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 |