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 243 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	243	15	223
2	Hinds County	211	7	197
3	Forrest County	151	1	136
4	Jones County	148	15	121
5	Madison County	117	8	104
6	Lamar County	104	5	88
7	Lauderdale County	102	7	87
8	Marion County	92	2	79
9	DeSoto County	85	12	72
10	Harrison County	80	14	61
11	Warren County	80	3	70
12	Yazoo County	80	7	68
13	Lee County	75	4	68
14	Grenada County	72	1	67
15	Washington County	71	6	59
16	Newton County	66	2	58
17	Lowndes County	65	5	55
18	Scott County	64	2	57
19	Bolivar County	61	5	52
20	Covington County	61	1	51
21	Oktibbeha County	57	4	48
22	Lincoln County	57	1	48
23	Jasper County	56	0	47
24	Clarke County	54	0	45
25	Neshoba County	54	5	44
26	Stone County	53	1	45
27	Adams County	52	3	41
28	Jefferson Davis County	50	0	42
29	Simpson County	50	8	37
30	Smith County	49	3	39
31	Copiah County	48	1	40
32	Sunflower County	48	1	45
33	Leake County	48	0	44
34	George County	44	1	34
35	Jackson County	43	2	36
36	Franklin County	42	2	32
37	Lawrence County	42	1	35
38	Leflore County	42	1	38
39	Pearl River County	42	8	17
40	Greene County	41	2	29
41	Alcorn County	40	4	36
42	Perry County	40	0	34
43	Winston County	39	1	33
44	Wayne County	37	1	30
45	Carroll County	36	0	31
46	Pontotoc County	34	3	30
47	Union County	34	4	28
48	Attala County	33	1	29
49	Monroe County	33	5	26
50	Panola County	32	4	27
51	Lafayette County	31	3	27
52	Noxubee County	31	1	24
53	Holmes County	31	0	27
54	Montgomery County	31	0	29
55	Tate County	30	4	25
56	Calhoun County	28	4	22
57	Choctaw County	28	2	22
58	Claiborne County	28	4	18
59	Clay County	28	0	23
60	Prentiss County	28	2	25
61	Hancock County	28	3	19
62	Webster County	27	1	24
63	Kemper County	26	0	19
64	Coahoma County	25	5	18
65	Jefferson County	25	3	16
66	Humphreys County	24	1	21
67	Marshall County	24	2	21
68	Wilkinson County	24	3	12
69	Itawamba County	23	4	16
70	Pike County	23	1	13
71	Tishomingo County	23	1	21
72	Sharkey County	22	2	18
73	Tippah County	21	1	19
74	Tallahatchie County	20	2	17
75	Chickasaw County	19	3	13
76	Tunica County	17	6	9
77	Amite County	16	0	8
78	Walthall County	16	0	8
79	Issaquena County	13	2	8
80	Yalobusha County	13	1	12
81	Benton County	7	0	6
82	Quitman County	7	2	5

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

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