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ZIP code 39201, Hinds County, Mississippi

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 39201, in Hinds County, Mississippi, has 226 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 189 of them paid for a total of $3.8M.

That is 4.8% of the 4,716 claims recorded across Hinds County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, close to the county average of $19K and the Mississippi average of $58K.

FEMA counts 16 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 2,255 residential flood policies in force, covering 2.8% of residential structures.

226NFIP claims since 1978
189paid claims
$3.8Mtotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 39201HindsMississippiUS
Claims since 19782264,71664,5892,680,429
Share of claims paid84%80%83%78%
Average paid claim$20K$19K$58K$43K
Share of county claims4.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties164795,274—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 39201 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s8$93,552
1980s179$2,222,197
1990s16$72,731
2000s20$1,323,465
2010s1$26,400
2020s2$89,135
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202022$89,135$44,568
201111$26,400$26,400
200586$866,458$144,410
200354$393,230$98,307
200210$0—
200165$63,777$12,755
199831$48,408$48,408
199411$13,117$13,117
199331$3,827$3,827
199222$5,946$2,973
199151$434$434
199022$1,000$500
198711$4,592$4,592
198622$675$338
198532$403$201
1983141128$2,142,836$16,741
1982147$33,802$4,829
198111$1,050$1,050
19801715$38,839$2,589
197987$93,552$13,365

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Hinds County

Hinds County has 1,537 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (37 in the last 12 months), 27 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 205; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 2.

Hail: 331 · Tornado: 127 · Flood: 205 · Wind: 795 · Winter: 24 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 39201?

226 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 189 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 39201?

$3.8M across 189 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 39201?

1983, with 141 claims and $2.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 39201 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Hinds County, Mississippi; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.