Flood Insurance Policies Per State

United States Flood Insurance Policies

Below is a data table that shows total number of flood insurance policies per state within the United States in 2014.

	Direct NFIP business		WYO business		Total NFIP/WYO
State	Number of policies	Insurance in force (2) ($ millions)	Number of policies	Insurance in force (2) ($ millions)	Number of policies	Insurance in force (2) ($ millions)
Alabama	10,964	$2,185.3	45,429	$10,410.0	56,393	$12,595.3
Alaska	794	171.7	2,220	580.8	3,014	752.5
Arizona	6,650	1,505.2	29,639	7,046.0	36,289	8,551.2
Arkansas	3,730	550.6	16,251	2,652.0	19,981	3,202.6
California	39,609	10,149.8	194,699	53,352.4	234,308	63,502.3
Colorado	4,757	1,106.0	18,887	4,743.2	23,644	5,849.3
Connecticut	2,913	649.7	38,941	9,825.6	41,854	10,475.3
Delaware	5,012	1,308.6	20,023	5,394.9	25,035	6,703.6
D.C.	97	25.9	2,338	438.6	2,435	464.5
Florida	163,567	41,853.7	1,783,937	425,872.4	1,947,504	467,726.1
Georgia	18,494	4,457.0	74,251	18,913.4	92,745	23,370.4
Hawaii	2,540	563.5	58,116	12,651.4	60,656	13,214.9
Idaho	1,204	271.0	5,365	1,241.0	6,569	1,512.0
Illinois	12,859	2,204.2	34,246	6,706.7	47,105	8,910.9
Indiana	6,797	1,055.4	21,179	4,026.3	27,976	5,081.7
Iowa	3,065	465.3	12,576	2,422.6	15,641	2,887.9
Kansas	2,879	444.0	9,221	1,631.7	12,100	2,075.8
Kentucky	3,912	548.3	19,572	3,137.6	23,484	3,685.9
Louisiana	127,531	30,062.3	345,011	83,712.7	472,542	113,775.0
Maine	699	139.2	8,479	1,942.2	9,178	2,081.4
Maryland	7,583	1,803.6	64,702	14,569.0	72,285	16,372.6
Massachusetts	5,646	1,242.3	53,505	14,429.4	59,151	15,671.7
Michigan	4,897	727.1	19,726	3,638.3	24,623	4,365.4
Minnesota	2,145	452.9	9,845	2,179.8	11,990	2,632.7
Mississippi	16,514	3,764.6	54,121	12,456.4	70,635	16,220.9
Missouri	4,681	730.7	19,850	3,582.0	24,531	4,312.7
Montana	1,044	199.4	5,070	1,004.2	6,114	1,203.6
Nebraska	2,642	386.6	9,277	1,687.8	11,919	2,074.4
Nevada	2,433	546.8	10,885	2,793.4	13,318	3,340.1
New Hampshire	683	139.2	8,356	1,801.3	9,039	1,940.5
New Jersey	22,333	4,319.5	215,025	53,344.0	237,358	57,663.5
New Mexico	2,602	464.7	12,645	2,492.2	15,247	2,957.0
New York	26,773	5,642.4	162,099	45,052.0	188,872	50,694.4
North Carolina	16,024	3,910.3	119,487	28,737.5	135,511	32,647.8
North Dakota	2,168	552.7	10,110	2,608.1	12,278	3,160.8
Ohio	8,127	1,155.8	31,911	5,732.7	40,038	6,888.4
Oklahoma	3,782	662.5	12,740	2,484.4	16,522	3,146.9
Oregon	6,966	1,587.7	25,055	5,945.1	32,021	7,532.8
Pennsylvania	10,786	1,712.2	58,476	11,797.8	69,262	13,509.9
Rhode Island	612	145.7	14,884	3,896.9	15,496	4,042.6
South Carolina	25,622	6,893.4	164,848	44,629.5	190,470	51,522.9
South Dakota	1,037	211.6	4,212	938.6	5,249	1,150.2
Tennessee	5,920	1,328.3	25,356	5,930.4	31,276	7,258.7
Texas	111,070	29,459.2	489,540	127,863.4	600,610	157,322.6
Utah	718	158.8	3,525	867.2	4,243	1,026.1
Vermont	378	65.8	3,937	854.3	4,315	920.1
Virginia	19,040	4,657.3	93,116	23,382.9	112,156	28,040.2
Washington	6,669	1,457.0	35,941	8,716.2	42,610	10,173.2
West Virginia	5,120	575.0	14,315	2,059.6	19,435	2,634.6
Wisconsin	2,276	359.2	13,107	2,461.1	15,383	2,820.4
Wyoming	464	101.0	1,839	430.6	2,303	531.7
American Samoa	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
Guam	168	31.0	68	15.5	236	46.5
N Mariana Islands	5	0.4	2	1.0	7	1.4
Puerto Rico	145	16.5	13,464	1,856.2	13,609	1,872.7
Virgin Islands	295	55.1	1,417	266.1	1,712	321.2
United States	745,442	$175,233.2	4,522,836	$1,097,206.2	5,268,278	$1,272,439.4

(1) Direct and WYO business may not add to total due to rounding.
(2) Total limits of liability for all policies in force.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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