Flooding by state, 2016–2025
Flood and flash flood reports in each state, 2016 to 2025, with the property damage estimated in those reports.
Photo: a flooded neighbourhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 2005. Jocelyn Augustino / FEMA, public domain. Use does not imply endorsement.
Texas ranks first with 4,478, followed by Virginia (4,330) and California (4,323).
The top five states account for 28% of the national total.
The top ten
- Texas 4,478
- Virginia 4,330
- California 4,323
- Missouri 3,441
- Kentucky 2,852
- Pennsylvania 2,737
- Ohio 2,553
- New York 2,497
- North Carolina 2,294
- Arkansas 2,267
All states, ranked
| Rank | State | Flood reports | Reported damage | Per 100,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 4,478 | $47 billion | 14.3 |
| 2 | Virginia | 4,330 | $315 million | 49.1 |
| 3 | California | 4,323 | $1.9 billion | 11.0 |
| 4 | Missouri | 3,441 | $394 million | 55.1 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 2,852 | $67.9 million | 62.2 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 2,737 | $482 million | 20.9 |
| 7 | Ohio | 2,553 | $173 million | 21.5 |
| 8 | New York | 2,497 | $755 million | 12.6 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 2,294 | $3.2 billion | 20.8 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 2,267 | $47.2 million | 73.4 |
| 11 | Arizona | 2,180 | $163 million | 28.8 |
| 12 | Illinois | 2,090 | $1.2 billion | 16.4 |
| 13 | Maryland | 2,011 | $99.3 million | 32.1 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 2,003 | $235 million | 113.2 |
| 15 | Iowa | 1,952 | $203 million | 60.2 |
| 16 | Florida | 1,729 | $2.1 billion | 7.4 |
| 17 | South Dakota | 1,723 | $207 million | 186.3 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 1,620 | $434 million | 22.4 |
| 19 | Mississippi | 1,606 | $89.8 million | 54.6 |
| 20 | Louisiana | 1,536 | $10.0 billion | 33.4 |
| 21 | New Jersey | 1,472 | $227 million | 15.5 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 1,440 | $8.2 million | 35.2 |
| 23 | Kansas | 1,417 | $39.6 million | 47.7 |
| 24 | Georgia | 1,341 | $19.9 million | 12.0 |
| 25 | Indiana | 1,267 | $113 million | 18.3 |
| 26 | Alabama | 1,214 | $11.5 million | 23.5 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 1,128 | $463 million | 18.9 |
| 28 | South Carolina | 1,060 | $33.3 million | 19.3 |
| 29 | Massachusetts | 927 | $36.6 million | 13.0 |
| 30 | Minnesota | 885 | $83.1 million | 15.3 |
| 31 | Nebraska | 764 | $629 million | 38.1 |
| 32 | New Mexico | 709 | $561 million | 33.3 |
| 33 | Colorado | 642 | $15.6 million | 10.8 |
| 34 | Utah | 547 | $115 million | 15.6 |
| 35 | Maine | 514 | $202 million | 36.6 |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 426 | $87.2 million | 30.2 |
| 37 | Connecticut | 419 | $10.1 million | 11.4 |
| 38 | Michigan | 414 | $923 million | 4.1 |
| 39 | Montana | 326 | $47.7 million | 28.7 |
| 40 | Nevada | 320 | $68.3 million | 9.8 |
| 41 | Washington | 293 | $395 million | 3.7 |
| 42 | Idaho | 284 | $93.7 million | 14.2 |
| 43 | Vermont | 266 | $195 million | 41.0 |
| 44 | Delaware | 245 | $3.7 million | 23.3 |
| 45 | Alaska | 235 | $82.5 million | 31.8 |
| 46 | Oregon | 234 | $59.8 million | 5.5 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 218 | $130 million | 15.1 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 212 | $32.8 million | 36.1 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 163 | $600,000 | 23.2 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 148 | $33.6 million | 18.6 |
| 51 | Rhode Island | 132 | $1.2 million | 11.9 |
What this measures
Flash flood, flood, coastal flood and lakeshore flood events recorded by the National Weather Service.
- Standard homeowners policies generally exclude flood; flood is insured separately. These counts are storms, not claims.
- A report is one event in one county or forecast zone.
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