Flood history · Louisiana

Flood insurance claims in Louisiana

478,651 claims and $20.6 billion paid since 1978. Find your ZIP code.

478,651claims since 1978

$20.6 billionpaid to policyholders

287ZIP codes with 50+ claims

Claims by year

Biggest flood events

Event (top events per ZIP)	Year	Claims
Hurricane Katrina	2005	175,438
Unnamed flooding	1983	110,156
Mid-summer severe storms	2016	29,847
Hurricane Ida	2021	14,016
Hurricane Isaac	2012	12,644
Hurricane Rita	2005	9,440
Hurricane Ike	2008	7,645
Tropical Storm Isidore	2002	7,468

Louisiana ZIP codes by flood claims

ZIP codes with at least 50 claims. Select one for its full history.

ZIP	Place	County	Claims	Paid	Last 10 yrs
70072	Marrero	Jefferson Parish	17,535	$250.2 million	458
70065	Kenner	Jefferson Parish	16,090	$570.9 million	1,207
70122	New Orleans	Orleans	15,572	$1.0 billion	375
70003	Metairie	Jefferson Parish	15,506	$414.0 million	438
70458	Slidell	St. Tammany	13,746	$846.0 million	781
70126	New Orleans	Orleans	13,161	$911.2 million	264
70043	Chalmette	St. Bernard	12,005	$1.2 billion	105
70058	Harvey	Jefferson Parish	11,589	$117.0 million	285
70119	New Orleans	Orleans	11,407	$627.3 million	829
70124	New Orleans	Orleans	11,144	$1.3 billion	560
70125	New Orleans	Orleans	10,831	$471.5 million	399
70001	Metairie	Jefferson Parish	10,810	$308.2 million	203
70117	New Orleans	Orleans	10,175	$420.1 million	307
70118	New Orleans	Orleans	10,011	$328.5 million	419
70056	Gretna	Jefferson Parish	9,878	$108.6 million	241
70115	New Orleans	Orleans	8,840	$195.1 million	156
70068	La Place	St. John the Baptist	8,381	$631.5 million	3,799
70005	Metairie	Jefferson Parish	7,974	$347.2 million	179
70123	New Orleans	Jefferson Parish	7,905	$148.5 million	308
70127	New Orleans	Orleans	7,799	$658.9 million	200
70128	New Orleans	Orleans	7,024	$707.9 million	221
70726	Denham Springs	Livingston	6,851	$502.1 million	176
70006	Metairie	Jefferson Parish	6,831	$464.9 million	143
70131	New Orleans	Orleans	6,377	$33.2 million	276
70461	Slidell	St. Tammany	6,356	$412.8 million	470
70002	Metairie	Jefferson Parish	5,749	$399.0 million	106
70460	Slidell	St. Tammany	5,706	$238.9 million	489
70094	Westwego	Jefferson Parish	5,479	$32.2 million	257
70032	Arabi	St. Bernard	4,557	$331.8 million	25
70053	Gretna	Jefferson Parish	4,508	$32.5 million	51
70358	Grand Isle	Jefferson Parish	4,294	$69.3 million	555
70062	Kenner	Jefferson Parish	3,922	$72.2 million	309
70129	New Orleans	Orleans	3,789	$240.1 million	152
70114	New Orleans	Orleans	3,754	$21.2 million	120
70344	Chauvin	Terrebonne	3,632	$90.8 million	114
70047	Destrehan	St. Charles	3,219	$77.5 million	542
70363	Houma	Terrebonne	3,108	$71.7 million	208
70121	New Orleans	Jefferson Parish	3,074	$34.8 million	63
70448	Mandeville	St. Tammany	3,008	$60.5 million	338
70817	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	2,793	$134.3 million	177
70816	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	2,683	$259.6 million	171
70433	Covington	St. Tammany	2,651	$53.8 million	332
71201	Monroe	Ouachita Parish	2,650	$59.7 million	58
70605	Lake Charles	Calcasieu	2,620	$111.8 million	1,116
