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Union County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 10th highest paid in New Jersey

Claims
7,502
Total paid
$163.4M
Average / claim
$22K
Building / contents
$136.9M / $26.5M

Paid by decade

1970s$508K · 261 claims
1980s$3.1M · 578 claims
1990s$15.0M · 1,652 claims
2000s$10.3M · 884 claims
2010s$67.6M · 2,335 claims
2020s$66.9M · 1,792 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2021$56.7M1,398 claims
2011$53.9M1,679 claims
2012$10.4M171 claims
1999$9.7M945 claims
2007$9.2M656 claims

Full disaster history for Union County →

Most-paid counties in New Jersey

Ocean County$2.4BMonmouth County$896.6MAtlantic County$474.2MBergen County$431.1MCape May County$404.8MPassaic County$315.2MSomerset County$239.5MMorris County$199.5M

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.