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East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for East Baton Rouge Parish.

Total declarations
47
1965 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$9.3B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
267,356 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3638
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Emergency Protective Measures$3.7B
Buildings and Equipment$3.4B
Section 324 Management Costs$636.5M
Debris Removal$440.9M
Management Costs$209.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$138.3M
Utilities$82.8M
Water Control Facilities$78.7M
Total PA obligated$8.8B

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations267,356
IHP / household aid$509.5M
Housing assistance$363.1M
Other needs assistance$146.4M
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

About this county

Disaster history context for East Baton Rouge Parish

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana has 47 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by flood. That is close to the Louisiana average of 41 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $9.3B, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.