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Flood insurance claims by county in Georgia

Chatham County has the most county-identified NFIP claims in Georgia, with 5,467 claims out of 24,479 NFIP 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 nationally. Outside-high-risk counts use records whose rated flood-zone value starts with X, B, or C.

NFIP flood insurance claim counts by county in Georgia
CountyTotal claimsSince 2016Outside high-riskTotal paid
Chatham County5,4672,1001,882$82,086,514
Fulton County3,1006401,235$94,955,693
Cobb County2,031335743$66,291,700
DeKalb County1,998334740$29,190,689
Glynn County1,9961,322377$43,317,029
Dougherty County1,25571151$28,390,738
Lee County70076165$16,691,642
Richmond County574142217$5,217,646
Gwinnett County48799241$10,342,651
Floyd County38227120$3,369,964
Camden County346218154$6,274,989
Catoosa County3247991$5,594,822
Clayton County28673115$3,311,519
Bryan County28519186$5,774,998
Muscogee County24346120$2,329,944
Douglas County21519110$6,995,969
Decatur County204849$4,789,204
Gilmer County1992055$5,225,888
Bulloch County1839640$4,875,493
Liberty County17412644$2,900,211
Columbia County1649581$2,115,378
Fayette County1635194$1,882,423
Houston County1623452$1,913,069
Bibb County1555694$3,847,173
Polk County1431920$981,213
Lowndes County1356274$4,950,030
Walker County135850$3,622,724
Mitchell County1001514$2,105,074
Whitfield County931941$5,185,711
Fannin County923318$850,397
Tift County901534$3,572,199
Seminole County801533$1,708,017
Henry County784455$1,172,779
Effingham County774931$1,139,095
Troup County761726$1,872,294
Cherokee County731648$5,597,697
Crisp County704517$2,166,802
Rockdale County701645$1,499,764
Forsyth County662750$928,252
McIntosh County665313$1,049,965
Colquitt County641027$1,288,318
Thomas County631129$2,627,056
Monroe County611511$2,987,476
Union County61273$678,151
Carroll County60930$5,488,660
White County583010$693,377
Paulding County541134$887,598
Chattooga County52611$1,686,962
Bartow County502127$906,851
Laurens County4972$1,296,201
Butts County472517$1,594,876
Hall County461335$733,454
Coffee County452017$893,776
Newton County451625$736,254
Gordon County441918$1,773,112
Ware County44145$286,599
Murray County421135$611,827
Baker County4096$642,095
Early County4073$902,055
Charlton County39712$1,131,312
Clarke County381418$205,900
Coweta County381130$461,496
Toombs County36162$458,054
Worth County35220$480,591
Walton County331019$285,751
Montgomery County32135$460,932
Rabun County31137$401,371
Towns County31177$240,889
Appling County281213$561,106
Tattnall County26165$398,974
Upson County2664$343,306
Spalding County24916$153,491
Brantley County2340$425,656
Ben Hill County2229$179,440
Habersham County22165$1,717,215
Dooly County1971$293,142
Lumpkin County1891$261,384
Long County17165$382,969
Brooks County1667$443,162
Miller County1624$333,766
Sumter County1657$125,655
Pulaski County1534$254,324
Pickens County1477$162,247
Washington County14108$223,834
Grady County1318$167,999
Stephens County1336$101,529
Barrow County11410$345,711
Harris County1134$118,019
Jeff Davis County1165$48,325
Pierce County1127$344,847
Jenkins County1024$60,817
Jones County1025$97,523
Wheeler County1050$82,094
Cook County931$146,211
Dade County926$108,696
Jasper County934$128,417
Berrien County853$155,897
Baldwin County716$85,159
Evans County762$388,589
Jackson County736$65,723
Wayne County715$56,188
Candler County651$124,028
Emanuel County632$4,777
Peach County645$237,379
Talbot County613$104,131
Telfair County600$91,966
Terrell County635$57,849
Calhoun County500$100,706
Clinch County520$1,100
Elbert County500$13,732
Lamar County541$195,644
Lanier County550$35,844
Macon County503$37,710
Putnam County524$21,863
Screven County552$182,290
Oconee County433$34,830
Pike County413$13,441
Taylor County423$7,004
Dawson County300$4,141
Heard County300$3,101
Atkinson County200$1,640
Banks County211$53,458
Burke County221$61,825
Chattahoochee County200$2,420
Greene County222$5,839
Jefferson County211$11,443
Johnson County211$36,949
Madison County211$1,448
Bacon County110$0
Bleckley County111$6,203
Dodge County111$0
Echols County111$50,711
Franklin County101$12,218
Haralson County100$40,300
Hart County101$0
Irwin County110$1,432
McDuffie County111$0
Morgan County111$0
Quitman County100$335
Randolph County110$1,035
Turner County110$0
Twiggs County101$1,563