FEMA OpenFEMA data table
Flood insurance claims by county in South Carolina
Charleston County has the most county-identified NFIP claims in South Carolina, with 19,289 claims out of 49,622 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.
| County | Total claims | Since 2016 | Outside high-risk | Total paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston County | 19,289 | 3,957 | 2,307 | $311,954,627 |
| Horry County | 12,525 | 3,713 | 2,843 | $336,945,076 |
| Beaufort County | 4,968 | 3,613 | 935 | $80,636,200 |
| Georgetown County | 4,748 | 1,458 | 442 | $114,432,635 |
| Richland County | 1,360 | 118 | 465 | $59,952,721 |
| Greenville County | 857 | 275 | 308 | $14,579,240 |
| Dorchester County | 779 | 250 | 193 | $16,782,496 |
| Colleton County | 766 | 452 | 18 | $7,219,698 |
| Lexington County | 693 | 80 | 150 | $14,118,061 |
| Berkeley County | 619 | 249 | 173 | $8,759,955 |
| Marion County | 492 | 411 | 99 | $20,498,307 |
| Florence County | 399 | 201 | 169 | $6,986,985 |
| Sumter County | 292 | 77 | 109 | $7,650,875 |
| Spartanburg County | 158 | 65 | 108 | $2,587,078 |
| Kershaw County | 122 | 64 | 23 | $972,587 |
| Orangeburg County | 122 | 51 | 55 | $3,476,956 |
| Williamsburg County | 118 | 44 | 48 | $3,355,702 |
| Jasper County | 113 | 80 | 55 | $2,599,824 |
| Darlington County | 109 | 46 | 43 | $1,541,984 |
| Dillon County | 102 | 95 | 56 | $4,811,355 |
| York County | 77 | 27 | 40 | $651,098 |
| Fairfield County | 75 | 37 | 6 | $963,664 |
| Pickens County | 63 | 22 | 30 | $1,663,894 |
| Clarendon County | 43 | 19 | 18 | $540,011 |
| Greenwood County | 43 | 24 | 15 | $772,579 |
| Aiken County | 42 | 18 | 10 | $210,939 |
| Anderson County | 39 | 17 | 23 | $927,192 |
| Newberry County | 39 | 6 | 15 | $281,310 |
| Lancaster County | 34 | 15 | 15 | $513,699 |
| Bamberg County | 33 | 17 | 16 | $1,699,644 |
| Marlboro County | 24 | 21 | 5 | $418,164 |
| Oconee County | 24 | 11 | 13 | $179,375 |
| Hampton County | 20 | 11 | 4 | $248,712 |
| Laurens County | 20 | 11 | 13 | $563,397 |
| Edgefield County | 18 | 6 | 10 | $365,781 |
| Lee County | 16 | 7 | 7 | $183,247 |
| Chesterfield County | 13 | 8 | 6 | $166,444 |
| Saluda County | 11 | 2 | 6 | $28,743 |
| Chester County | 8 | 2 | 4 | $88,553 |
| Allendale County | 6 | 3 | 3 | $282,090 |
| Barnwell County | 6 | 2 | 3 | $40,536 |
| Cherokee County | 6 | 1 | 5 | $46,078 |
| Calhoun County | 5 | 1 | 1 | $9,562 |
| Abbeville County | 2 | 2 | 0 | $27,581 |
| McCormick County | 2 | 2 | 0 | $88,141 |
| Union County | 1 | 0 | 0 | $40,524 |