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New Hanover County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
32
1984 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$110.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
25,608 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3637
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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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$47.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$18.3M
Buildings and Equipment$11.5M
Water Control Facilities$5.3M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.0M
Management Costs$3.7M
Utilities$1.1M
Roads and Bridges$974K
Total PA obligated$92.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations25,608
IHP / household aid$18.7M
Housing assistance$11.5M
Other needs assistance$7.2M
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 2020New Hanover County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms