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Lowest federal disaster history by state

Major federal disaster declarations since 2000.

Major FEMA disaster declarations affecting this county since 2000. A declaration is counted once even when several federal assistance programs apply. It measures events that crossed the federal assistance threshold, not every storm, fire or dollar of damage; use it as historic context beside FEMA's forward-looking hazard scores.

  1. 1Nevada9
  2. 2Wyoming10
  3. 3Rhode Island11
  4. 4Utah11
  5. 5Colorado12
  6. 6District of Columbia12
  7. 7Delaware12
  8. 8Michigan14
  9. 9Connecticut15
  10. 10Maryland17
  11. 11Idaho18
  12. 12Massachusetts20
  13. 13Hawaii21
  14. 14Pennsylvania21
  15. 15South Carolina21
  16. 16Indiana22
  17. 17Wisconsin22
  18. 18Arizona23
  19. 19New Mexico23
  20. 20Illinois24
  21. 21Ohio24
  22. 22Georgia25
  23. 23New Jersey25
  24. 24Oregon25
  25. 25North Carolina29
  26. 26Maine30
  27. 27Minnesota30
  28. 28Montana31
  29. 29Virginia32
  30. 30New Hampshire33
  31. 31Washington33
  32. 32Louisiana37
  33. 33North Dakota38
  34. 34Vermont38
  35. 35Texas39
  36. 36Alabama41
  37. 37Arkansas41
  38. 38Iowa41
  39. 39Florida43
  40. 40South Dakota43
  41. 41New York45
  42. 42West Virginia45
  43. 43Nebraska46
  44. 44Alaska47
  45. 45Mississippi47
  46. 46Missouri48
  47. 47Kansas49
  48. 48Kentucky49
  49. 49Tennessee49
  50. 50California53
  51. 51Oklahoma61
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