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Most disaster-prone counties in Florida

Florida has 2,702 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 67 counties. The dominant hazard type is hurricane. Collier County leads with 54 declarations, followed by Manatee County and Bay County.

This ranking shows every county in Florida ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

Florida ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Collier County54Hurricane19652024
2Manatee County50Hurricane19682024
3Bay County49Hurricane19752024
4Sarasota County48Hurricane19682024
5Gulf County47Hurricane19752024
6Hillsborough County47Hurricane19682024
7Monroe County47Hurricane19652024
8Franklin County46Hurricane19722024
9Brevard County45Hurricane19722024
10Lee County45Hurricane19652024
11Pinellas County45Hurricane19682024
12Wakulla County45Hurricane19722024
13Dixie County44Hurricane19722024
14Pasco County44Hurricane19682024
15Volusia County44Hurricane19772024
16Broward County43Hurricane19652024
17Calhoun County43Hurricane19852024
18Levy County43Hurricane19722024
19Miami-Dade County43Hurricane19652024
20Santa Rosa County43Hurricane19702024
21Charlotte County42Hurricane19682024
22Polk County42Hurricane19772024
23Walton County42Hurricane19752024
24Duval County41Hurricane19682024
25Liberty County41Hurricane19852024
26Martin County41Hurricane19652024
27Okaloosa County41Hurricane19702024
28Palm Beach County41Hurricane19652024
29Citrus County40Hurricane19682024
30Escambia County40Hurricane19702024
31Hernando County40Hurricane19682024
32Nassau County40Hurricane19732024
33Putnam County40Hurricane19682024
34Taylor County40Hurricane19932024
35Washington County40Hurricane19752024
36Baker County39Hurricane19732024
37Gadsden County39Hurricane19852024
38Holmes County39Hurricane19752024
39Jefferson County39Hurricane19732024
40Orange County39Hurricane19772024
41Osceola County39Hurricane19772024
42Seminole County39Hurricane19772024
43Suwannee County39Hurricane19732024
44Clay County38Hurricane19922024
45DeSoto County38Hurricane19772024
46Flagler County38Hurricane19772024
47Hendry County38Hurricane19652024
48Marion County38Hurricane19682024
49St. Lucie County38Hurricane19652024
50Gilchrist County37Hurricane19732024
51Glades County37Hurricane19652024
52Hamilton County37Hurricane19732024
53Highlands County37Hurricane19772024
54Lake County37Hurricane19772024
55Columbia County36Hurricane19732024
56Hardee County36Hurricane19772024
57Leon County36Hurricane19732024
58Alachua County35Hurricane19932024
59Indian River County35Hurricane19772024
60Lafayette County35Hurricane19732024
61Okeechobee County35Hurricane19722024
62Bradford County34Hurricane19982024
63Jackson County34Hurricane19942024
64St. Johns County34Hurricane19682024
65Sumter County34Hurricane19682024
66Union County34Hurricane19922024
67Madison County33Hurricane19732024