Payments ยท County rankings
Counties with the highest NFIP building claim payments
U.S. counties ranked by total NFIP building claim payments during the last 10 years.
Top 100 counties2,520 counties with available data
Rankings update with the underlying FEMA datasets.
| Rank | County | State | Building payments | 10-year claims |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | Texas | $4,437,495,873 | 57,974 |
| 2 | Lee | Florida | $3,470,894,219 | 38,705 |
| 3 | Pinellas | Florida | $3,078,856,381 | 30,121 |
| 4 | Collier | Florida | $987,919,829 | 12,595 |
| 5 | Hillsborough | Florida | $962,704,425 | 11,422 |
| 6 | Jefferson | Texas | $747,008,263 | 10,608 |
| 7 | Sarasota | Florida | $724,462,706 | 9,630 |
| 8 | Galveston | Texas | $637,341,846 | 10,397 |
| 9 | Manatee | Florida | $540,916,625 | 7,111 |
| 10 | Pasco | Florida | $489,680,837 | 5,931 |
| 11 | Orange | Texas | $472,583,392 | 6,756 |
| 12 | Volusia | Florida | $446,966,470 | 8,341 |
| 13 | Charlotte | Florida | $416,919,388 | 8,841 |
| 14 | Brazoria | Texas | $316,035,147 | 5,902 |
| 15 | Broward | Florida | $304,884,899 | 8,446 |
| 16 | Montgomery | Texas | $303,939,254 | 4,435 |
| 17 | St. John the Baptist | Louisiana | $303,852,037 | 3,988 |
| 18 | Fort Bend | Texas | $289,209,462 | 4,530 |
| 19 | Monroe | Florida | $277,349,987 | 8,887 |
| 20 | Citrus | Florida | $241,425,713 | 2,771 |
| 21 | Miami-Dade | Florida | $227,264,241 | 7,748 |
| 22 | St. Johns | Florida | $208,834,266 | 6,357 |
| 23 | Craven | North Carolina | $176,435,041 | 2,840 |
| 24 | Calcasieu | Louisiana | $152,126,952 | 4,203 |
| 25 | Horry | South Carolina | $147,629,316 | 3,641 |
| 26 | Duval | Florida | $145,975,107 | 3,078 |
| 27 | Jefferson | Louisiana | $133,706,593 | 5,511 |
| 28 | Bay | Florida | $121,107,859 | 2,804 |
| 29 | Nueces | Texas | $120,515,597 | 4,100 |
| 30 | Hardin | Texas | $117,246,263 | 971 |
| 31 | Westchester | New York | $112,087,972 | 2,759 |
| 32 | East Baton Rouge | Louisiana | $110,582,849 | 2,103 |
| 33 | Cameron | Texas | $110,013,208 | 2,366 |
| 34 | Baldwin | Alabama | $103,504,095 | 3,371 |
| 35 | Orleans | Louisiana | $98,786,767 | 4,806 |
| 36 | Escambia | Florida | $87,903,331 | 2,727 |
| 37 | Hernando | Florida | $85,740,842 | 1,422 |
| 38 | St. Tammany | Louisiana | $82,652,068 | 3,374 |
| 39 | Charleston | South Carolina | $81,143,700 | 3,928 |
| 40 | Hidalgo | Texas | $77,133,958 | 2,434 |
| 41 | Bergen | New Jersey | $75,534,864 | 2,279 |
| 42 | Chambers | Texas | $75,044,181 | 1,124 |
| 43 | Somerset | New Jersey | $69,820,138 | 1,115 |
| 44 | Gulf | Florida | $69,805,677 | 1,006 |
| 45 | Buncombe | North Carolina | $67,244,904 | 671 |
| 46 | Flagler | Florida | $63,765,531 | 1,755 |
| 47 | Beaufort | South Carolina | $63,520,686 | 3,587 |
| 48 | Liberty | Texas | $61,020,705 | 1,193 |
| 49 | Orange | Florida | $60,147,080 | 1,316 |
| 50 | St. Louis | Missouri | $59,794,703 | 1,213 |
| 51 | Carteret | North Carolina | $59,624,704 | 2,726 |
| 52 | Union | New Jersey | $58,730,284 | 1,846 |
| 53 | Pender | North Carolina | $57,821,162 | 1,510 |
| 54 | Montgomery | Pennsylvania | $57,626,103 | 1,116 |
| 55 | Dare | North Carolina | $52,461,255 | 3,150 |
| 56 | Clay | Florida | $51,963,602 | 913 |
| 57 | Tangipahoa | Louisiana | $49,166,160 | 1,145 |
| 58 | St. Charles | Louisiana | $48,237,496 | 1,495 |
| 59 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | $47,947,414 | 1,735 |
| 60 | Robeson | North Carolina | $47,194,826 | 1,261 |
| 61 | New Hanover | North Carolina | $45,873,108 | 2,240 |
| 62 | Middlesex | New Jersey | $45,464,285 | 1,004 |
| 63 | Aransas | Texas | $44,829,454 | 2,749 |
| 64 | Brunswick | North Carolina | $44,793,072 | 2,903 |
| 65 | Whatcom | Washington | $41,776,822 | 684 |
| 66 | Seminole | Florida | $41,289,913 | 948 |
| 67 | Essex | New Jersey | $40,168,550 | 1,176 |
| 68 | Chatham | Georgia | $39,488,426 | 2,079 |
| 69 | Suffolk | New York | $39,330,811 | 1,371 |
| 70 | Duplin | North Carolina | $37,816,320 | 382 |
| 71 | Georgetown | South Carolina | $37,350,551 | 1,437 |
| 72 | Honolulu | Hawaii | $35,530,602 | 769 |
| 73 | Nassau | New York | $35,432,248 | 2,112 |
| 74 | Levy | Florida | $35,361,532 | 474 |
| 75 | Wharton | Texas | $33,739,375 | 563 |
| 76 | Glynn | Georgia | $33,547,427 | 1,320 |
| 77 | Pamlico | North Carolina | $33,064,403 | 1,307 |
| 78 | Lafayette | Louisiana | $32,047,066 | 856 |
| 79 | Davidson | Tennessee | $31,671,720 | 988 |
| 80 | Cameron | Louisiana | $30,831,832 | 614 |
| 81 | Polk | Florida | $30,567,053 | 834 |
| 82 | Lafourche | Louisiana | $30,566,321 | 945 |
| 83 | Wayne | North Carolina | $29,722,166 | 646 |
| 84 | Passaic | New Jersey | $29,709,444 | 989 |
| 85 | Sonoma | California | $29,049,432 | 970 |
| 86 | Santa Rosa | Florida | $28,758,627 | 1,449 |
| 87 | Brevard | Florida | $27,855,880 | 1,499 |
| 88 | Lenoir | North Carolina | $27,526,780 | 436 |
| 89 | Queens | New York | $27,032,953 | 1,277 |
| 90 | Onslow | North Carolina | $26,976,619 | 1,050 |
| 91 | San Diego | California | $26,666,266 | 572 |
| 92 | Jefferson | Kentucky | $26,577,422 | 651 |
| 93 | Hyde | North Carolina | $26,535,821 | 670 |
| 94 | Taylor | Florida | $24,880,647 | 323 |
| 95 | Washington | Vermont | $24,865,788 | 457 |
| 96 | Henderson | North Carolina | $24,734,480 | 282 |
| 97 | Haywood | North Carolina | $24,707,056 | 411 |
| 98 | St. Charles | Missouri | $24,460,574 | 791 |
| 99 | York | Maine | $24,221,117 | 720 |
| 100 | Beaufort | North Carolina | $24,199,852 | 1,482 |