Counties where NFIP paid the most for building damage
What the NFIP paid on building claims over the last 10 years, totaled by county.
Top 100 countiesout of 2,511 with data
| Rank | County | State | Paid for buildings | 10-year claims |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | Texas | $4,437,493,630 | 57,963 |
| 2 | Lee | Florida | $3,470,894,219 | 38,698 |
| 3 | Pinellas | Florida | $3,078,806,410 | 30,103 |
| 4 | Collier | Florida | $987,889,884 | 12,589 |
| 5 | Hillsborough | Florida | $962,632,518 | 11,409 |
| 6 | Jefferson | Texas | $746,988,478 | 10,607 |
| 7 | Sarasota | Florida | $724,460,965 | 9,626 |
| 8 | Galveston | Texas | $637,305,791 | 10,394 |
| 9 | Manatee | Florida | $540,916,625 | 7,108 |
| 10 | Pasco | Florida | $489,425,619 | 5,909 |
| 11 | Orange | Texas | $472,583,392 | 6,755 |
| 12 | Volusia | Florida | $439,209,999 | 7,887 |
| 13 | Charlotte | Florida | $416,901,905 | 8,837 |
| 14 | Brazoria | Texas | $315,998,287 | 5,899 |
| 15 | Broward | Florida | $304,875,020 | 8,426 |
| 16 | Montgomery | Texas | $303,939,254 | 4,434 |
| 17 | St. John the Baptist | Louisiana | $303,852,037 | 3,988 |
| 18 | Fort Bend | Texas | $289,200,890 | 4,527 |
| 19 | Monroe | Florida | $277,349,987 | 8,886 |
| 20 | Citrus | Florida | $241,306,368 | 2,755 |
| 21 | Miami-Dade | Florida | $227,200,049 | 7,726 |
| 22 | Craven | North Carolina | $175,713,036 | 2,785 |
| 23 | Calcasieu | Louisiana | $152,090,707 | 4,202 |
| 24 | Jefferson | Louisiana | $133,639,480 | 5,503 |
| 25 | Duval | Florida | $130,796,881 | 2,543 |
| 26 | Bay | Florida | $121,107,859 | 2,802 |
| 27 | Nueces | Texas | $120,515,597 | 4,100 |
| 28 | Hardin | Texas | $117,220,027 | 970 |
| 29 | Horry | South Carolina | $114,897,167 | 2,282 |
| 30 | Westchester | New York | $112,087,080 | 2,758 |
| 31 | East Baton Rouge | Louisiana | $110,345,186 | 2,077 |
| 32 | Cameron | Texas | $110,013,208 | 2,366 |
| 33 | Baldwin | Alabama | $103,504,095 | 3,370 |
| 34 | Orleans | Louisiana | $98,731,767 | 4,804 |
| 35 | Escambia | Florida | $87,903,331 | 2,727 |
| 36 | Hernando | Florida | $85,655,873 | 1,416 |
| 37 | St. Johns | Florida | $84,603,042 | 2,925 |
| 38 | St. Tammany | Louisiana | $82,649,509 | 3,368 |
| 39 | Hidalgo | Texas | $77,133,958 | 2,433 |
| 40 | Bergen | New Jersey | $75,534,864 | 2,279 |
| 41 | Chambers | Texas | $75,044,181 | 1,124 |
| 42 | Somerset | New Jersey | $69,820,138 | 1,115 |
| 43 | Gulf | Florida | $69,805,677 | 1,006 |
| 44 | Buncombe | North Carolina | $67,244,904 | 671 |
| 45 | Liberty | Texas | $61,020,705 | 1,193 |
| 46 | Orange | Florida | $60,132,567 | 1,301 |
| 47 | St. Louis | Missouri | $59,793,767 | 1,211 |
| 48 | Carteret | North Carolina | $59,528,054 | 2,710 |
| 49 | Union | New Jersey | $58,730,284 | 1,846 |
| 50 | Montgomery | Pennsylvania | $57,626,103 | 1,116 |
| 51 | Pender | North Carolina | $54,660,637 | 1,381 |
| 52 | Flagler | Florida | $52,470,686 | 1,281 |
| 53 | Clay | Florida | $50,956,468 | 858 |
| 54 | Charleston | South Carolina | $50,308,965 | 2,500 |
| 55 | Tangipahoa | Louisiana | $49,119,182 | 1,137 |
| 56 | St. Charles | Louisiana | $48,237,496 | 1,495 |
| 57 | New Hanover | North Carolina | $45,740,178 | 2,216 |
| 58 | Middlesex | New Jersey | $45,464,285 | 1,003 |
| 59 | Aransas | Texas | $44,829,454 | 2,749 |
| 60 | Brunswick | North Carolina | $41,861,508 | 2,491 |
| 61 | Whatcom | Washington | $41,776,822 | 684 |
| 62 | Seminole | Florida | $41,269,171 | 941 |
| 63 | Essex | New Jersey | $40,168,550 | 1,176 |
| 64 | Suffolk | New York | $39,330,811 | 1,369 |
| 65 | Duplin | North Carolina | $35,954,326 | 311 |
| 66 | Honolulu | Hawaii | $35,530,602 | 768 |
| 67 | Nassau | New York | $35,432,248 | 2,110 |
| 68 | Levy | Florida | $35,361,532 | 472 |
| 69 | Wharton | Texas | $33,739,375 | 563 |
| 70 | Pamlico | North Carolina | $33,059,971 | 1,305 |
| 71 | Lafayette | Louisiana | $31,922,595 | 851 |
| 72 | Davidson | Tennessee | $31,671,720 | 988 |
| 73 | Dare | North Carolina | $31,429,167 | 1,910 |
| 74 | Cameron | Louisiana | $30,831,832 | 614 |
| 75 | Lafourche | Louisiana | $30,566,321 | 945 |
| 76 | Polk | Florida | $30,563,850 | 830 |
| 77 | Passaic | New Jersey | $29,709,444 | 989 |
| 78 | Sonoma | California | $29,049,432 | 970 |
| 79 | Robeson | North Carolina | $28,920,901 | 849 |
| 80 | Santa Rosa | Florida | $28,758,627 | 1,449 |
| 81 | Glynn | Georgia | $28,405,223 | 1,065 |
| 82 | Chatham | Georgia | $27,693,954 | 1,307 |
| 83 | Brevard | Florida | $27,168,752 | 1,331 |
| 84 | Queens | New York | $27,032,953 | 1,275 |
| 85 | Onslow | North Carolina | $26,864,717 | 1,022 |
| 86 | San Diego | California | $26,666,266 | 571 |
| 87 | Jefferson | Kentucky | $26,577,422 | 650 |
| 88 | Hyde | North Carolina | $25,189,001 | 576 |
| 89 | Taylor | Florida | $24,876,587 | 322 |
| 90 | Washington | Vermont | $24,865,788 | 457 |
| 91 | Henderson | North Carolina | $24,734,480 | 282 |
| 92 | Haywood | North Carolina | $24,707,056 | 411 |
| 93 | Georgetown | South Carolina | $24,620,422 | 798 |
| 94 | St. Charles | Missouri | $24,460,574 | 791 |
| 95 | York | Maine | $24,221,117 | 720 |
| 96 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | $23,676,618 | 448 |
| 97 | Fulton | Georgia | $23,620,274 | 617 |
| 98 | Midland | Michigan | $23,248,166 | 411 |
| 99 | Orange | North Carolina | $22,664,476 | 289 |
| 100 | Beaufort | North Carolina | $22,409,505 | 1,343 |
Only NFIP-insured losses are counted. More about the data