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Plaquemines Parish Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 8th highest paid in Louisiana

Claims
6,086
Total paid
$378.4M
Average / claim
$62K
Building / contents
$275.5M / $102.8M

Paid by decade

1970s$101K · 33 claims
1980s$2.0M · 393 claims
1990s$3.3M · 298 claims
2000s$257.8M · 4,092 claims
2010s$96.3M · 837 claims
2020s$18.8M · 433 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2005$253.1M3,732 claims
2012$93.4M780 claims
2021$17.2M382 claims
2008$1.8M149 claims
1998$1.6M78 claims

Full disaster history for Plaquemines Parish →

Most-paid counties in Louisiana

Orleans Parish$7.2BJefferson Parish$3.5BSt. Bernard Parish$2.2BSt. Tammany Parish$1.8BEast Baton Rouge Parish$1.3BLivingston Parish$829.8MSt. John the Baptist Parish$654.1MAscension Parish$349.3M

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.