Cameron Parish, LA: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Cameron Parish scores at the 84.6th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively High" — well above the national norm for flood hazard. The hazard here is driven by coastal storm surge rather than inland rivers — FEMA's model puts a surge event here at about 3.7 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
32.9% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Cameron Parish — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 852 policies against 2,590 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 30.1% of all residential structures in Cameron Parish carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Cameron Parish compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Cameron Parish ranks 508 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2841 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 4,678 people live in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, spread over 1,284.639 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Cameron Parish
Across all of Cameron Parish's 3,021 residential structures, 910 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Cameron Parish's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Cameron Parish's coastal exposure is covered in the coastal vs. inland flood risk guide, including how storm surge risk differs from river flooding.