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ZIP code 60076, Cook County, Illinois

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 60076, in Cook County, Illinois, has 275 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 203 of them paid for a total of $909K.

That is 1.8% of the 15,260 claims recorded across Cook County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $4K, lower than the county average of $13K and the Illinois average of $14K.

FEMA counts 20 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 6,353 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.5% of residential structures.

275NFIP claims since 1978
203paid claims
$909Ktotal paid
$4Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 60076CookIllinoisUS
Claims since 197827515,26052,8902,680,429
Share of claims paid74%72%78%78%
Average paid claim$4K$13K$14K$43K
Share of county claims1.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties201,6124,160—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 60076 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$3,158
1980s211$555,898
1990s4$19,307
2000s20$44,608
2010s31$256,386
2020s7$29,545
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202310$0—
202222$7,737$3,869
202043$21,808$7,269
201910$0—
201822$11,819$5,909
201711$14,150$14,150
201530$0—
2014119$184,563$20,507
2013118$41,366$5,171
201021$4,488$4,488
200910$0—
2008106$12,119$2,020
200711$7,457$7,457
200610$0—
200222$11,397$5,699
200152$13,634$6,817
199611$312$312
199421$18,995$18,995
199010$0—
198963$49,981$16,660
19872313$127,097$9,777
198622$18,603$9,302
198593$31,397$10,466
1983145$13,215$2,643
19823624$53,253$2,219
1981117109$255,089$2,340
198043$7,263$2,421
197922$3,158$1,579

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: Cook County

Cook County has 3,111 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (302 in the last 12 months), 24 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 420; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 643 · Tornado: 87 · Flood: 420 · Wind: 1,582 · Winter: 78 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 60076?

275 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 203 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 60076?

$909K across 203 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $4K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 60076?

1981, with 117 claims and $255K paid.

What county is ZIP 60076 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Cook County, Illinois; 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.