FEMA OpenFEMA data table
NFIP Flood Insurance Claims by County
The 10 counties with the most NFIP claims account for 30.0% of county-identified claims in FEMA OpenFEMA's NFIP Redacted Claims v3.
The table lists the 100 counties with the most claims. Select a state to see every county with reported claims in this dataset.
Published by checkmyfloodzone.com.
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (API: OpenFEMA). County names: US Census 2020 county codes. Data fetched: . Last updated: .
These are NFIP claims grouped by county of the insured property. They count insured losses only; uninsured flood damage is not in NFIP data. County was unknown for 62,433 claims. Outside-high-risk counts use records whose rated flood-zone value starts with X, B, or C.
| County | Total claims | Since 2016 | Outside high-risk | Total paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County, TX | 170,854 | 66,161 | 53.7% | $8,741,654,158 |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | 135,664 | 5,852 | 29.1% | $3,528,432,939 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | 127,255 | 4,905 | 25.0% | $7,191,289,900 |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 62,029 | 7,815 | 8.8% | $855,784,964 |
| Galveston County, TX | 60,620 | 10,476 | 30.6% | $2,448,771,843 |
| Ocean County, NJ | 52,884 | 639 | 3.8% | $2,437,771,875 |
| Pinellas County, FL | 51,779 | 30,513 | 5.2% | $3,753,631,264 |
| Nassau County, NY | 51,523 | 2,176 | 28.3% | $2,264,147,624 |
| Lee County, FL | 48,496 | 39,266 | 3.6% | $3,952,241,006 |
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | 38,420 | 4,416 | 28.1% | $1,767,219,837 |
| Broward County, FL | 35,049 | 8,553 | 11.1% | $457,930,191 |
| Suffolk County, NY | 33,936 | 1,430 | 24.1% | $1,100,169,123 |
| Cape May County, NJ | 28,016 | 1,557 | 1.0% | $404,790,468 |
| Monroe County, FL | 27,430 | 8,933 | 1.5% | $708,985,083 |
| St. Bernard Parish, LA | 23,919 | 285 | 45.1% | $2,234,407,885 |
| Jefferson County, TX | 22,715 | 10,724 | 75.8% | $1,188,348,736 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 22,575 | 13,745 | 20.7% | $1,312,375,984 |
| Brazoria County, TX | 21,436 | 6,507 | 42.7% | $627,733,625 |
| Atlantic County, NJ | 20,909 | 531 | 2.9% | $474,176,515 |
| Monmouth County, NJ | 20,039 | 557 | 17.7% | $897,831,195 |
| Baldwin County, AL | 19,745 | 3,380 | 12.9% | $652,542,771 |
| Richmond County, NY | 19,422 | 476 | 8.7% | $278,171,832 |
| Charleston County, SC | 19,289 | 3,957 | 12.0% | $311,954,627 |
| Dare County, NC | 18,950 | 3,343 | 17.2% | $226,118,914 |
| Hillsborough County, FL | 18,556 | 11,560 | 12.5% | $1,179,570,647 |
| Escambia County, FL | 16,499 | 2,744 | 22.9% | $723,207,414 |
| Harrison County, MS | 15,939 | 1,114 | 30.3% | $1,273,427,162 |
| Cook County, IL | 15,260 | 1,057 | 29.7% | $139,303,924 |
| Mobile County, AL | 15,117 | 749 | 22.2% | $362,743,978 |
| Queens County, NY | 14,948 | 1,329 | 31.8% | $694,351,784 |
| Collier County, FL | 14,773 | 12,708 | 7.2% | $1,126,256,086 |
| Livingston Parish, LA | 14,639 | 8,475 | 9.8% | $829,787,509 |
| Pasco County, FL | 14,544 | 6,560 | 6.6% | $692,125,085 |
| Bergen County, NJ | 14,477 | 2,363 | 16.2% | $431,126,073 |
| Sarasota County, FL | 14,415 | 9,725 | 12.4% | $855,965,658 |
| Passaic County, NJ | 14,385 | 1,010 | 7.7% | $315,247,185 |
| Terrebonne Parish, LA | 13,501 | 846 | 16.1% | $300,457,986 |
| Montgomery County, TX | 13,035 | 6,116 | 47.4% | $632,819,872 |
| Orange County, TX | 12,876 | 6,943 | 62.8% | $1,043,259,929 |
| Fairfield County, CT | 12,667 | 1,281 | 19.6% | $280,528,396 |
| Volusia County, FL | 12,577 | 8,561 | 37.2% | $581,352,038 |
| Horry County, SC | 12,525 | 3,713 | 22.7% | $336,945,076 |
