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Flood insurance claims by county in North Carolina

Dare County has the most county-identified NFIP claims in North Carolina, with 18,950 claims out of 109,593 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 North Carolina
CountyTotal claimsSince 2016Outside high-riskTotal paid
Dare County18,9503,3433,265$226,118,914
New Hanover County11,1832,2521,976$187,271,597
Brunswick County9,8792,914907$99,261,506
Beaufort County9,4621,500438$125,233,503
Carteret County8,9972,7382,235$123,147,198
Craven County6,1262,849547$236,321,325
Pender County5,8891,5201,015$117,445,916
Onslow County4,4321,065577$70,523,219
Pamlico County4,3301,309469$94,627,719
Mecklenburg County2,883447802$60,934,298
Currituck County2,0078021,174$21,684,566
Hyde County1,73468030$41,910,952
Wake County1,642357582$31,252,564
Robeson County1,4301,266266$54,534,354
Pitt County1,205315296$35,940,440
Wayne County1,193646290$46,573,944
Buncombe County1,192681295$103,929,973
Lenoir County835437137$44,295,455
Cumberland County827609498$24,794,857
Edgecombe County795377265$28,212,269
Nash County735206143$33,658,122
Haywood County73342793$35,988,788
Columbus County712503168$24,820,132
Guilford County680185264$9,376,915
Tyrrell County58823423$8,637,856
Orange County568304140$36,352,170
Duplin County542383331$52,055,079
Pasquotank County53114859$6,490,984
Wilson County498165135$12,622,823
Watauga County463250119$16,252,095
Durham County443195201$10,960,674
Henderson County442289121$29,542,117
Forsyth County440107187$4,699,299
Bertie County423175135$12,927,277
Johnston County31319395$11,310,309
Avery County28814881$14,834,767
Camden County28510914$3,395,123
Chowan County2823553$5,929,601
Cabarrus County2416684$5,312,799
Catawba County21010497$4,835,967
Jones County20512073$16,851,796
Bladen County19514970$9,057,610
Ashe County1839140$7,336,924
Alamance County1688122$5,115,090
Perquimans County1602430$975,647
Hertford County15931102$3,074,743
Washington County1573831$2,671,156
Moore County15412363$2,835,734
Transylvania County1538143$6,266,633
Sampson County1489766$6,134,255
Yancey County1469039$8,866,629
Burke County1317751$11,274,261
Rutherford County1177828$8,022,968
Harnett County1168758$2,498,787
McDowell County1116938$8,360,712
Madison County1104555$8,768,957
Rockingham County1081862$725,348
Gaston County1054028$1,335,677
Davidson County1034440$1,707,627
Jackson County974923$1,067,403
Caldwell County853622$1,546,983
Greene County825742$2,548,423
Union County814045$1,694,602
Macon County792927$1,968,753
Polk County796136$4,436,027
Surry County7288$1,192,220
Stanly County662812$2,978,546
Randolph County652032$395,181
Rowan County652641$1,114,961
Lee County633220$1,057,139
Iredell County602723$1,128,475
Cherokee County561315$948,517
Swain County56257$1,207,053
Cleveland County541512$740,447
Halifax County541327$763,111
Mitchell County501718$2,663,618
Martin County421023$621,349
Chatham County413111$2,141,124
Hoke County392621$615,585
Clay County35144$175,218
Northampton County34516$282,596
Wilkes County341412$1,379,127
Gates County26168$334,327
Richmond County251310$318,208
Franklin County2324$249,017
Scotland County20199$560,118
Stokes County1858$246,662
Granville County1564$195,670
Lincoln County15711$246,442
Alleghany County1374$475,389
Davie County1254$146,848
Vance County1238$174,497
Person County963$49,652
Graham County722$14,169
Alexander County623$41,884
Montgomery County624$80,643
Yadkin County612$6,153
Anson County413$21,525
Warren County401$0
Caswell County100$0

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