70769	Prairieville	Ascension	2,600	$123.1 million	161
70075	Meraux	St. Bernard	2,586	$350.8 million	24
70067	Lafitte	Jefferson Parish	2,458	$85.0 million	566
70085	Saint Bernard	St. Bernard	2,367	$149.4 million	70
70116	New Orleans	Orleans	2,326	$66.2 million	143
70607	Lake Charles	Calcasieu	2,259	$69.5 million	1,172
70092	Violet	St. Bernard	2,254	$231.9 million	57
70815	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	2,207	$154.5 million	222
70377	Montegut	Terrebonne	2,206	$43.7 million	45
70130	New Orleans	Orleans	2,115	$37.4 million	182
70560	New Iberia	Iberia	2,108	$63.1 million	134
70601	Lake Charles	Calcasieu	1,957	$57.9 million	507
70462	Springfield	Livingston	1,944	$52.9 million	148
70445	Lacombe	St. Tammany	1,907	$43.1 million	226
70737	Gonzales	Ascension	1,899	$71.3 million	166
70510	Abbeville	Vermilion	1,815	$70.1 million	82
71202	Monroe	Ouachita Parish	1,790	$34.2 million	38
70814	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,773	$97.7 million	30
70533	Erath	Vermilion	1,752	$58.7 million	34
70774	Saint Amant	Ascension	1,706	$136.5 million	20
70714	Baker	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,679	$87.5 million	64
70037	Belle Chasse	Plaquemines Parish	1,650	$31.6 million	56
70471	Mandeville	St. Tammany	1,628	$17.7 million	262
70739	Greenwell Springs	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,577	$130.0 million	13
70631	Cameron	Cameron	1,564	$94.5 million	279
70083	Port Sulphur	Plaquemines Parish	1,533	$73.9 million	247
70454	Ponchatoula	Tangipahoa	1,520	$71.9 million	383
70449	Maurepas	Livingston	1,467	$27.4 million	72
70041	Buras	Plaquemines Parish	1,433	$100.7 million	73
70353	Dulac	Terrebonne	1,405	$39.1 million	32
70357	Golden Meadow	Lafourche	1,386	$31.5 million	233
70818	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,352	$76.0 million	21
70070	Luling	St. Charles	1,341	$16.7 million	181
70087	Saint Rose	St. Charles	1,310	$28.7 million	288
70819	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,285	$73.5 million	90
70301	Thibodaux	Lafourche	1,245	$26.4 million	266
70380	Morgan City	St. Mary	1,224	$9.6 million	173
70805	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,224	$60.1 million	42
70785	Walker	Livingston	1,216	$77.0 million	70
70538	Franklin	St. Mary	1,209	$22.4 million	121
70447	Madisonville	St. Tammany	1,205	$29.4 million	337
70508	Lafayette	Lafayette	1,199	$82.4 million	223
71343	Jonesville	Catahoula	1,190	$11.1 million	107
70112	New Orleans	Orleans	1,183	$72.7 million	180
71328	Deville	Rapides	1,182	$13.6 million	47
70506	Lafayette	Lafayette	1,179	$42.3 million	109
70036	Barataria	Jefferson Parish	1,163	$33.5 million	329
70364	Houma	Terrebonne	1,151	$18.7 million	211
70706	Denham Springs	Livingston	1,125	$82.0 million	23
71203	Monroe	Ouachita Parish	1,088	$34.5 million	21
71291	West Monroe	Ouachita Parish	1,086	$28.3 million	90
70113	New Orleans	Orleans	1,085	$33.8 million	39
70809	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	1,038	$55.6 million	454
70345	Cut Off	Lafourche	1,008	$8.6 million	111
70360	Houma	Terrebonne	998	$13.0 million	164
