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Biological history in North Carolina

North Carolina has 200 county-level biological declarations across 100 counties. Alamance County leads with 2 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for biological events in this state: $2.1B.

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

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

Biological in North Carolina

Counties ranked by biological declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Alamance County2$3.6M
2Alexander County2$215K
3Alleghany County2$71K
4Anson County2$188K
5Ashe County2$541K
6Avery County2$704K
7Beaufort County2$855K
8Bertie County2$460K
9Bladen County2$194K
10Brunswick County2$1.9M
11Buncombe County2$4.1M
12Burke County2$3.2M
13Cabarrus County2$3.5M
14Caldwell County2$2.0M
15Camden County2$35K
16Carteret County2$1.3M
17Caswell County2$103K
18Catawba County2$5.7M
19Chatham County2$236K
20Cherokee County2$307K
21Chowan County2$259K
22Clay County2$130K
23Cleveland County2$2.2M
24Columbus County2$1.4M
25Craven County2$4.3M
26Cumberland County2$24.5M
27Currituck County2$18K
28Dare County2$435K
29Davidson County2$1.2M
30Davie County2$216K
31Duplin County2$933K
32Durham County2$43.5M
33Edgecombe County2$877K
34Forsyth County2$98.6M
35Franklin County2$184K
36Gaston County2$43.1M
37Gates County2$73K
38Graham County2$36K
39Granville County2$455K
40Greene County2$98K
41Guilford County2$86.0M
42Halifax County2$770K
43Harnett County2$11.3M
44Haywood County2$1.1M
45Henderson County2$14.1M
46Hertford County2$735K
47Hoke County2$297K
48Hyde County2$37K
49Iredell County2$2.6M
50Jackson County2$786K
51Johnston County2$1.4M
52Jones County2$118K
53Lee County2$644K
54Lenoir County2$1.0M
55Lincoln County2$632K
56Macon County2$268K
57Madison County2$75K
58Martin County2$231K
59McDowell County2$1.5M
60Mecklenburg County2$295.5M
61Mitchell County2$471K
62Montgomery County2$147K
63Moore County2$2.8M
64Nash County2$1.8M
65New Hanover County2$3.2M
66Northampton County2$197K
67Onslow County2$2.2M
68Orange County2$151.9M
69Pamlico County2$71K
70Pasquotank County2$886K
71Pender County2$161K
72Perquimans County2$129K
73Person County2$224K
74Pitt County2$4.0M
75Polk County2$162K
76Randolph County2$956K
77Richmond County2$650K
78Robeson County2$3.1M
79Rockingham County2$1.4M
80Rowan County2$1.7M
81Rutherford County2$1.6M
82Sampson County2$584K
83Scotland County2$1.2M
84Stanly County2$750K
85Stokes County2$226K
86Surry County2$1.8M
87Swain County2$44K
88Transylvania County2$260K
89Tyrrell County2$12K
90Union County2$2.3M
91Vance County2$732K
92Wake County2$1.3B
93Warren County2$66K
94Washington County2$179K
95Watauga County2$3.9M
96Wayne County2$3.1M
97Wilkes County2$809K
98Wilson County2$1.7M
99Yadkin County2$220K
100Yancey County2$264K