Counties with the most flood insurance claims
The number of NFIP flood insurance claims filed in each county over the last 10 years.
Top 100 countiesout of 2,511 with data
| Rank | County | State | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | Texas | 57,963 |
| 2 | Lee | Florida | 38,698 |
| 3 | Pinellas | Florida | 30,103 |
| 4 | Collier | Florida | 12,589 |
| 5 | Hillsborough | Florida | 11,409 |
| 6 | Jefferson | Texas | 10,607 |
| 7 | Galveston | Texas | 10,394 |
| 8 | Sarasota | Florida | 9,626 |
| 9 | Monroe | Florida | 8,886 |
| 10 | Charlotte | Florida | 8,837 |
| 11 | Broward | Florida | 8,426 |
| 12 | Volusia | Florida | 7,887 |
| 13 | Miami-Dade | Florida | 7,726 |
| 14 | Manatee | Florida | 7,108 |
| 15 | Orange | Texas | 6,755 |
| 16 | Pasco | Florida | 5,909 |
| 17 | Brazoria | Texas | 5,899 |
| 18 | Jefferson | Louisiana | 5,503 |
| 19 | Orleans | Louisiana | 4,804 |
| 20 | Fort Bend | Texas | 4,527 |
| 21 | Montgomery | Texas | 4,434 |
| 22 | Calcasieu | Louisiana | 4,202 |
| 23 | Nueces | Texas | 4,100 |
| 24 | St. John the Baptist | Louisiana | 3,988 |
| 25 | Baldwin | Alabama | 3,370 |
| 26 | St. Tammany | Louisiana | 3,368 |
| 27 | St. Johns | Florida | 2,925 |
| 28 | Bay | Florida | 2,802 |
| 29 | Craven | North Carolina | 2,785 |
| 30 | Westchester | New York | 2,758 |
| 31 | Citrus | Florida | 2,755 |
| 32 | Aransas | Texas | 2,749 |
| 33 | Escambia | Florida | 2,727 |
| 34 | Carteret | North Carolina | 2,710 |
| 35 | Duval | Florida | 2,543 |
| 36 | Charleston | South Carolina | 2,500 |
| 37 | Brunswick | North Carolina | 2,491 |
| 38 | Hidalgo | Texas | 2,433 |
| 39 | Cameron | Texas | 2,366 |
| 40 | Horry | South Carolina | 2,282 |
| 41 | Bergen | New Jersey | 2,279 |
| 42 | New Hanover | North Carolina | 2,216 |
| 43 | Nassau | New York | 2,110 |
| 44 | East Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 2,077 |
| 45 | Dare | North Carolina | 1,910 |
| 46 | Union | New Jersey | 1,846 |
| 47 | St. Charles | Louisiana | 1,495 |
| 48 | Santa Rosa | Florida | 1,449 |
| 49 | Hernando | Florida | 1,416 |
| 50 | Pender | North Carolina | 1,381 |
| 51 | Suffolk | New York | 1,369 |
| 52 | Beaufort | North Carolina | 1,343 |
| 53 | Brevard | Florida | 1,331 |
| 54 | Chatham | Georgia | 1,307 |
| 55 | Pamlico | North Carolina | 1,305 |
| 56 | Orange | Florida | 1,301 |
| 57 | Flagler | Florida | 1,281 |
| 58 | Queens | New York | 1,275 |
| 59 | St. Louis | Missouri | 1,211 |
| 60 | Liberty | Texas | 1,193 |
| 61 | Essex | New Jersey | 1,176 |
| 62 | Tangipahoa | Louisiana | 1,137 |
| 63 | Chambers | Texas | 1,124 |
| 64 | Montgomery | Pennsylvania | 1,116 |
| 65 | Somerset | New Jersey | 1,115 |
| 66 | Glynn | Georgia | 1,065 |
| 67 | Palm Beach | Florida | 1,055 |
| 68 | Onslow | North Carolina | 1,022 |
| 69 | Gulf | Florida | 1,006 |
| 70 | Middlesex | New Jersey | 1,003 |
| 71 | Passaic | New Jersey | 989 |
| 72 | Davidson | Tennessee | 988 |
| 73 | Sonoma | California | 970 |
| 74 | Hardin | Texas | 970 |
| 75 | Lafourche | Louisiana | 945 |
| 76 | Seminole | Florida | 941 |
| 77 | Beaufort | South Carolina | 922 |
| 78 | Cook | Illinois | 910 |
| 79 | Franklin | Florida | 866 |
| 80 | Clay | Florida | 858 |
| 81 | Lafayette | Louisiana | 851 |
| 82 | Plymouth | Massachusetts | 851 |
| 83 | Robeson | North Carolina | 849 |
| 84 | Hudson | New Jersey | 846 |
| 85 | Los Angeles | California | 844 |
| 86 | Polk | Florida | 830 |
| 87 | Harrison | Mississippi | 823 |
| 88 | Jackson | Mississippi | 819 |
| 89 | Allegheny | Pennsylvania | 816 |
| 90 | Georgetown | South Carolina | 798 |
| 91 | St. Charles | Missouri | 791 |
| 92 | Essex | Massachusetts | 775 |
| 93 | Honolulu | Hawaii | 768 |
| 94 | Mobile | Alabama | 741 |
| 95 | Terrebonne | Louisiana | 739 |
| 96 | York | Maine | 720 |
| 97 | Kings | New York | 697 |
| 98 | Whatcom | Washington | 684 |
| 99 | Buncombe | North Carolina | 671 |
| 100 | Rapides | Louisiana | 662 |
Only NFIP-insured losses are counted. More about the data