| Westchester County, NY | 12,259 | 2,789 | 35.1% | $272,717,462 |
| St. Louis County, MO | 12,031 | 1,291 | 14.8% | $264,561,479 |
| Charlotte County, FL | 11,697 | 8,931 | 3.6% | $475,100,119 |
| Manatee County, FL | 11,389 | 7,288 | 7.3% | $650,026,003 |
| Jackson County, MS | 11,325 | 878 | 33.2% | $707,689,985 |
| New Hanover County, NC | 11,183 | 2,252 | 17.7% | $187,271,597 |
| Plymouth County, MA | 10,959 | 875 | 16.0% | $152,723,945 |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 10,758 | 1,175 | 48.5% | $72,247,684 |
| Santa Rosa County, FL | 10,439 | 1,450 | 22.4% | $519,757,766 |
| Calcasieu Parish, LA | 10,386 | 4,304 | 38.7% | $321,810,839 |
| St. Charles County, MO | 9,999 | 823 | 5.1% | $151,989,009 |
| Hancock County, MS | 9,927 | 568 | 19.8% | $726,188,259 |
| Brunswick County, NC | 9,879 | 2,914 | 9.2% | $99,261,506 |
| New Haven County, CT | 9,609 | 340 | 21.2% | $167,802,428 |
| Morris County, NJ | 9,463 | 445 | 9.1% | $199,523,674 |
| Beaufort County, NC | 9,462 | 1,500 | 4.6% | $125,233,503 |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 9,104 | 891 | 52.7% | $72,393,803 |
| Bay County, FL | 9,005 | 2,834 | 53.6% | $336,584,055 |
| Carteret County, NC | 8,997 | 2,738 | 24.8% | $123,147,198 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 8,979 | 4,013 | 33.7% | $654,179,106 |
| Nueces County, TX | 8,673 | 4,339 | 42.2% | $186,431,861 |
| Okaloosa County, FL | 8,226 | 450 | 42.8% | $282,370,489 |
| St. Johns County, FL | 7,639 | 6,372 | 15.5% | $250,094,394 |
| St. Charles Parish, LA | 7,568 | 1,631 | 25.3% | $161,058,251 |
| Union County, NJ | 7,525 | 1,879 | 24.6% | $163,433,319 |
| Sonoma County, CA | 7,403 | 974 | 11.2% | $131,759,077 |
| Fort Bend County, TX | 7,389 | 5,166 | 70.1% | $449,737,027 |
| Citrus County, FL | 7,076 | 3,918 | 1.4% | $383,405,320 |
| Cameron County, TX | 7,061 | 2,375 | 67.3% | $184,716,862 |
| Ouachita Parish, LA | 6,984 | 1,990 | 22.1% | $162,807,866 |
| Ascension Parish, LA | 6,783 | 4,359 | 18.1% | $349,328,578 |
| Lafayette Parish, LA | 6,579 | 3,430 | 37.0% | $266,274,759 |
| Somerset County, NJ | 6,502 | 1,118 | 23.3% | $239,479,124 |
| Kings County, NY | 6,319 | 733 | 33.2% | $328,174,681 |
| Virginia Beach city, VA | 6,260 | 1,791 | 26.8% | $103,108,654 |
| Lafourche Parish, LA | 6,203 | 1,046 | 19.1% | $102,913,405 |
| Montgomery County, PA | 6,200 | 1,137 | 35.1% | $184,828,524 |
| Craven County, NC | 6,126 | 2,849 | 8.9% | $236,321,325 |
| Plaquemines Parish, LA | 6,086 | 451 | 26.3% | $378,424,886 |
| Duval County, FL | 6,064 | 3,091 | 50.5% | $214,273,907 |
| Norfolk city, VA | 6,019 | 506 | 20.0% | $68,209,026 |
| Pender County, NC | 5,889 | 1,520 | 17.2% | $117,445,916 |
| Essex County, NJ | 5,845 | 1,189 | 24.0% | $163,904,323 |
| Hampton city, VA | 5,774 | 227 | 8.9% | $71,914,874 |
| Brevard County, FL | 5,690 | 1,514 | 60.8% | $69,026,816 |
| Jefferson County, KY | 5,557 | 662 | 17.9% | $98,621,357 |
| Chatham County, GA | 5,467 | 2,100 | 34.4% | $82,086,514 |
| Essex County, MA | 5,456 | 784 | 24.6% | $94,023,070 |
| Bucks County, PA | 5,260 | 573 | 25.9% | $147,390,322 |
| Middlesex County, NJ | 5,251 | 1,021 | 25.2% | $162,768,103 |
| Dauphin County, PA | 5,248 | 218 | 20.4% | $84,911,682 |
| Hudson County, NJ | 5,198 | 848 | 13.7% | $177,262,081 |
| Beaufort County, SC | 4,968 | 3,613 | 18.8% | $80,636,200 |
| Allegheny County, PA | 4,832 | 847 | 31.1% | $81,190,469 |
| Vermilion Parish, LA | 4,799 | 1,155 | 13.3% | $170,730,880 |
| Davidson County, TN | 4,787 | 1,020 | 23.7% | $184,688,482 |
| Georgetown County, SC | 4,748 | 1,458 | 9.3% | $114,432,635 |
| Hinds County, MS | 4,716 | 446 | 21.5% | $70,749,796 |
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