 per 100,000 people 
#32  New Hampshire:5.496 per 100,000 people 
#33  Vermont:5.136 per 100,000 people 
#34  West Virginia:4.568 per 100,000 people 
#35  Virginia:3.687 per 100,000 people 
#36  Pennsylvania:3.628 per 100,000 people 
#37  Utah:3.077 per 100,000 people 
#38  Arizona:2.61 per 100,000 people 
#39  Maryland:2.589 per 100,000 people 
#40  Hawaii:2.196 per 100,000 people 
#41  Massachusetts:2.094 per 100,000 people 
#42  Nevada:1.988 per 100,000 people 
#43  Connecticut:1.738 per 100,000 people 
#44  New York:1.293 per 100,000 people 
#45  New Jersey:1.285 per 100,000 people 
#46  Oregon:1.208 per 100,000 people 
#47  Washington:0.875 per 100,000 people 
#48  Rhode Island:0.743 per 100,000 people 
#49  California:0.592 per 100,000 people 
#50  Puerto Rico:0.179 per 100,000 people 
#51  Alaska:0.151 per 100,000 people 
#52  Guam:0 per 100,000 people 
#53  District of Columbia:0 per 100,000 people 
#54  American Samoa:0 per 100,000 people 
#55  US Virgin Islands:0 per 100,000 people 
Weighted average: 19.1 per 100,000 people  


DEFINITION: Total number of tornadoes from 1950 to 1994. Per capita figures expressed per 100,000 population.

SOURCE: Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

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COMMENTARY     

Susy (Aust)
12th April 2007
While these facts aren't even up to date (1950-1994), it seems irrational to have 44 years of tornadoes logged together in the one set of research.

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