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Bergen County, New Jersey

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

Total declarations
32
1965 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$651.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
45,417 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4614
Sep 5, 2021
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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$254.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$169.2M
Buildings and Equipment$45.0M
Debris Removal$43.1M
Roads and Bridges$16.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$10.9M
Water Control Facilities$3.7M
Management Costs$3.7M
Total PA obligated$548.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations45,417
IHP / household aid$103.3M
Housing assistance$78.1M
Other needs assistance$25.1M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Bergen County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4488-NJ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$129.0MPA obligated
2,542Registrations
$15.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Bergen County

COVID-19

EM-3451-NJ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Bergen County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4086-NJ · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$290.1MPA obligated
13,952Registrations
$20.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormNov 2011Bergen County

SEVERE STORM

DR-4048-NJ · Oct 29, 2011 to Oct 30, 2011
$6.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Bergen County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4021-NJ · Aug 27, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$8.7MPA obligated
8,365Registrations
$19.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
OtherSep 2003Bergen County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3188-NJ · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$354KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003Bergen County

SNOW

EM-3181-NJ · Feb 16, 2003 to Feb 17, 2003
$2.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Bergen County

Bergen County, New Jersey has 32 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the New Jersey average of 30 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $651.4M, 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.