Texas Tornadoes

Year	Tornadoes	Deathes	Injuries	Cost Adjusted
1950	20	11	106	11,625,608
1951	15	3	118	8,836,782
1952	13	0	13	984,541
1953	32	150	834	73,462,944
1954	77	3	129	10,757,062
1955	104	2	63	12,703,590
1956	56	0	11	2,041,003
1957	145	38	489	60,045,024
1958	74	1	53	5,801,184
1959	86	6	64	9,481,022
1960	77	3	73	11,073,819
1961	124	11	278	12,517,080
1962	143	1	57	30,215,360
1963	82	0	6	1,622,990
1964	78	8	132	55,196,080
1965	108	6	96	6,052,982
1966	77	0	11	1,787,075
1967	232	5	44	9,228,425
1968	139	0	15	14,745,561
1969	127	3	67	9,298,566
1970	121	51	736	484,141,056
1971	191	2	178	42,994,736
1972	144	2	63	18,593,440
1973	147	14	212	16,302,450
1974	116	2	61	13,994,456
1975	117	10	58	3,142,372
1976	178	2	62	31,403,472
1977	123	1	59	30,901,120
1978	137	1	0	3,844,823
1979	157	54	1835	42,944,000
1980	152	1	52	226,093,168
1981	176	1	83	45,394,976
1982	203	13	253	37,993,808
1983	186	8	85	36,923,760
1984	93	2	93	51,644,496
1985	90	4	54	7,126,861
1986	132	3	120	34,890,240
1987	126	42	342	42,216,016
1988	89	1	22	33,819,968
1989	160	1	75	22,839,712
1990	158	2	62	46,411,200
1991	192	1	24	17,683,744
1992	189	0	53	166,005,264
1993	117	2	113	18,801,376
1994	187	4	98	132,344,496
1995	232	3	102	30,990,832
Total	5722	478	7554	1,986,918,400
Avg/year	124	10	164	43,193,872

Compared with other States, Texas ranks number 1 for frequency of Tornadoes, 1 for number of deaths, 1 for injuries and 1 for cost of damages. When we compare these statistics to other States by the frequency per square mile, Texas ranks, number 10 for the frequency of tornadoes, number 16 for fatalities, number 21 for injuries per area and number 21 for costs per area. Based on data from 1950 - 1995. Texas in 1970 had a population of 11,198,655 and between 1950 and 1995 had 5,722 tornadoes. This ranks the State number 1 in tornadoes by State. The population in 1970 divided by the number of tornadoes equals 1,957 This ranks Texas number 8 in the ratio of tornadoes to population. Texas had 478 fatalities between 1950 and 1995. Compared to other states it ranked 1 The risk of death in any one year is 1 in 1,054,267 This ranks Texas as number 7 for the risk of death by tornado . Between 1950 and 1995 the state had 7,554 injuries involving tornadoes. This ranks the state number 1 among the States for injury. The risk of injury in any one year is one in 66,712 When we divide the population by the number of injuries, the State ranks number 7 The total cost of tornadoes between 1950 and 1995 was $1,986,918,400.00 This ranks the state number 1 The cost per person for tornadoes, in the state per year, is $ 3.94 This ranks the State number 12 In costs for tornadoes per person
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