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Hurricane history in Louisiana

Louisiana has 1,443 county-level hurricane declarations across 64 counties. Plaquemines Parish leads with 32 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for hurricane events in this state: $30.5B.

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

Hurricane in Louisiana

Counties ranked by hurricane declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Plaquemines Parish32$1.1B
2Lafourche Parish31$608.6M
3St. Charles Parish31$174.1M
4Terrebonne Parish31$1.4B
5Iberia Parish30$71.2M
6St. Bernard Parish30$2.2B
7St. John the Baptist Parish30$265.0M
8St. Mary Parish30$79.5M
9Ascension Parish29$106.6M
10Assumption Parish29$38.9M
11Jefferson Parish29$2.6B
12Livingston Parish29$154.4M
13St. Martin Parish29$22.2M
14St. Tammany Parish29$1.1B
15Tangipahoa Parish29$282.4M
16Cameron Parish28$375.3M
17Vermilion Parish28$138.1M
18St. James Parish27$82.2M
19Acadia Parish26$42.4M
20East Baton Rouge Parish26$6.6B
21Orleans Parish26$9.1B
22Washington Parish26$322.5M
23Jefferson Davis Parish25$907.1M
24St. Helena Parish25$28.8M
25Allen Parish24$44.7M
26East Feliciana Parish24$18.1M
27Iberville Parish24$37.9M
28Lafayette Parish24$140.0M
29Calcasieu Parish23$1.9B
30Pointe Coupee Parish23$27.9M
31Rapides Parish23$61.0M
32St. Landry Parish23$38.0M
33West Feliciana Parish23$9.6M
34Beauregard Parish22$183.8M
35West Baton Rouge Parish22$12.9M
36Avoyelles Parish21$7.4M
37Evangeline Parish21$11.0M
38Natchitoches Parish21$19.1M
39Ouachita Parish20$20.2M
40Vernon Parish19$37.3M
41Caldwell Parish18$637K
42Catahoula Parish18$3.8M
43Concordia Parish18$3.1M
44Franklin Parish18$6.4M
45Sabine Parish18$12.0M
46Bossier Parish17$2.5M
47Caddo Parish17$7.6M
48De Soto Parish17$718K
49Grant Parish17$22.7M
50LaSalle Parish17$1.3M
51Morehouse Parish17$4.5M
52Red River Parish17$198K
53Richland Parish17$2.5M
54Union Parish17$1.4M
55Bienville Parish16$238K
56Claiborne Parish16$7.7M
57East Carroll Parish16$1.7M
58Jackson Parish16$2.3M
59Lincoln Parish16$4.7M
60Madison Parish16$525K
61Tensas Parish16$1.3M
62West Carroll Parish16$1.1M
63Webster Parish15$900K
64Winn Parish15$13.9M