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Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

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

Total declarations
43
1965 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$194.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
40,105 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3638
Jan 24, 2026
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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.

Utilities$61.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$32.4M
Debris Removal$22.9M
Buildings and Equipment$13.9M
Management Costs$2.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.0M
Roads and Bridges$611K
Water Control Facilities$310K
Total PA obligated$135.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations40,105
IHP / household aid$59.8M
Housing assistance$47.0M
Other needs assistance$12.8M
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.

HurricaneAug 2021Lafayette Parish

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4611-LA · Aug 26, 2021 to Sep 3, 2021
$1.7MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lafayette Parish

COVID-19

EM-3459-LA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Lafayette Parish

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1607-LA · Sep 23, 2005 to Nov 1, 2005
$12.9MPA obligated
12,745Registrations
$9.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2002Lafayette Parish

HURRICANE LILI

DR-1437-LA · Oct 1, 2002 to Oct 16, 2002
$19.5MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms