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Cook County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in Illinois
Claims
15,230
Total paid
$139.1M
Average / claim
$9K
Building / contents
$121.9M / $17.3M
Paid by decade
1970s$1.1M · 450 claims
1980s$16.3M · 3,493 claims
1990s$5.3M · 1,847 claims
2000s$40.5M · 3,626 claims
2010s$68.7M · 5,165 claims
2020s$7.3M · 649 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2013 | $35.5M | 1,981 claims |
| 2008 | $33.7M | 2,048 claims |
| 2010 | $18.1M | 1,559 claims |
| 1987 | $8.5M | 939 claims |
| 2011 | $7.3M | 608 claims |
Full disaster history for Cook County →
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Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.