Damage ยท County rankings
Counties with the highest flood building damage
U.S. counties ranked by total reported building damage in NFIP claims during the last 10 years.
Top 100 counties2,520 counties with available data
Rankings update with the underlying FEMA datasets.
| Rank | County | State | Building damage | 10-year claims |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | Texas | $4,582,059,019 | 57,974 |
| 2 | Lee | Florida | $3,440,626,467 | 38,705 |
| 3 | Pinellas | Florida | $3,261,437,325 | 30,121 |
| 4 | Collier | Florida | $990,085,688 | 12,595 |
| 5 | Hillsborough | Florida | $968,266,920 | 11,422 |
| 6 | Sarasota | Florida | $759,636,431 | 9,630 |
| 7 | Jefferson | Texas | $719,672,866 | 10,608 |
| 8 | Galveston | Texas | $629,507,882 | 10,397 |
| 9 | Manatee | Florida | $550,239,426 | 7,111 |
| 10 | Pasco | Florida | $492,658,636 | 5,931 |
| 11 | Orange | Texas | $449,015,922 | 6,756 |
| 12 | Volusia | Florida | $436,972,434 | 8,341 |
| 13 | Charlotte | Florida | $411,138,634 | 8,841 |
| 14 | Brazoria | Texas | $318,277,829 | 5,902 |
| 15 | Broward | Florida | $317,322,999 | 8,446 |
| 16 | Montgomery | Texas | $302,266,991 | 4,435 |
| 17 | St. John the Baptist | Louisiana | $295,031,978 | 3,988 |
| 18 | Monroe | Florida | $292,832,461 | 8,887 |
| 19 | Fort Bend | Texas | $288,043,626 | 4,530 |
| 20 | Citrus | Florida | $251,900,034 | 2,771 |
| 21 | Miami-Dade | Florida | $235,771,752 | 7,748 |
| 22 | St. Johns | Florida | $208,244,696 | 6,357 |
| 23 | Craven | North Carolina | $170,379,650 | 2,840 |
| 24 | Calcasieu | Louisiana | $153,580,939 | 4,203 |
| 25 | Duval | Florida | $144,271,786 | 3,078 |
| 26 | Horry | South Carolina | $143,464,824 | 3,641 |
| 27 | Jefferson | Louisiana | $138,657,687 | 5,511 |
| 28 | Buncombe | North Carolina | $133,851,447 | 671 |
| 29 | Bay | Florida | $125,251,767 | 2,804 |
| 30 | Nueces | Texas | $124,715,027 | 4,100 |
| 31 | Westchester | New York | $120,749,868 | 2,759 |
| 32 | Hardin | Texas | $119,528,109 | 971 |
| 33 | East Baton Rouge | Louisiana | $112,444,925 | 2,103 |
| 34 | Cameron | Texas | $106,041,652 | 2,366 |
| 35 | Baldwin | Alabama | $103,050,340 | 3,371 |
| 36 | Orleans | Louisiana | $100,812,131 | 4,806 |
| 37 | Hernando | Florida | $88,822,769 | 1,422 |
| 38 | Escambia | Florida | $87,420,360 | 2,727 |
| 39 | Charleston | South Carolina | $86,404,360 | 3,928 |
| 40 | St. Tammany | Louisiana | $85,295,678 | 3,374 |
| 41 | Bergen | New Jersey | $83,146,623 | 2,279 |
| 42 | Hidalgo | Texas | $74,381,801 | 2,434 |
| 43 | Somerset | New Jersey | $73,428,015 | 1,115 |
| 44 | Gulf | Florida | $71,308,575 | 1,006 |
| 45 | Chambers | Texas | $69,555,268 | 1,124 |
| 46 | Beaufort | South Carolina | $66,214,975 | 3,587 |
| 47 | St. Louis | Missouri | $66,032,592 | 1,213 |
| 48 | Union | New Jersey | $64,502,707 | 1,846 |
| 49 | Montgomery | Pennsylvania | $61,902,534 | 1,116 |
| 50 | Flagler | Florida | $60,631,066 | 1,755 |
| 51 | Carteret | North Carolina | $60,381,169 | 2,726 |
| 52 | Pender | North Carolina | $58,386,357 | 1,510 |
| 53 | Orange | Florida | $57,279,042 | 1,316 |
| 54 | Liberty | Texas | $56,588,161 | 1,193 |
| 55 | Dare | North Carolina | $56,028,263 | 3,150 |
| 56 | Robeson | North Carolina | $51,791,835 | 1,261 |
| 57 | Clay | Florida | $49,766,375 | 913 |
| 58 | Middlesex | New Jersey | $49,637,140 | 1,004 |
| 59 | Tangipahoa | Louisiana | $48,938,288 | 1,145 |
| 60 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | $48,277,995 | 1,735 |
| 61 | St. Charles | Louisiana | $47,632,910 | 1,495 |
| 62 | New Hanover | North Carolina | $47,325,663 | 2,240 |
| 63 | Brunswick | North Carolina | $47,228,131 | 2,903 |
| 64 | Aransas | Texas | $45,968,485 | 2,749 |
| 65 | Suffolk | New York | $42,481,661 | 1,371 |
| 66 | Essex | New Jersey | $42,267,717 | 1,176 |
| 67 | Whatcom | Washington | $41,767,907 | 684 |
| 68 | Chatham | Georgia | $40,970,178 | 2,079 |
| 69 | Georgetown | South Carolina | $39,177,177 | 1,437 |
| 70 | Duplin | North Carolina | $38,328,238 | 382 |
| 71 | Seminole | Florida | $38,121,304 | 948 |
| 72 | Nassau | New York | $38,035,871 | 2,112 |
| 73 | Cameron | Louisiana | $37,905,545 | 614 |
| 74 | Levy | Florida | $36,740,720 | 474 |
| 75 | Honolulu | Hawaii | $36,021,195 | 769 |
| 76 | Wharton | Texas | $35,280,586 | 563 |
| 77 | Glynn | Georgia | $34,883,532 | 1,320 |
| 78 | Davidson | Tennessee | $34,204,580 | 988 |
| 79 | Lafayette | Louisiana | $32,530,828 | 856 |
| 80 | Passaic | New Jersey | $32,499,092 | 989 |
| 81 | Pamlico | North Carolina | $32,216,020 | 1,307 |
| 82 | Lafourche | Louisiana | $32,055,698 | 945 |
| 83 | Sonoma | California | $31,329,829 | 970 |
| 84 | Wayne | North Carolina | $30,634,687 | 646 |
| 85 | Polk | Florida | $30,177,332 | 834 |
| 86 | Lenoir | North Carolina | $29,682,542 | 436 |
| 87 | Queens | New York | $29,151,181 | 1,277 |
| 88 | Washington | Vermont | $28,785,425 | 457 |
| 89 | Taylor | Florida | $28,690,742 | 323 |
| 90 | Henderson | North Carolina | $28,253,591 | 282 |
| 91 | Jefferson | Kentucky | $28,173,613 | 651 |
| 92 | Santa Rosa | Florida | $28,151,438 | 1,449 |
| 93 | Brevard | Florida | $27,919,526 | 1,499 |
| 94 | Onslow | North Carolina | $27,800,430 | 1,050 |
| 95 | San Diego | California | $27,540,353 | 572 |
| 96 | Midland | Michigan | $26,857,460 | 411 |
| 97 | Haywood | North Carolina | $26,805,614 | 411 |
| 98 | Beaufort | North Carolina | $26,047,476 | 1,482 |
| 99 | York | Maine | $25,601,713 | 720 |
| 100 | Hyde | North Carolina | $25,193,482 | 670 |