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ZIP code 39212, 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 39212, in Hinds County, Mississippi, has 562 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 429 of them paid for a total of $4.8M.

That is 11.9% of the 4,716 claims recorded across Hinds County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $11K, lower than the county average of $19K and the Mississippi average of $58K.

FEMA counts 63 repetitive-loss properties and 5 severe repetitive-loss properties 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.

562NFIP claims since 1978
429paid claims
$4.8Mtotal paid
$11Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 39212HindsMississippiUS
Claims since 19785624,71664,5892,680,429
Share of claims paid76%80%83%78%
Average paid claim$11K$19K$58K$43K
Share of county claims11.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties634795,274—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 39212 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s50$366,627
1980s247$1,013,817
1990s70$252,401
2000s82$793,905
2010s53$428,278
2020s60$1,993,148
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$47,497$47,497
202421$23,760$23,760
202333$183,952$61,317
202231$42,000$42,000
202132$48,220$24,110
20204841$1,647,718$40,188
201943$19,408$6,469
201853$42,304$14,101
201764$60,705$15,176
2016105$68,815$13,763
201511$6,442$6,442
201443$29,462$9,821
20131110$110,896$11,090
201232$10,997$5,498
201155$79,247$15,849
201040$0—
200943$13,400$4,467
200831$25,857$25,857
200765$55,010$11,002
2005249$188,583$20,954
200422$6,777$3,389
20033026$494,502$19,019
200242$4,830$2,415
200163$3,089$1,030
200032$1,859$929
199931$4,827$4,827
199844$11,976$2,994
199722$8,269$4,135
199654$9,738$2,434
199585$13,170$2,634
199432$5,559$2,779
199311$2,380$2,380
199211$5,354$5,354
19913729$163,920$5,652
199066$27,208$4,535
198944$8,957$2,239
198822$5,899$2,949
198710$0—
198695$20,836$4,167
198522$8,310$4,155
198465$15,576$3,115
198312184$495,121$5,894
19822017$43,945$2,585
19811010$18,893$1,889
19807265$396,279$6,097
19795042$366,627$8,729

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 39212?

562 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 429 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 39212?

$4.8M across 429 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $11K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 39212?

1983, with 121 claims and $495K paid.

What county is ZIP 39212 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.