Counties with the highest average building payment per claim
Average NFIP building payment per claim over the last 10 years. Counties with fewer than 10 claims are left out.
Top 100 countiesout of 1,425 with data
| Rank | County | State | Average payment | 10-year claims |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison | North Carolina | $170,668 | 44 |
| 2 | Laurens | South Carolina | $132,208 | 11 |
| 3 | Hardin | Texas | $131,119 | 970 |
| 4 | Carter | Missouri | $128,652 | 25 |
| 5 | Mills | Iowa | $125,327 | 34 |
| 6 | Buffalo | Nebraska | $124,473 | 48 |
| 7 | Whitfield | Georgia | $120,687 | 19 |
| 8 | Duplin | North Carolina | $119,450 | 311 |
| 9 | Kerr | Texas | $119,332 | 138 |
| 10 | Thomas | Georgia | $116,854 | 10 |
| 11 | Sioux | Iowa | $116,325 | 29 |
| 12 | Burke | North Carolina | $114,686 | 77 |
| 13 | Gladwin | Michigan | $114,282 | 11 |
| 14 | Jones | North Carolina | $111,348 | 102 |
| 15 | Nacogdoches | Texas | $110,105 | 23 |
| 16 | Rockingham | Virginia | $109,814 | 15 |
| 17 | Buncombe | North Carolina | $109,341 | 671 |
| 18 | Pinellas | Florida | $106,870 | 30,103 |
| 19 | Hickman | Tennessee | $106,729 | 32 |
| 20 | Ripley | Missouri | $106,359 | 56 |
| 21 | Davison | South Dakota | $105,234 | 17 |
| 22 | Colorado | Texas | $101,557 | 38 |
| 23 | Nicholas | Kentucky | $100,082 | 10 |
| 24 | Mitchell | North Carolina | $99,971 | 18 |
| 25 | Lee | Florida | $99,427 | 38,698 |
| 26 | Harrison | Indiana | $98,783 | 72 |
| 27 | Sebastian | Arkansas | $95,753 | 134 |
| 28 | McDowell | North Carolina | $95,543 | 69 |
| 29 | Henderson | North Carolina | $94,047 | 282 |
| 30 | Collier | Florida | $93,879 | 12,589 |
| 31 | Dickson | Tennessee | $93,692 | 28 |
| 32 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | $93,443 | 109 |
| 33 | Greene | Tennessee | $92,869 | 13 |
| 34 | Rutherford | North Carolina | $92,422 | 79 |
| 35 | Cocke | Tennessee | $90,805 | 52 |
| 36 | Carbon | Montana | $90,439 | 23 |
| 37 | Hillsborough | Florida | $90,278 | 11,409 |
| 38 | Fort Bend | Texas | $90,066 | 4,527 |
| 39 | Nome | Alaska | $89,640 | 10 |
| 40 | Citrus | Florida | $89,605 | 2,755 |
| 41 | Habersham | Georgia | $89,171 | 16 |
| 42 | Harris | Texas | $88,963 | 57,963 |
| 43 | Chaves | New Mexico | $88,514 | 91 |
| 44 | Fayette | Texas | $87,773 | 71 |
| 45 | St. Clair | Alabama | $87,762 | 10 |
| 46 | Pasco | Florida | $87,397 | 5,909 |
| 47 | Atchison | Missouri | $86,753 | 21 |
| 48 | Orange | North Carolina | $86,506 | 289 |
| 49 | San Saba | Texas | $86,429 | 12 |
| 50 | Clay | Iowa | $86,267 | 64 |
| 51 | Casey | Kentucky | $85,462 | 11 |
| 52 | Potter | Texas | $84,966 | 12 |
| 53 | Humphreys | Tennessee | $83,196 | 158 |
| 54 | Sarasota | Florida | $82,805 | 9,626 |
| 55 | Anderson | Kentucky | $82,500 | 11 |
| 56 | Manatee | Florida | $82,131 | 7,108 |
| 57 | Lincoln | New Mexico | $80,798 | 178 |
| 58 | Washington | Tennessee | $80,748 | 32 |
| 59 | Allegan | Michigan | $80,551 | 12 |
| 60 | Wise | Texas | $80,532 | 10 |
| 61 | Taylor | Florida | $80,507 | 322 |
| 62 | Mendocino | California | $80,090 | 15 |
| 63 | Yancey | North Carolina | $79,455 | 88 |
| 64 | Yankton | South Dakota | $79,451 | 16 |
| 65 | Avery | North Carolina | $79,266 | 144 |
| 66 | St. John the Baptist | Louisiana | $79,025 | 3,988 |
| 67 | Spokane | Washington | $78,496 | 13 |
| 68 | Jefferson | Texas | $78,063 | 10,607 |
| 69 | Henry | Virginia | $77,467 | 15 |
| 70 | Orange | Texas | $77,359 | 6,755 |
| 71 | Union | South Dakota | $77,346 | 26 |
| 72 | Levy | Florida | $77,040 | 472 |
| 73 | Franklin | Kentucky | $76,811 | 186 |
| 74 | Montgomery | Texas | $76,252 | 4,434 |
| 75 | Christian | Missouri | $76,160 | 18 |
| 76 | Garrard | Kentucky | $75,017 | 11 |
| 77 | Ellis | Texas | $74,852 | 62 |
| 78 | Stanly | North Carolina | $74,847 | 28 |
| 79 | Santa Barbara | California | $74,550 | 400 |
| 80 | Chambers | Texas | $74,008 | 1,124 |
| 81 | Phelps | Missouri | $73,968 | 35 |
| 82 | Gulf | Florida | $73,557 | 1,006 |
| 83 | Woodford | Kentucky | $72,917 | 134 |
| 84 | Galveston | Texas | $72,372 | 10,394 |
| 85 | Riley | Kansas | $71,960 | 65 |
| 86 | Ashe | North Carolina | $71,941 | 90 |
| 87 | St. Louis | Missouri | $71,608 | 42 |
| 88 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | $71,122 | 252 |
| 89 | Wayne | Ohio | $70,319 | 22 |
| 90 | Windsor | Vermont | $70,006 | 153 |
| 91 | Waller | Texas | $69,681 | 354 |
| 92 | Wharton | Texas | $69,138 | 563 |
| 93 | Transylvania | North Carolina | $68,877 | 79 |
| 94 | Clay | Florida | $68,306 | 858 |
| 95 | Tom Green | Texas | $67,750 | 79 |
| 96 | Massac | Illinois | $67,378 | 14 |
| 97 | Craven | North Carolina | $66,508 | 2,785 |
| 98 | Providence | Rhode Island | $66,474 | 159 |
| 99 | Bay | Florida | $65,499 | 2,802 |
| 100 | Whatcom | Washington | $64,972 | 684 |
Only NFIP-insured losses are counted. More about the data