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Hurricane history in Alabama

Alabama has 673 county-level hurricane declarations across 67 counties. Mobile County leads with 25 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for hurricane events in this state: $1.1B.

This page shows every Alabama county in Alabama that has at least one FEMA hurricane declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to hurricane events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of hurricane declarations across all states, see the hurricane disaster type page. For all hazard types in Alabama, see the Alabama state page.

Hurricane in Alabama

Counties ranked by hurricane declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Mobile County25$362.3M
2Baldwin County23$446.4M
3Clarke County17$38.7M
4Geneva County16$10.1M
5Covington County15$8.5M
6Monroe County15$7.2M
7Washington County15$16.0M
8Butler County14$4.4M
9Choctaw County14$4.9M
10Conecuh County14$8.0M
11Escambia County14$49.9M
12Coffee County13$1.6M
13Crenshaw County13$2.1M
14Houston County12$11.7M
15Autauga County11$7.1M
16Barbour County11$2.2M
17Dale County11$1.6M
18Dallas County11$14.6M
19Henry County11$707K
20Lowndes County11$9.1M
21Marengo County11$16.0M
22Perry County11$4.4M
23Pike County11$3.6M
24Bullock County10$2.3M
25Chilton County10$10.1M
26Coosa County10$247K
27Elmore County10$2.0M
28Hale County10$2.4M
29Jefferson County10$19.5M
30Macon County10$2.1M
31Montgomery County10$35.0M
32Sumter County10$5.0M
33Talladega County10$1.5M
34Wilcox County10$11.3M
35Bibb County9$416K
36Clay County9$233K
37Greene County9$4.0M
38Pickens County9$2.1M
39Randolph County9$221K
40Russell County9$342K
41Tuscaloosa County9$3.1M
42Calhoun County8$798K
43Chambers County8$324K
44Cherokee County8$316K
45Cleburne County8$198K
46Cullman County8$1.1M
47Lee County8$1.4M
48Shelby County8$1.2M
49St. Clair County8$75K
50Tallapoosa County8$717K
51Colbert County7$586K
52DeKalb County7$309K
53Etowah County7$146K
54Lamar County7$295K
55Lauderdale County7$483K
56Marion County7$842K
57Winston County7$157K
58Blount County6$21K
59Fayette County6$25K
60Franklin County6$410K
61Jackson County6$92K
62Lawrence County6$103K
63Limestone County6$18K
64Madison County6$29K
65Marshall County6$309K
66Morgan County6$106K
67Walker County6$399K