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Ocean County, New Jersey

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

Total declarations
33
1965 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$472.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
58,093 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5581
Apr 24, 2025
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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.

Debris Removal$128.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$63.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$27.8M
Roads and Bridges$17.0M
Utilities$16.8M
Buildings and Equipment$15.6M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$914K
Water Control Facilities$126K
Total PA obligated$269.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations58,093
IHP / household aid$203.0M
Housing assistance$176.8M
Other needs assistance$26.2M
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 2020Ocean County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4488-NJ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$7.3MPA obligated
1,466Registrations
$8.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Ocean County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4086-NJ · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$243.2MPA obligated
54,707Registrations
$192.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Ocean County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3354-NJ · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Ocean County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4021-NJ · Aug 27, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$2.4MPA obligated
1,130Registrations
$1.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Ocean County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3332-NJ · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterFeb 2010Ocean County

SNOWSTORM

DR-1873-NJ · Dec 19, 2009 to Dec 20, 2009
$2.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 2003Ocean County

SNOW

EM-3181-NJ · Feb 16, 2003 to Feb 17, 2003
$1.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 1993Ocean County

SEVERE BLIZZARD

EM-3106-NJ · Mar 13, 1993 to Mar 17, 1993
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms