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Hancock County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 2nd highest paid in Mississippi
Claims
9,914
Total paid
$725.9M
Average / claim
$73K
Building / contents
$557.6M / $168.3M
Paid by decade
1970s$71K · 67 claims
1980s$1.6M · 553 claims
1990s$3.6M · 882 claims
2000s$700.3M · 7,154 claims
2010s$11.7M · 752 claims
2020s$8.7M · 506 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2005 | $684.5M | 5,305 claims |
| 2012 | $10.2M | 659 claims |
| 2002 | $7.8M | 1,030 claims |
| 2008 | $6.8M | 623 claims |
| 2021 | $6.4M | 219 claims |
Full disaster history for Hancock County →
Most-paid counties in Mississippi
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.