70810	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	967	$44.0 million	373
70663	Sulphur	Calcasieu	953	$17.4 million	239
70401	Hammond	Tangipahoa	932	$34.0 million	325
70791	Zachary	East Baton Rouge Parish	912	$42.1 million	53
70615	Lake Charles	Calcasieu	906	$27.6 million	572
70079	Norco	St. Charles	888	$27.4 million	376
70592	Youngsville	Lafayette	836	$42.0 million	88
71301	Alexandria	Rapides	829	$15.4 million	125
71351	Marksville	Avoyelles	796	$4.5 million	32
70808	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	788	$16.6 million	148
70520	Carencro	Lafayette	770	$17.9 million	87
70611	Lake Charles	Calcasieu	761	$19.1 million	229
70435	Covington	St. Tammany	749	$32.7 million	102
70040	Braithwaite	Plaquemines Parish	730	$124.5 million	48
71373	Vidalia	Concordia	715	$7.5 million	28
70403	Hammond	Tangipahoa	710	$27.5 million	297
70715	Batchelor	Pointe Coupee	702	$10.3 million	29
70397	Theriot	Terrebonne	701	$22.9 million	8
70526	Crowley	Acadia	700	$11.7 million	23
71302	Alexandria	Rapides	680	$12.1 million	136
70528	Delcambre	Vermilion	667	$22.9 million	26
70811	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	649	$39.7 million	20
70503	Lafayette	Lafayette	630	$40.0 million	123
71360	Pineville	Rapides	600	$9.8 million	83
70452	Pearl River	St. Tammany	565	$8.7 million	37
70339	Pierre Part	Assumption	563	$2.9 million	48
70517	Breaux Bridge	St. Martin	547	$13.8 million	135
70354	Galliano	Lafourche	543	$4.7 million	38
70669	Westlake	Calcasieu	534	$13.3 million	103
70744	Holden	Livingston	531	$24.9 million	41
71303	Alexandria	Rapides	528	$9.7 million	172
70507	Lafayette	Lafayette	520	$6.9 million	29
70754	Livingston	Livingston	511	$21.8 million	12
70665	Sulphur	Calcasieu	507	$15.0 million	112
70645	Hackberry	Cameron	492	$26.5 million	56
70733	French Settlement	Livingston	490	$16.5 million	8
70374	Lockport	Lafourche	475	$4.6 million	70
70394	Raceland	Lafourche	466	$6.4 million	107
70373	Larose	Lafourche	446	$10.4 million	169
71418	Columbia	Caldwell	438	$5.1 million	19
70501	Lafayette	Lafayette	416	$8.8 million	98
70583	Scott	Lafayette	408	$6.6 million	12
70084	Reserve	St. John the Baptist	407	$19.3 million	186
70764	Plaquemine	Iberville	398	$5.0 million	51
70548	Kaplan	Vermilion	395	$10.7 million	56
70518	Broussard	Lafayette	391	$12.9 million	61
70802	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	386	$4.9 million	45
71111	Bossier City	Bossier	376	$6.9 million	39
70643	Grand Chenier	Cameron	376	$33.3 million	106
70578	Rayne	Acadia	375	$14.8 million	71
71106	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	373	$6.1 million	20
70582	Saint Martinville	St. Martin	373	$7.6 million	13
70820	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	367	$8.3 million	100
70634	Deridder	Beauregard	363	$5.2 million	55
70535	Eunice	St. Landry	358	$10.0 million	20
70437	Folsom	St. Tammany	354	$11.9 million	55
71105	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	348	$4.5 million	13
71269	Rayville	Richland	347	$9.6 million	49
70443	Independence	Tangipahoa	346	$13.6 million	34
70632	Creole	Cameron	340	$22.6 million	84
