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Flood risk in Texas

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
182
of 204 reporting
Total NFIP claims
81,629
Total claims paid
$4,781,077,644
Active policies
70,656

Highest flood risk counties

Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.

  1. 1.Aransas County130.39 / 1k
  2. 2.Orange County116.07 / 1k
  3. 3.Jefferson County60.72 / 1k
  4. 4.Newton County44.29 / 1k
  5. 5.Galveston County41.01 / 1k
  6. 6.Chambers County39.19 / 1k
  7. 7.Hardin County28.21 / 1k
  8. 8.Brazoria County27.05 / 1k
  9. 9.Kenedy County26.32 / 1k
  10. 10.Liberty County24.69 / 1k

Lowest flood risk counties

Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.

  1. 1.Gillespie County0.09 / 1k
  2. 2.Collin County0.20 / 1k
  3. 3.Upshur County0.20 / 1k
  4. 4.Potter County0.26 / 1k
  5. 5.Cass County0.26 / 1k
  6. 6.Hale County0.27 / 1k
  7. 7.Wood County0.28 / 1k
  8. 8.Hopkins County0.29 / 1k
  9. 9.Milam County0.31 / 1k
  10. 10.Midland County0.34 / 1k

Counties by historical claims

Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.

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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