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Rapides Parish Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 20th highest paid in Louisiana

Claims
4,231
Total paid
$68.0M
Average / claim
$16K
Building / contents
$55.6M / $12.4M

Paid by decade

1970s$896K · 188 claims
1980s$7.3M · 1,143 claims
1990s$8.3M · 1,004 claims
2000s$21.8M · 939 claims
2010s$16.6M · 614 claims
2020s$13.1M · 343 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2008$17.4M566 claims
2020$12.6M298 claims
2017$7.6M213 claims
1987$3.8M372 claims
2015$2.5M123 claims

Full disaster history for Rapides 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$654.1MPlaquemines Parish$378.4M

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.