70455	Robert	Tangipahoa	336	$17.7 million	34
71104	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	331	$4.3 million	27
70438	Franklinton	Washington	330	$5.7 million	18
70760	New Roads	Pointe Coupee	319	$4.9 million	40
70563	New Iberia	Iberia	299	$6.3 million	50
71463	Oakdale	Allen	288	$6.9 million	73
70427	Bogalusa	Washington	287	$8.3 million	46
71112	Bossier City	Bossier	284	$5.5 million	12
70647	Iowa	Calcasieu	282	$8.2 million	203
70570	Opelousas	St. Landry	281	$6.2 million	20
70091	Venice	Plaquemines Parish	277	$18.8 million	8
70778	Sorrento	Ascension	274	$11.4 million	18
71241	Farmerville	Union	273	$7.1 million	4
71037	Haughton	Bossier	269	$11.0 million	18
70555	Maurice	Vermilion	263	$13.6 million	11
71118	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	257	$4.9 million	5
70420	Abita Springs	St. Tammany	256	$2.4 million	36
71467	Pollock	Grant	255	$2.5 million	21
70039	Boutte	St. Charles	255	$3.1 million	44
71295	Winnsboro	Franklin	247	$4.5 million	22
70030	Des Allemands	St. Charles	245	$3.1 million	70
70812	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	235	$10.9 million	28
70529	Duson	Lafayette	235	$8.7 million	14
71446	Leesville	Vernon	228	$5.4 million	41
70525	Church Point	Acadia	228	$6.2 million	12
71457	Natchitoches	Natchitoches	223	$5.6 million	11
71282	Tallulah	Madison	221	$2.3 million	23
70466	Tickfaw	Tangipahoa	214	$6.8 million	42
70775	Saint Francisville	West Feliciana	210	$4.0 million	24
71334	Ferriday	Concordia	209	$2.3 million	7
71292	West Monroe	Ouachita Parish	203	$3.4 million	13
70747	Innis	Pointe Coupee	200	$1.8 million	1
70090	Vacherie	St. James	198	$2.5 million	46
71340	Harrisonburg	Catahoula	187	$1.8 million	6
70806	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	184	$2.2 million	27
70038	Boothville	Plaquemines Parish	182	$8.4 million	11
71119	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	180	$4.2 million	10
70395	Schriever	Terrebonne	178	$2.9 million	15
70711	Albany	Livingston	175	$12.7 million	28
70544	Jeanerette	Iberia	169	$3.5 million	25
71220	Bastrop	Morehouse	168	$4.4 million	40
71108	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	164	$1.2 million	11
70749	Jarreau	Pointe Coupee	164	$2.5 million	5
70586	Ville Platte	Evangeline	162	$3.6 million	59
71109	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	159	$1.7 million	15
71107	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	159	$5.3 million	14
70770	Pride	East Baton Rouge Parish	159	$5.6 million	4
70050	Empire	Plaquemines Parish	158	$14.2 million	4
71350	Mansura	Avoyelles	157	$2.1 million	33
70512	Arnaudville	St. Landry	154	$2.3 million	8
70767	Port Allen	West Baton Rouge	152	$3.0 million	17
71411	Campti	Natchitoches	150	$2.7 million	0
71322	Bunkie	Avoyelles	149	$2.3 million	35
71129	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	148	$1.3 million	0
70057	Hahnville	St. Charles	146	$2.8 million	73
70343	Bourg	Terrebonne	144	$1.6 million	19
70783	Ventress	Pointe Coupee	140	$1.8 million	5
71342	Jena	La Salle	132	$1.4 million	2
70392	Patterson	St. Mary	131	$1.3 million	29
70356	Gibson	Terrebonne	125	$797,538	26
