North America exposure#
This page provides a regional overview of the exposure model for North America, including summary tables and links to country-level exposure pages.
Regional description#
The regional exposure model combines country-level datasets into a harmonized representation of buildings, replacement costs, and exposed population.

Figure: Regional distribution of exposure across occupancy classes (residential, commercial, and industrial).

Figure: Regional distribution of exposure by building taxonomy classes.
Regional summary tables#
Exposure by country and occupancy (ADM0)#
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_0 | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| United States | RES | 111,074.2K | 321.8M | $69,286.9B | 71.15% | 65.16% | 60.62% |
| COM | 8,434.3K | 1.5M | $25,170.4B | 5.40% | 0.31% | 22.02% | |
| IND | 1,925.0K | 2.0M | $10,512.4B | 1.23% | 0.41% | 9.20% | |
| Mexico | RES | 18,462.2K | 128.5M | $4,171.3B | 11.83% | 26.02% | 3.65% |
| Canada | RES | 10,098.4K | 40.0M | $2,141.4B | 6.47% | 8.11% | 1.87% |
| COM | 636.4K | 0.0M | $1,774.5B | 0.41% | 0.00% | 1.55% | |
| Mexico | COM | 4,709.9K | 0.0M | $889.0B | 3.02% | 0.00% | 0.78% |
| IND | 677.8K | 0.0M | $188.1B | 0.43% | 0.00% | 0.16% | |
| Canada | IND | 89.8K | 0.0M | $170.5B | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
Exposure by country and taxonomy#
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_0 | MACRO_TAXONOMY | ||||||
| United States | W | 85,414.0K | 233,646.9K | $60,553.9B | 54.71% | 47.30% | 52.98% |
| MUR | 21,356.8K | 54,018.1K | $20,190.1B | 13.68% | 10.94% | 17.66% | |
| S | 4,728.0K | 15,398.1K | $13,283.7B | 3.03% | 3.12% | 11.62% | |
| CR- | 1,632.5K | 3,885.8K | $4,994.2B | 1.05% | 0.79% | 4.37% | |
| MR|MCF | 1,566.6K | 5,754.1K | $3,383.5B | 1.00% | 1.16% | 2.96% | |
| Mexico | MR|MCF | 10,031.8K | 59,956.6K | $2,451.5B | 6.43% | 12.14% | 2.14% |
| Canada | W | 9,106.6K | 33,592.5K | $1,558.9B | 5.83% | 6.80% | 1.36% |
| Mexico | CR- | 2,152.9K | 25,185.1K | $1,549.4B | 1.38% | 5.10% | 1.36% |
| United States | CR+ | 387.3K | 1,011.5K | $1,528.3B | 0.25% | 0.20% | 1.34% |
| OT | 6,348.3K | 11,676.2K | $1,035.9B | 4.07% | 2.36% | 0.91% | |
| Canada | CR- | 219.7K | 814.5K | $866.1B | 0.14% | 0.16% | 0.76% |
| S | 153.9K | 247.4K | $592.6B | 0.10% | 0.05% | 0.52% | |
| Mexico | MUR | 6,651.2K | 25,142.7K | $529.0B | 4.26% | 5.09% | 0.46% |
| Canada | MR|MCF | 235.4K | 1,005.6K | $503.9B | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.44% |
| MUR | 873.7K | 3,681.4K | $413.5B | 0.56% | 0.75% | 0.36% | |
| Mexico | CR+ | 678.9K | 5,661.7K | $371.2B | 0.43% | 1.15% | 0.32% |
| Canada | CR+ | 20.0K | 189.1K | $127.7B | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.11% |
| Mexico | S | 374.5K | 0.0K | $117.0B | 0.24% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| W | 1,227.6K | 4,507.1K | $111.5B | 0.79% | 0.91% | 0.10% | |
| ADO|ST|E | 2,370.1K | 6,867.2K | $85.9B | 1.52% | 1.39% | 0.08% | |
| OT | 363.0K | 1,189.1K | $32.8B | 0.23% | 0.24% | 0.03% | |
| Canada | OT | 215.2K | 518.1K | $23.6B | 0.14% | 0.10% | 0.02% |