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Hurricane history in North Carolina

North Carolina has 1,295 county-level hurricane declarations across 100 counties. Brunswick County leads with 25 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for hurricane events in this state: $1.9B.

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

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

Hurricane in North Carolina

Counties ranked by hurricane declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Brunswick County25$147.9M
2Hyde County24$22.2M
3Carteret County23$129.7M
4Craven County23$146.0M
5New Hanover County23$106.0M
6Pamlico County23$29.0M
7Pender County23$104.2M
8Beaufort County22$26.6M
9Columbus County22$28.8M
10Dare County22$73.9M
11Onslow County22$94.0M
12Jones County21$12.2M
13Lenoir County20$62.2M
14Pitt County20$52.2M
15Bladen County19$18.8M
16Chowan County19$8.4M
17Duplin County19$25.6M
18Greene County19$3.9M
19Bertie County18$9.6M
20Currituck County17$3.3M
21Sampson County17$11.6M
22Tyrrell County17$4.2M
23Wayne County17$33.6M
24Camden County16$739K
25Hertford County16$11.2M
26Martin County16$3.8M
27Pasquotank County16$8.2M
28Perquimans County16$5.3M
29Washington County16$3.9M
30Cumberland County15$73.3M
31Edgecombe County15$51.8M
32Halifax County15$11.6M
33Johnston County15$10.5M
34Northampton County15$3.5M
35Robeson County15$87.1M
36Wilson County15$11.7M
37Davidson County14$1.2M
38Gates County14$1.4M
39Nash County14$31.0M
40Anson County13$2.3M
41Hoke County13$2.8M
42Montgomery County13$2.1M
43Alamance County12$298K
44Chatham County12$637K
45Granville County12$510K
46Guilford County12$2.1M
47Harnett County12$10.6M
48Orange County12$3.8M
49Person County12$89K
50Randolph County12$2.7M
51Richmond County12$1.0M
52Scotland County12$14.0M
53Vance County12$322K
54Warren County12$292K
55Caswell County11$59K
56Durham County11$526K
57Forsyth County11$1.8M
58Franklin County11$1.1M
59Lee County11$7.5M
60Moore County11$5.8M
61Rockingham County11$357K
62Stokes County11$61K
63Wake County11$248.4M
64Ashe County10$339K
65Stanly County10$886K
66Union County10$1.4M
67Alleghany County9$24K
68Avery County9$3.3M
69Buncombe County9$12.1M
70Madison County9$1.6M
71McDowell County9$2.2M
72Polk County9$919K
73Rowan County9$792K
74Watauga County9$1.3M
75Yancey County9$2.8M
76Burke County8$849K
77Cabarrus County8$231K
78Caldwell County8$283K
79Davie County8$91K
80Haywood County8$31.4M
81Henderson County8$2.4M
82Iredell County8$1.9M
83Jackson County8$835K
84Mitchell County8$863K
85Rutherford County8$589K
86Surry County8$222K
87Transylvania County8$2.0M
88Wilkes County8$15K
89Yadkin County8$4K
90Alexander County7$2K
91Catawba County7$54K
92Cleveland County7$15K
93Gaston County7$3K
94Graham County7$0
95Lincoln County7$1K
96Macon County7$1.6M
97Mecklenburg County7$651K
98Swain County6$142K
99Cherokee County5$0
100Clay County5$0