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St. James Parish Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 39th highest paid in Louisiana

Claims
342
Total paid
$7.5M
Average / claim
$22K
Building / contents
$6.0M / $1.5M

Paid by decade

1970s$11K · 5 claims
1980s$128K · 21 claims
1990s$315K · 33 claims
2000s$461K · 52 claims
2010s$5.0M · 150 claims
2020s$1.6M · 81 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2014$3.5M73 claims
2024$820K26 claims
2016$806K37 claims
2021$752K50 claims
2012$643K37 claims

Full disaster history for St. James 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.