Counties with the most flood damage to buildings
Building damage reported on NFIP flood insurance claims over the last 10 years, totaled by county.
Top 100 countiesout of 2,511 with data
| Rank | County | State | Building damage | 10-year claims |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | Texas | $4,582,053,921 | 57,963 |
| 2 | Lee | Florida | $3,440,626,467 | 38,698 |
| 3 | Pinellas | Florida | $3,261,373,660 | 30,103 |
| 4 | Collier | Florida | $990,053,743 | 12,589 |
| 5 | Hillsborough | Florida | $968,197,157 | 11,409 |
| 6 | Sarasota | Florida | $759,634,112 | 9,626 |
| 7 | Jefferson | Texas | $719,653,228 | 10,607 |
| 8 | Galveston | Texas | $629,473,894 | 10,394 |
| 9 | Manatee | Florida | $550,239,268 | 7,108 |
| 10 | Pasco | Florida | $492,385,052 | 5,909 |
| 11 | Orange | Texas | $449,015,241 | 6,755 |
| 12 | Volusia | Florida | $428,982,635 | 7,887 |
| 13 | Charlotte | Florida | $411,137,373 | 8,837 |
| 14 | Brazoria | Texas | $318,190,855 | 5,899 |
| 15 | Broward | Florida | $317,312,186 | 8,426 |
| 16 | Montgomery | Texas | $302,266,991 | 4,434 |
| 17 | St. John the Baptist | Louisiana | $295,031,978 | 3,988 |
| 18 | Monroe | Florida | $292,831,902 | 8,886 |
| 19 | Fort Bend | Texas | $288,034,314 | 4,527 |
| 20 | Citrus | Florida | $251,761,731 | 2,755 |
| 21 | Miami-Dade | Florida | $235,701,893 | 7,726 |
| 22 | Craven | North Carolina | $169,681,470 | 2,785 |
| 23 | Calcasieu | Louisiana | $153,543,835 | 4,202 |
| 24 | Jefferson | Louisiana | $138,584,165 | 5,503 |
| 25 | Buncombe | North Carolina | $133,851,447 | 671 |
| 26 | Duval | Florida | $129,568,736 | 2,543 |
| 27 | Bay | Florida | $125,251,767 | 2,802 |
| 28 | Nueces | Texas | $124,715,027 | 4,100 |
| 29 | Westchester | New York | $120,747,872 | 2,758 |
| 30 | Hardin | Texas | $119,500,873 | 970 |
| 31 | East Baton Rouge | Louisiana | $112,186,090 | 2,077 |
| 32 | Horry | South Carolina | $110,479,036 | 2,282 |
| 33 | Cameron | Texas | $106,041,652 | 2,366 |
| 34 | Baldwin | Alabama | $103,050,340 | 3,370 |
| 35 | Orleans | Louisiana | $100,751,660 | 4,804 |
| 36 | Hernando | Florida | $88,730,924 | 1,416 |
| 37 | Escambia | Florida | $87,420,360 | 2,727 |
| 38 | St. Tammany | Louisiana | $85,288,716 | 3,368 |
| 39 | St. Johns | Florida | $84,800,242 | 2,925 |
| 40 | Bergen | New Jersey | $83,146,623 | 2,279 |
| 41 | Hidalgo | Texas | $74,381,801 | 2,433 |
| 42 | Somerset | New Jersey | $73,428,015 | 1,115 |
| 43 | Gulf | Florida | $71,308,575 | 1,006 |
| 44 | Chambers | Texas | $69,555,268 | 1,124 |
| 45 | St. Louis | Missouri | $66,029,657 | 1,211 |
| 46 | Union | New Jersey | $64,502,707 | 1,846 |
| 47 | Montgomery | Pennsylvania | $61,902,534 | 1,116 |
| 48 | Carteret | North Carolina | $60,263,228 | 2,710 |
| 49 | Orange | Florida | $57,261,736 | 1,301 |
| 50 | Liberty | Texas | $56,588,161 | 1,193 |
| 51 | Pender | North Carolina | $55,247,786 | 1,381 |
| 52 | Charleston | South Carolina | $53,882,508 | 2,500 |
| 53 | Middlesex | New Jersey | $49,637,140 | 1,003 |
| 54 | Tangipahoa | Louisiana | $48,891,219 | 1,137 |
| 55 | Clay | Florida | $48,785,261 | 858 |
| 56 | Flagler | Florida | $48,639,243 | 1,281 |
| 57 | St. Charles | Louisiana | $47,632,910 | 1,495 |
| 58 | New Hanover | North Carolina | $47,171,461 | 2,216 |
| 59 | Aransas | Texas | $45,968,485 | 2,749 |
| 60 | Brunswick | North Carolina | $43,756,968 | 2,491 |
| 61 | Suffolk | New York | $42,481,661 | 1,369 |
| 62 | Essex | New Jersey | $42,267,717 | 1,176 |
| 63 | Whatcom | Washington | $41,767,907 | 684 |
| 64 | Seminole | Florida | $38,101,259 | 941 |
| 65 | Nassau | New York | $38,035,871 | 2,110 |
| 66 | Cameron | Louisiana | $37,905,545 | 614 |
| 67 | Levy | Florida | $36,740,237 | 472 |
| 68 | Duplin | North Carolina | $36,458,894 | 311 |
| 69 | Honolulu | Hawaii | $36,019,706 | 768 |
| 70 | Wharton | Texas | $35,280,586 | 563 |
| 71 | Davidson | Tennessee | $34,204,580 | 988 |
| 72 | Dare | North Carolina | $33,821,560 | 1,910 |
| 73 | Passaic | New Jersey | $32,499,092 | 989 |
| 74 | Lafayette | Louisiana | $32,408,323 | 851 |
| 75 | Pamlico | North Carolina | $32,209,513 | 1,305 |
| 76 | Lafourche | Louisiana | $32,055,698 | 945 |
| 77 | Robeson | North Carolina | $31,593,751 | 849 |
| 78 | Sonoma | California | $31,329,829 | 970 |
| 79 | Polk | Florida | $30,173,129 | 830 |
| 80 | Glynn | Georgia | $29,410,533 | 1,065 |
| 81 | Queens | New York | $29,151,181 | 1,275 |
| 82 | Washington | Vermont | $28,785,425 | 457 |
| 83 | Taylor | Florida | $28,686,930 | 322 |
| 84 | Chatham | Georgia | $28,412,353 | 1,307 |
| 85 | Henderson | North Carolina | $28,253,591 | 282 |
| 86 | Jefferson | Kentucky | $28,173,613 | 650 |
| 87 | Santa Rosa | Florida | $28,151,438 | 1,449 |
| 88 | Onslow | North Carolina | $27,666,036 | 1,022 |
| 89 | San Diego | California | $27,540,353 | 571 |
| 90 | Brevard | Florida | $27,187,995 | 1,331 |
| 91 | Midland | Michigan | $26,857,460 | 411 |
| 92 | Haywood | North Carolina | $26,805,614 | 411 |
| 93 | York | Maine | $25,601,713 | 720 |
| 94 | Georgetown | South Carolina | $25,462,012 | 798 |
| 95 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | $24,173,812 | 448 |
| 96 | Beaufort | North Carolina | $23,803,656 | 1,343 |
| 97 | Hyde | North Carolina | $23,709,186 | 576 |
| 98 | Orange | North Carolina | $23,693,341 | 289 |
| 99 | Fulton | Georgia | $23,649,482 | 617 |
| 100 | Santa Barbara | California | $23,248,123 | 400 |
Only NFIP-insured losses are counted. More about the data