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ZIP code 39213, 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.

OpenFEMA lists 355 NFIP claims for ZIP 39213 (Hinds County, Mississippi), with $1.7M paid on 252 claims since 1978.

That is 7.5% of the 4,716 claims recorded across Hinds County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $7K, lower than the county average of $19K and the Mississippi average of $58K.

FEMA counts 17 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.

355NFIP claims since 1978
252paid claims
$1.7Mtotal paid
$7Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 39213HindsMississippiUS
Claims since 19783554,71664,5892,680,429
Share of claims paid71%80%83%78%
Average paid claim$7K$19K$58K$43K
Share of county claims7.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties174795,274—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 39213 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s10$32,661
1980s224$631,060
1990s33$293,136
2000s51$297,586
2010s28$306,024
2020s9$121,558
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$37,248$37,248
202121$208$208
202064$84,102$21,025
201965$104,409$20,882
201811$26,918$26,918
201743$50,404$16,801
201622$9,443$4,722
201341$1,815$1,815
201210$0—
201152$76,320$38,160
201055$36,714$7,343
200920$0—
200852$7,361$3,680
200710$0—
200593$6,689$2,230
200421$4,621$4,621
20031816$154,624$9,664
2002116$114,433$19,072
200120$0—
200011$9,859$9,859
199911$3,396$3,396
199843$19,882$6,627
199796$86,894$14,482
199610$0—
199588$77,003$9,625
199442$11,523$5,762
199311$4,075$4,075
199121$51,767$51,767
199033$38,596$12,865
1989128$153,478$19,185
198886$42,877$7,146
198710$0—
198644$22,830$5,707
198541$2,039$2,039
1984108$68,627$8,578
19837243$184,142$4,282
19824738$52,541$1,383
19812320$29,182$1,459
19804337$75,344$2,036
197998$32,661$4,083
197810$0—

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 39213?

355 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 252 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 39213?

$1.7M across 252 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $7K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 39213?

1983, with 72 claims and $184K paid.

What county is ZIP 39213 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.