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Hurricane history in Texas

Texas has 1,204 county-level hurricane declarations across 200 counties. Aransas County leads with 18 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for hurricane events in this state: $10.1B.

This page shows every Texas county in Texas 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 Texas, see the Texas state page.

Hurricane in Texas

Counties ranked by hurricane declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Aransas County18$110.5M
2San Patricio County18$59.6M
3Nueces County17$218.6M
4Cameron County16$51.1M
5Calhoun County15$31.1M
6Hidalgo County15$43.1M
7Jim Wells County15$444K
8Kleberg County15$872K
9Refugio County15$36.3M
10Willacy County15$3.8M
11Galveston County14$1.4B
12Kenedy County14$31K
13Matagorda County14$34.5M
14Brazoria County13$264.0M
15Victoria County13$56.0M
16Bee County12$3.5M
17Bexar County12$39.4M
18Brooks County12$170K
19Fort Bend County12$280.1M
20Harris County12$3.8B
21Jackson County12$7.9M
22Jim Hogg County12$428K
23Chambers County11$153.5M
24Goliad County11$1.7M
25Wharton County11$35.6M
26Jasper County10$107.2M
27Jefferson County10$883.6M
28Liberty County10$134.9M
29Montgomery County10$265.1M
30Newton County10$28.3M
31Orange County10$489.6M
32San Jacinto County10$31.9M
33Starr County10$1.8M
34Walker County10$37.6M
35Webb County10$4.4M
36DeWitt County9$2.4M
37Hardin County9$180.4M
38Live Oak County9$666K
39Nacogdoches County9$12.1M
40Polk County9$128.2M
41Sabine County9$5.2M
42Tyler County9$64.3M
43Waller County9$9.1M
44Angelina County8$17.4M
45Austin County8$5.7M
46Bowie County8$2.9M
47Dallas County8$53.6M
48Duval County8$43K
49Lavaca County8$391K
50San Augustine County8$13.2M
51Shelby County8$3.1M
52Smith County8$523K
53Tarrant County8$16.2M
54Travis County8$873.3M
55Trinity County8$4.0M
56Anderson County7$379K
57Brazos County7$15.8M
58Cass County7$590K
59Cherokee County7$2.8M
60Colorado County7$4.2M
61Gregg County7$1.3M
62Grimes County7$6.8M
63Harrison County7$1.2M
64Madison County7$646K
65McMullen County7$34K
66Panola County7$337K
67Zapata County7$132K
68Atascosa County6$584K
69Burleson County6$271K
70Comal County6$337K
71Houston County6$4.0M
72Karnes County6$1.4M
73Leon County6$209K
74Lubbock County6$3.3M
75Marion County6$2K
76Milam County6$2.4M
77Morris County6$21K
78Rusk County6$2.0M
79Upshur County6$1.0M
80Washington County6$1.1M
81Camp County5$0
82Collin County5$7.7M
83Denton County5$883K
84El Paso County5$3.3M
85Ellis County5$195K
86Fayette County5$7.0M
87Franklin County5$0
88Gonzales County5$1.6M
89Guadalupe County5$699K
90La Salle County5$0
91Lee County5$459K
92McLennan County5$392K
93Navarro County5$60K
94Potter County5$798K
95Robertson County5$13K
96Titus County5$0
97Tom Green County5$120K
98Wood County5$34K
99Archer County4$0
100Bastrop County4$4.8M
101Bell County4$7.5M
102Caldwell County4$1.7M
103Cottle County4$72K
104Dawson County4$531K
105Dimmit County4$0
106Floyd County4$167K
107Foard County4$201K
108Freestone County4$22K
109Frio County4$342K
110Garza County4$89K
111Grayson County4$10K
112Henderson County4$392K
113Hill County4$69K
114Hopkins County4$238K
115Hunt County4$399K
116Kaufman County4$23K
117Lamar County4$0
118Lamb County4$339K
119Lynn County4$299K
120Maverick County4$548K
121Medina County4$0
122Motley County4$6K
123Parker County4$235K
124Randall County4$0
125Red River County4$0
126Terry County4$360K
127Val Verde County4$378K
128Van Zandt County4$100K
129Williamson County4$543K
130Wilson County4$0
131Wise County4$7K
132Zavala County4$1.1M
133Andrews County3$0
134Armstrong County3$0
135Bailey County3$0
136Bandera County3$3K
137Baylor County3$0
138Blanco County3$2K
139Borden County3$0
140Bosque County3$0
141Brewster County3$0
142Briscoe County3$0
143Brown County3$0
144Burnet County3$80K
145Callahan County3$0
146Carson County3$0
147Castro County3$0
148Childress County3$0
149Clay County3$0
150Cochran County3$0
151Coke County3$0
152Coleman County3$0
153Collingsworth County3$0
154Comanche County3$19K
155Concho County3$0
156Cooke County3$116K
157Coryell County3$17K
158Crane County3$0
159Crockett County3$2K
160Crosby County3$0
161Culberson County3$0
162Dallam County3$0
163Deaf Smith County3$0
164Delta County3$0
165Dickens County3$0
166Donley County3$0
167Eastland County3$23K
168Ector County3$173K
169Edwards County3$0
170Erath County3$0
171Falls County3$0
172Fannin County3$17K
173Fisher County3$0
174Gaines County3$0
175Gillespie County3$0
176Glasscock County3$0
177Gray County3$0
178Hale County3$0
179Hall County3$0
180Hamilton County3$0
181Hansford County3$0
182Hardeman County3$0
183Hartley County3$0
184Haskell County3$0
185Hays County3$237K
186Hemphill County3$0
187Hockley County3$0
188Hood County3$0
189Howard County3$187K
190Hudspeth County3$0
191Hutchinson County3$0
192Irion County3$0
193Jack County3$3K
194Jeff Davis County3$0
195Johnson County3$74K
196Jones County3$0
197Kendall County3$0
198Kent County3$0
199Kerr County3$0
200Kimble County3$26K