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Hancock County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
32
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$897.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
32,452 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4899
Feb 6, 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$258.8M
Buildings and Equipment$158.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$106.0M
Debris Removal$74.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$47.7M
Roads and Bridges$35.1M
Management Costs$911K
Water Control Facilities$149K
Total PA obligated$681.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations32,452
IHP / household aid$216.0M
Housing assistance$133.8M
Other needs assistance$82.1M
NFIP claims paid$743.4M
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.

HurricaneOct 2021Hancock County

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4626-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$11.0MPA obligated
374Registrations
$762KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2021Hancock County

HURRICANE IDA

EM-3569-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneDec 2020Hancock County

HURRICANE ZETA

DR-4576-MS · Oct 28, 2020 to Oct 29, 2020
$23.6MPA obligated
1,550Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2020Hancock County

HURRICANE ZETA

EM-3550-MS · Oct 27, 2020 to Oct 29, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Hancock County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$110KPA obligated
35Registrations
$120KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Hancock County

COVID-19

EM-3474-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2017Hancock County

HURRICANE NATE

DR-4350-MS · Oct 6, 2017 to Oct 10, 2017
$935KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2012Hancock County

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4081-MS · Aug 26, 2012 to Sep 11, 2012
$4.9MPA obligated
2,161Registrations
$1.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Hancock County

HURRICANE GUSTAV

DR-1794-MS · Aug 28, 2008 to Sep 8, 2008
$7.5MPA obligated
983Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Hancock County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$629.9MPA obligated
27,064Registrations
$209.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Hancock County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 20, 2004
$575KPA obligated
70Registrations
$56KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Hancock County

Hancock County, Mississippi has 32 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $897.6M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 9,870 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.