71483	Winnfield	Winn	125	$2.1 million	1
70421	Akers	Tangipahoa	124	$4.3 million	7
70734	Geismar	Ascension	123	$3.8 million	25
70342	Berwick	St. Mary	121	$1.4 million	28
70359	Gray	Terrebonne	121	$1.2 million	28
70422	Amite	Tangipahoa	118	$5.3 million	31
70712	Angola	West Feliciana	115	$54,713	0
70776	Saint Gabriel	Iberville	115	$6.9 million	42
71368	Sicily Island	Catahoula	112	$879,542	0
71369	Simmesport	Avoyelles	112	$1.6 million	22
71357	Newellton	Tensas	110	$2.1 million	0
70390	Napoleonville	Assumption	104	$525,092	2
71051	Elm Grove	Bossier	101	$2.1 million	0
71485	Woodworth	Rapides	100	$3.6 million	35
70078	New Sarpy	St. Charles	99	$957,601	5
70542	Gueydan	Vermilion	97	$2.0 million	10
70591	Welsh	Jefferson Davis	97	$2.6 million	26
70549	Lake Arthur	Jefferson Davis	94	$1.4 million	10
70653	Merryville	Beauregard	92	$1.8 million	10
71047	Keithville	Caddo Parish	92	$2.2 million	5
71232	Delhi	Richland	91	$1.2 million	5
70648	Kinder	Allen	90	$1.2 million	22
71417	Colfax	Grant	89	$1.4 million	6
71403	Anacoco	Vernon	87	$2.9 million	18
71355	Moreauville	Avoyelles	86	$1.7 million	26
70346	Donaldsonville	Ascension	86	$1.0 million	17
70051	Garyville	St. John the Baptist	86	$1.4 million	20
70459	Slidell	St. Tammany	85	$2.7 million	0
70763	Paulina	St. James	85	$1.9 million	18
71414	Clarence	Natchitoches	83	$539,153	8
70546	Jennings	Jefferson Davis	80	$1.3 million	17
71346	Lecompte	Rapides	80	$1.7 million	36
70554	Mamou	Evangeline	79	$1.9 million	30
71254	Lake Providence	East Carroll	78	$1.3 million	6
71023	Doyline	Webster	77	$2.7 million	2
71341	Hessmer	Avoyelles	77	$1.4 million	19
70584	Sunset	St. Landry	76	$3.2 million	3
70082	Pointe A La Hache	Plaquemines Parish	76	$5.1 million	4
70341	Belle Rose	Assumption	76	$797,285	8
70071	Lutcher	St. James	76	$2.0 million	17
70759	Morganza	Pointe Coupee	75	$642,868	2
70052	Gramercy	St. James	75	$1.9 million	16
70340	Amelia	St. Mary	73	$366,856	5
70722	Clinton	East Feliciana	72	$2.2 million	9
70668	Vinton	Calcasieu	70	$3.3 million	39
70559	Morse	Acadia	70	$1.5 million	2
70426	Angie	Washington	69	$1.8 million	15
71115	Shreveport	Caddo Parish	68	$1.3 million	2
70753	Lettsworth	Pointe Coupee	68	$1.1 million	10
71040	Homer	Claiborne	67	$1.8 million	7
70657	Ragley	Beauregard	66	$2.2 million	32
70777	Slaughter	East Feliciana	65	$1.8 million	3
70577	Port Barre	St. Landry	65	$543,719	6
70514	Baldwin	St. Mary	63	$515,920	8
70558	Milton	Lafayette	63	$1.2 million	8
71073	Sibley	Webster	61	$2.4 million	3
70719	Brusly	West Baton Rouge	60	$1.0 million	17
71327	Cottonport	Avoyelles	60	$1.1 million	12
70727	Denham Springs	Livingston	59	$2.1 million	0
70139	New Orleans	Orleans	57	$485,973	0
70807	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish	56	$1.0 million	8
70431	Bush	St. Tammany	56	$1.6 million	1
70710	Addis	West Baton Rouge	54	$3.6 million	46
71405	Ball	Rapides	54	$1.3 million	26
70031	Ama	St. Charles	53	$419,491	15
71362	Plaucheville	Avoyelles	51	$1.6 million	27
70361	Houma	Terrebonne	51	$1.0 million	0
70080	Paradis	St. Charles	50	$350,654	16

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.