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Costliest U.S. states for storm damage

U.S. states and territories ranked by total property and crop damage from NOAA-recorded storm events, 2015–2025. Texas tops the list.

Texas
Costliest state
$71.5B
Texas storm damage
$270.5B
Tracked damage nationwide
2015–2025
NOAA coverage
Most Disasters Most Damage Deadliest Most Injuries Most Major

Top 12 states by storm damage

Property + crop damage from NOAA-recorded storm events

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What this shows Texas has sustained the most NOAA-recorded storm damage of any state, $71.5B in property and crop losses.

Source NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database As of 2015–2025

The full ranking

Property and crop damage by state, 2015–2025.

# State Property Damage Crop Damage Total Damage Storm Events
1 Texas (TX) $70.0B $1.5B $71.5B 58,950
2 Florida (FL) $41.8B $3.0B $44.8B 13,786
3 Louisiana (LA) $37.4B $15.0M $37.4B 16,815
4 California (CA) $22.2B $173.6M $22.4B 25,383
5 Puerto Rico (PR) $19.1B $1.1M $19.1B 3,384
6 Georgia (GA) $3.8B $4.4B $8.2B 18,254
7 North Carolina (NC) $6.0B $610.8M $6.6B 18,046
8 Guam (GU) $6.1B $28.5M $6.1B 11,286
9 Colorado (CO) $5.5B $424.5M $5.9B 20,176
10 Hawaii (HI) $5.7B $6.0M $5.7B 6,326
11 Missouri (MO) $4.6B $159.4M $4.8B 25,709
12 Oregon (OR) $4.0B $127.0K $4.0B 3,908
13 Washington (WA) $3.9B $806.3K $3.9B 4,604
14 Tennessee (TN) $2.7B $9.1M $2.7B 18,988
15 Nebraska (NE) $1.5B $1.2B $2.7B 21,964
16 Michigan (MI) $2.2B $27.1M $2.2B 9,868
17 Illinois (IL) $2.1B $18.5M $2.1B 24,790
18 South Dakota (SD) $263.7M $1.7B $2.0B 25,159
19 South Carolina (SC) $913.9M $900.7M $1.8B 11,409
20 New Mexico (NM) $1.4B $863.9K $1.4B 12,318
21 Iowa (IA) $923.4M $410.1M $1.3B 23,525
22 Mississippi (MS) $1.0B $111.0M $1.2B 15,771
23 Oklahoma (OK) $1.1B $186.0K $1.1B 26,788
24 New York (NY) $1.0B $1.2M $1.0B 23,746
25 Ohio (OH) $973.7M $3.5M $977.2M 17,800
26 Arkansas (AR) $896.1M $58.6M $954.7M 15,006
27 Wisconsin (WI) $853.7M $52.7M $906.4M 15,283
28 Virginia (VA) $684.8M $193.8M $878.6M 26,216
29 Pennsylvania (PA) $713.9M $12.5M $726.5M 21,676
30 Minnesota (MN) $323.6M $293.8M $617.4M 20,942
31 Alabama (AL) $517.4M $2.1M $519.5M 16,885
32 Idaho (ID) $510.2M $1.2M $511.4M 5,654
33 North Dakota (ND) $362.3M $116.0M $478.3M 11,888
34 Kansas (KS) $313.6M $142.5M $456.0M 27,212
35 Arizona (AZ) $399.2M $4.7M $403.9M 10,437
36 Indiana (IN) $347.2M $5.3M $352.5M 14,276
37 West Virginia (WV) $323.4M $3.4M $326.8M 14,213
38 Utah (UT) $277.2M $45.7M $322.9M 4,972
39 New Jersey (NJ) $305.8M $13.0M $318.8M 8,878
40 Maryland (MD) $268.1M $97.5K $268.2M 11,236
41 Kentucky (KY) $251.7M $6.5M $258.3M 22,046
42 Vermont (VT) $230.0M $8.3M $238.3M 3,827
43 Maine (ME) $205.9M $18.8M $224.7M 5,272
44 Nevada (NV) $196.4M $2.5M $198.9M 4,981
45 Alaska (AK) $168.8M $1.0K $168.8M 2,930
46 New Hampshire (NH) $91.3M $61.5M $152.8M 2,745
47 Montana (MT) $131.4M $1.3M $132.7M 15,008
48 American Samoa (AS) $80.4M $14.3M $94.7M 385
49 Wyoming (WY) $92.5M $275.0K $92.7M 13,457
50 Massachusetts (MA) $84.6M $228.3K $84.8M 7,116
51 Connecticut (CT) $81.5M $17.0K $81.5M 2,829
52 District of Columbia (DC) $30.9M $0 $30.9M 486
53 Rhode Island (RI) $7.0M $0 $7.0M 949
54 Delaware (DE) $4.5M $0 $4.5M 1,581
55 U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) $535.8K $0 $535.8K 92
56 Northern Mariana Islands (MP) $0 $0 $0 0

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (2015-2025) NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (2015-2025)

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