Flood risk in Louisiana
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
64
of 65 reporting
Total NFIP claims
47,387
Total claims paid
$2,104,056,218
Active policies
54,697
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.St. John the Baptist Parish251.51 / 1k
- 2.Cameron Parish152.35 / 1k
- 3.Livingston Parish98.03 / 1k
- 4.Plaquemines Parish81.38 / 1k
- 5.Ascension Parish53.91 / 1k
- 6.St. Charles Parish48.79 / 1k
- 7.Catahoula Parish47.85 / 1k
- 8.East Baton Rouge Parish41.43 / 1k
- 9.St. Tammany Parish38.89 / 1k
- 10.Tangipahoa Parish34.59 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Lincoln Parish0.44 / 1k
- 2.De Soto Parish0.49 / 1k
- 3.Caddo Parish2.48 / 1k
- 4.Webster Parish3.38 / 1k
- 5.Bossier Parish4.34 / 1k
- 6.Beauregard Parish4.56 / 1k
- 7.West Baton Rouge Parish5.06 / 1k
- 8.Vernon Parish6.60 / 1k
- 9.Morehouse Parish6.65 / 1k
- 10.Natchitoches Parish7.28 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- County7,201 claims · high
- County4,911 claims · high
- County4,879 claims · very-high
- County3,936 claims · high
- County3,831 claims · very-high
- County3,644 claims · high
- County2,482 claims · very-high
- County2,391 claims · high
- County1,957 claims · high
- County1,683 claims · high
- County1,358 claims · high
- County907 claims · high
- County665 claims · very-high
- County643 claims · high
- County602 claims · high
- County569 claims · high
- County531 claims · high
- County469 claims · moderate
- County376 claims · high
- County363 claims · high
- County360 claims · high
- County330 claims · very-high
- County276 claims · moderate
- County235 claims · high
- County234 claims · moderate
- County211 claims · moderate
- County190 claims · high
- County185 claims · high
- County145 claims · high
- County141 claims · moderate
- County117 claims · moderate
- County115 claims · high
- County112 claims · moderate
- County110 claims · moderate
- County101 claims · moderate
- County101 claims · moderate
- County90 claims · high
- County88 claims · high
- County84 claims · high
- County80 claims · moderate
- County74 claims · moderate
- County63 claims · moderate
- County62 claims · moderate
- County51 claims · moderate
- County51 claims · moderate
- County50 claims · moderate
- County48 claims · high
- County40 claims · high
- County38 claims · moderate
- County33 claims · moderate
- County31 claims · high
- County26 claims · moderate
- County18 claims · moderate
- County17 claims · moderate
- County16 claims · moderate
- County15 claims · moderate
- County12 claims · moderate
- County9 claims · moderate
- County8 claims · low
- County8 claims · low
- County5 claims · low
- County5 claims · low
- County3 claims · moderate
- County1 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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