Most Flood-Prone Counties in Mississippi

Based on NOAA Storm Events Database records from 1996 to 2025, these are the Mississippi counties with the most recorded flood events. Rankin County tops the list with 238 events. The data includes river floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, and hurricane-related flooding.

Rank	County	Total Events	River Floods	Flash Floods
1	Rankin County	238	15	223
2	Hinds County	204	7	197
3	Forrest County	137	1	136
4	Jones County	136	15	121
5	Madison County	112	8	104
6	Lauderdale County	94	7	87
7	Lamar County	93	5	88
8	Marion County	81	2	79
9	DeSoto County	80	8	72
10	Harrison County	76	14	61
11	Yazoo County	75	7	68
12	Warren County	72	2	70
13	Lee County	71	3	68
14	Grenada County	68	1	67
15	Washington County	64	5	59
16	Newton County	60	2	58
17	Scott County	59	2	57
18	Lowndes County	58	3	55
19	Bolivar County	55	3	52
20	Covington County	52	1	51
21	Oktibbeha County	52	4	48
22	Neshoba County	49	5	44
23	Lincoln County	49	1	48
24	Jasper County	47	0	47
25	Stone County	46	1	45
26	Sunflower County	46	1	45
27	Clarke County	45	0	45
28	Simpson County	45	8	37
29	Leake County	44	0	44
30	Adams County	43	2	41
31	Jefferson Davis County	42	0	42
32	Smith County	42	3	39
33	Copiah County	41	1	40
34	Alcorn County	39	3	36
35	Jackson County	39	2	36
36	Leflore County	39	1	38
37	Lawrence County	36	1	35
38	George County	35	1	34
39	Franklin County	34	2	32
40	Perry County	34	0	34
41	Winston County	34	1	33
42	Pontotoc County	33	3	30
43	Carroll County	31	0	31
44	Greene County	31	2	29
45	Union County	31	3	28
46	Wayne County	31	1	30
47	Attala County	30	1	29
48	Monroe County	30	4	26
49	Panola County	30	3	27
50	Lafayette County	29	2	27
51	Montgomery County	29	0	29
52	Prentiss County	27	2	25
53	Tate County	27	2	25
54	Holmes County	27	0	27
55	Calhoun County	26	4	22
56	Noxubee County	25	1	24
57	Webster County	25	1	24
58	Choctaw County	24	2	22
59	Hancock County	24	3	19
60	Clay County	23	0	23
61	Pearl River County	23	6	17
62	Humphreys County	22	1	21
63	Marshall County	22	1	21
64	Tishomingo County	22	1	21
65	Claiborne County	21	3	18
66	Coahoma County	20	2	18
67	Itawamba County	20	4	16
68	Sharkey County	20	2	18
69	Tippah County	19	0	19
70	Kemper County	19	0	19
71	Tallahatchie County	19	2	17
72	Jefferson County	18	2	16
73	Chickasaw County	16	3	13
74	Tunica County	14	5	9
75	Pike County	14	1	13
76	Wilkinson County	13	1	12
77	Yalobusha County	13	1	12
78	Issaquena County	9	1	8
79	Amite County	8	0	8
80	Walthall County	8	0	8
81	Benton County	6	0	6
82	Quitman County	6	1	5

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025).

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