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Flood history in Mississippi

Mississippi has 124 county-level flood declarations across 60 counties. Bolivar County leads with 5 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for flood events in this state: $34.6M.

This page shows every Mississippi county in Mississippi that has at least one FEMA flood 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 flood events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of flood declarations across all states, see the flood disaster type page. For all hazard types in Mississippi, see the Mississippi state page.

Flood in Mississippi

Counties ranked by flood declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Bolivar County5$3.5M
2Washington County5$3.4M
3Adams County4$491K
4Coahoma County4$5.6M
5Issaquena County4$368K
6Tunica County4$5.4M
7Warren County4$3.4M
8Claiborne County3$289K
9Humphreys County3$667K
10Jefferson County3$197K
11Lawrence County3$61K
12Lincoln County3$60K
13Marion County3$515K
14Sharkey County3$46K
15Wilkinson County3$605K
16Yazoo County3$1.9M
17Clarke County2$318K
18Copiah County2$0
19Covington County2$289K
20DeSoto County2$75K
21Forrest County2$1.1M
22Franklin County2$0
23George County2$57K
24Greene County2$468K
25Grenada County2$0
26Jefferson Davis County2$43K
27Jones County2$569K
28Leake County2$172K
29Leflore County2$219K
30Panola County2$200K
31Pearl River County2$380K
32Perry County2$916K
33Pike County2$0
34Quitman County2$1.1M
35Simpson County2$0
36Sunflower County2$183K
37Tallahatchie County2$489K
38Walthall County2$147K
39Wayne County2$968K
40Amite County1$0
41Calhoun County1$0
42Clay County1$0
43Hancock County1$0
44Harrison County1$0
45Holmes County1$155K
46Itawamba County1$0
47Jackson County1$0
48Jasper County1$0
49Kemper County1$0
50Lamar County1$98K
51Lauderdale County1$0
52Lowndes County1$0
53Monroe County1$0
54Neshoba County1$0
55Newton County1$0
56Rankin County1$0
57Smith County1$0
58Tate County1$130K
59Tishomingo County1$0
60Yalobusha County1$0