FEMA disaster declarations by state
FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), 1953 to 2026-10-02
California has had the most FEMA disaster declarations since 1953 (397), most of them for fire (299). Texas (392) and Oklahoma (259) follow. The table gives every state's declarations by incident type.
By PlainHazard Editorial · Updated · How this was measured
FEMA declarations by state
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- 59-75
- 75-89
- 89-113
- 113+
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries. OpenFEMA dataset page.
Every state, by incident type
| State | All | Fire | Severe Storm | Flood | Hurricane | Tornado | Snowstorm | Biological |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 397 | 299 | 23 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Texas | 392 | 272 | 20 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 259 | 139 | 51 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| Washington | 223 | 155 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Florida | 188 | 69 | 24 | 14 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Oregon | 174 | 129 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New Mexico | 126 | 75 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Arizona | 120 | 82 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New York | 118 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| Nevada | 116 | 90 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Montana | 113 | 68 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Colorado | 112 | 86 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 111 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Alabama | 102 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Kentucky | 99 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 99 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| South Dakota | 98 | 27 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 97 | 11 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Kansas | 96 | 14 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Alaska | 95 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 89 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| Missouri | 88 | 1 | 48 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 88 | 10 | 39 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 85 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 85 | 3 | 28 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Georgia | 81 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 81 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Iowa | 79 | 0 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Virginia | 77 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 76 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Hawaii | 75 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maine | 71 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Illinois | 68 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 63 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Vermont | 62 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Idaho | 61 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ohio | 61 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Utah | 61 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 59 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 59 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Indiana | 56 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 56 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | 51 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 51 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michigan | 46 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Wyoming | 45 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 43 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Maryland | 38 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rhode Island | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Delaware | 26 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Guam | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| District of Columbia | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marshall Islands | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.
How this was measured
Each disaster number counted once per state under its incident type. The table shows the seven most common incident types nationally; the total includes every type.
Sources
FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026; the full dataset is published by FEMA on the OpenFEMA page linked below.
Limits
An incident type names the main cause FEMA filed; a hurricane declaration can cover flood damage and a severe storm declaration tornadoes. Declarations measure federal decisions, not weather.