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Hurricane history in Georgia

Georgia has 1,030 county-level hurricane declarations across 159 counties. Camden County leads with 11 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for hurricane events in this state: $2.3B.

This page shows every Georgia county in Georgia 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 Georgia, see the Georgia state page.

Hurricane in Georgia

Counties ranked by hurricane declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Camden County11$9.0M
2Glynn County11$40.9M
3Brantley County10$9.4M
4Candler County10$27.3M
5Emanuel County10$62.0M
6McIntosh County10$7.9M
7Pierce County10$10.1M
8Tattnall County10$30.0M
9Toombs County10$141.5M
10Wayne County10$6.6M
11Appling County9$33.8M
12Atkinson County9$24.3M
13Bacon County9$81.5M
14Bryan County9$8.6M
15Bulloch County9$28.8M
16Charlton County9$2.2M
17Chatham County9$91.5M
18Coffee County9$109.6M
19Echols County9$4.0M
20Evans County9$5.0M
21Jeff Davis County9$85.5M
22Jenkins County9$18.8M
23Liberty County9$14.0M
24Long County9$3.0M
25Screven County9$5.8M
26Treutlen County9$24.6M
27Ware County9$22.0M
28Berrien County8$28.7M
29Brooks County8$13.0M
30Burke County8$31.2M
31Clinch County8$36.7M
32Colquitt County8$78.6M
33Cook County8$10.1M
34Effingham County8$5.4M
35Montgomery County8$6.7M
36Rabun County8$1.4M
37Thomas County8$8.4M
38Tift County8$4.8M
39Banks County7$1.1M
40Ben Hill County7$5.0M
41Bleckley County7$377K
42Clay County7$389K
43Crisp County7$4.9M
44Dawson County7$384K
45Decatur County7$9.0M
46Dodge County7$4.8M
47Dooly County7$1.5M
48Elbert County7$1.2M
49Gilmer County7$2.1M
50Grady County7$8.8M
51Habersham County7$7.4M
52Hancock County7$1.7M
53Irwin County7$16.2M
54Johnson County7$23.6M
55Lanier County7$33.5M
56Laurens County7$14.0M
57Lowndes County7$112.2M
58Lumpkin County7$1.4M
59Pike County7$23K
60Pulaski County7$307K
61Putnam County7$273K
62Telfair County7$24.1M
63Turner County7$1.1M
64Twiggs County7$166K
65Upson County7$460K
66Washington County7$29.5M
67Wheeler County7$40.9M
68White County7$398K
69Wilcox County7$115K
70Wilkes County7$7.0M
71Wilkinson County7$239K
72Worth County7$4.3M
73Baker County6$2.6M
74Butts County6$2.3M
75Calhoun County6$385K
76Carroll County6$2.9M
77Cherokee County6$1.2M
78Crawford County6$56K
79Dougherty County6$19.0M
80Early County6$1.8M
81Fannin County6$882K
82Forsyth County6$5.3M
83Franklin County6$669K
84Fulton County6$233.3M
85Glascock County6$7.3M
86Greene County6$297K
87Harris County6$123K
88Heard County6$56K
89Houston County6$1.6M
90Jasper County6$315K
91Jefferson County6$100.8M
92Jones County6$1.5M
93Lamar County6$1.1M
94Macon County6$206K
95Miller County6$1.5M
96Mitchell County6$14.4M
97Monroe County6$356K
98Paulding County6$2.0M
99Peach County6$1.3M
100Pickens County6$5.4M
101Quitman County6$102K
102Randolph County6$840K
103Schley County6$48K
104Stephens County6$911K
105Stewart County6$169K
106Sumter County6$6.6M
107Talbot County6$163K
108Taliaferro County6$309K
109Towns County6$1.4M
110Union County6$94K
111Webster County6$48K
112Baldwin County5$555K
113Bibb County5$3.1M
114Chattahoochee County5$16K
115Clayton County5$789K
116Cobb County5$1.9M
117Columbia County5$107.4M
118Dade County5$242K
119DeKalb County5$6.9M
120Douglas County5$86K
121Hall County5$1.5M
122Haralson County5$337K
123Hart County5$2.2M
124Lee County5$1.4M
125Lincoln County5$5.4M
126Madison County5$358K
127Marion County5$40K
128McDuffie County5$20.8M
129Muscogee County5$1.1M
130Oglethorpe County5$528K
131Richmond County5$136.8M
132Seminole County5$24.2M
133Spalding County5$936K
134Taylor County5$1.9M
135Terrell County5$655K
136Warren County5$5.8M
137Barrow County4$147K
138Bartow County4$0
139Catoosa County4$0
140Chattooga County4$0
141Clarke County4$430K
142Coweta County4$1.7M
143Fayette County4$256K
144Floyd County4$10K
145Gordon County4$36K
146Gwinnett County4$2.5M
147Jackson County4$4.2M
148Meriwether County4$18K
149Morgan County4$121K
150Murray County4$0
151Newton County4$3.2M
152Oconee County4$51K
153Polk County4$0
154Rockdale County4$789K
155Troup County4$353K
156Walker County4$47K
157Whitfield County4$7K
158Henry County3$298K
159Walton County3$5.6M