Disaster payments in the United States totaled $40.2 billion from 1995-2021.

From 1995 to 2021, the top 10 percent of disaster payment recipients were paid 69 percent of disaster payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2021 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%23%16,928$9,136,439,341$539,724
Top 2%34%33,857$13,466,135,622$397,736
Top 3%41%50,786$16,621,194,454$327,279
Top 4%48%67,714$19,104,669,740$282,138
Top 5%53%84,643$21,148,617,106$249,857
Top 6%57%101,572$22,877,637,864$225,236
Top 7%61%118,500$24,362,896,238$205,594
Top 8%64%135,429$25,659,362,542$189,467
Top 9%67%152,358$26,798,402,792$175,891
Top 10%69%169,286$27,807,871,973$164,266
Top 11%71%186,215$28,714,674,345$154,202
Top 12%74%203,144$29,538,980,708$145,409
Top 13%75%220,072$30,283,968,274$137,609
Top 14%77%237,001$30,960,897,703$130,636
Top 15%79%253,930$31,578,419,539$124,359
Top 16%80%270,858$32,143,100,987$118,671
Top 17%81%287,787$32,661,451,659$113,492
Top 18%82%304,716$33,138,387,960$108,752
Top 19%84%321,644$33,577,983,078$104,395
Top 20%85%338,573$33,984,682,831$100,376
Remaining 80% of recips.15%1,354,294$6,187,570,466$4,569
 

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