Flood risk in Mississippi
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
74
of 81 reporting
Total NFIP claims
5,198
Total claims paid
$109,627,978
Active policies
7,684
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Issaquena County58.67 / 1k
- 2.Hancock County33.48 / 1k
- 3.Wilkinson County28.49 / 1k
- 4.Jackson County19.31 / 1k
- 5.Washington County15.62 / 1k
- 6.Bolivar County14.44 / 1k
- 7.Sharkey County13.10 / 1k
- 8.Tunica County12.52 / 1k
- 9.Warren County10.76 / 1k
- 10.Harrison County10.75 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Pontotoc County0.00 / 1k
- 2.Neshoba County0.20 / 1k
- 3.Lincoln County0.23 / 1k
- 4.Oktibbeha County0.28 / 1k
- 5.Marshall County0.31 / 1k
- 6.Union County0.39 / 1k
- 7.Lafayette County0.43 / 1k
- 8.Copiah County0.51 / 1k
- 9.Lauderdale County0.60 / 1k
- 10.Panola County0.81 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- County1,069 claims · high
- County862 claims · high
- County649 claims · high
- County341 claims · moderate
- County270 claims · high
- County181 claims · high
- County173 claims · moderate
- County169 claims · high
- County122 claims · moderate
- County115 claims · moderate
- County107 claims · moderate
- County93 claims · high
- County88 claims · moderate
- County79 claims · moderate
- County59 claims · moderate
- County50 claims · moderate
- County47 claims · moderate
- County45 claims · high
- County41 claims · moderate
- County40 claims · moderate
- County33 claims · moderate
- County33 claims · moderate
- County31 claims · moderate
- County30 claims · moderate
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- County28 claims · moderate
- County27 claims · moderate
- County27 claims · high
- County23 claims · very-high
- County22 claims · moderate
- County22 claims · moderate
- County20 claims · moderate
- County18 claims · moderate
- County18 claims · high
- County17 claims · low
- County16 claims · moderate
- County13 claims · moderate
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- County10 claims · moderate
- County10 claims · low
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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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