Reported Locations of Katrina/Rita Applicants from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas disasters as of 02-15-06 This report reflects the applicants reporting of their locations, including those who have evacuated outside of the hurricane-impacted areas. It is as current as any subsequent change of address notifications they have given to FEMA. There are approximately 593,497 additional applicants who gave current addresses outside U.S. Census Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Ranking CBSA Metropolitan Statistical Area Name *State Number of Applicants 1 35380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA LA 375,772 2 26420 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX TX 319,329 3 12940 Baton Rouge, LA LA 187,339 4 13140 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX TX 133,080 5 25060 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MS 98,198 6 33660 Mobile, AL AL 90,104 7 27140 Jackson, MS MS 79,314 8 29340 Lake Charles, LA LA 73,634 9 26380 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA LA 69,969 10 37700 Pascagoula, MS MS 57,445 11 19100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX TX 50,799 12 25620 Hattiesburg, MS MS 46,712 13 29180 Lafayette, LA LA 38,055 14 12060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA GA 34,525 15 12420 Austin-Round Rock, TX TX 12,307 16 43340 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA LA 12,252 17 41700 San Antonio, TX TX 11,719 18 10780 Alexandria, LA LA 11,404 19 32820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR TN 9,625 20 47900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV DC 7,879 21 31100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA CA 7,182 22 26900 Indianapolis, IN IN 6,329 23 13820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL AL 6,159 24 33740 Monroe, LA LA 5,903 25 16980 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI IL 5,679 26 35620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA NY 5,605 27 37860 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL FL 5,119 28 34980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN TN 4,536 29 33100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL FL 4,479 30 46220 Tuscaloosa, AL AL 4,125 31 30780 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR AR 3,924 32 45300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL FL 3,432 33 41180 St. Louis, MO-IL MO 3,286 34 36740 Orlando, FL FL 3,044 35 44180 Springfield, MO MO 3,042 36 23020 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL FL 2,746 1
37 41860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA CA 2,726 38 30980 Longview, TX TX 2,620 39 28660 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX TX 2,562 40 19820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MI 2,485 41 33860 Montgomery, AL AL 2,467 42 22500 Florence, SC SC 2,463 43 29820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV NV 2,405 44 47260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC VA 2,400 45 46340 Tyler, TX TX 2,388 46 10500 Albany, GA GA 2,338 47 11500 Anniston-Oxford, AL AL 2,226 48 17780 College Station-Bryan, TX TX 2,060 49 36420 Oklahoma City, OK OK 2,024 50 37460 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL FL 1,892 51 16740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC NC 1,784 52 40140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA CA 1,755 53 38060 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ AZ 1,746 54 37980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD PA 1,717 55 22220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO AR 1,683 56 17980 Columbus, GA-AL GA 1,672 57 28140 Kansas City, MO-KS MO 1,645 58 45500 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR TX 1,553 59 41740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA CA 1,552 60 42660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA WA 1,549 61 19740 Denver-Aurora, CO CO 1,518 62 26620 Huntsville, AL AL 1,360 63 18580 Corpus Christi, TX TX 1,334 64 33460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MN 1,330 65 46140 Tulsa, OK OK 1,317 66 14460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MA 1,310 67 28940 Knoxville, TN TN 1,286 68 12580 Baltimore-Towson, MD MD 1,256 69 27260 Jacksonville, FL FL 1,209 70 22900 Fort Smith, AR-OK AR 1,197 71 31140 Louisville, KY-IN KY 1,108 72 38900 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA OR 1,067 73 26300 Hot Springs, AR AR 1,058 74 17900 Columbia, SC SC 1,014 75 16860 Chattanooga, TN-GA TN 993 76 17820 Colorado Springs, CO CO 976 77 33340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI WI 966 78 45220 Tallahassee, FL FL 915 79 12260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC GA 893 80 42260 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL FL 882 81 11700 Asheville, NC NC 853 82 47380 Waco, TX TX 828 83 10420 Akron, OH OH 788 84 39580 Raleigh-Cary, NC NC 764 85 16700 Charleston-North Charleston, SC SC 756 86 17140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN OH 733 87 40900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA CA 728 88 38220 Pine Bluff, AR AR 703 2
89 21340 El Paso, TX TX 683 90 17420 Cleveland, TN TN 623 91 36540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA NE 619 92 12020 Athens-Clarke County, GA GA 618 93 23580 Gainesville, GA GA 589 94 17460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH OH 548 95 10740 Albuquerque, NM NM 536 96 42340 Savannah, GA GA 534 97 17300 Clarksville, TN-KY TN 520 98 39300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA RI 502 99 38300 Pittsburgh, PA PA 485 100 47020 Victoria, TX TX 482 101 46060 Tucson, AZ AZ 474 102 37340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL FL 473 103 31420 Macon, GA GA 461 104 19380 Dayton, OH OH 457 105 41940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA CA 438 106 20500 Durham, NC NC 438 107 40060 Richmond, VA VA 436 108 31180 Lubbock, TX TX 429 109 32580 McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX TX 426 110 41620 Salt Lake City, UT UT 414 111 20020 Dothan, AL AL 407 112 15980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL FL 406 113 30020 Lawton, OK OK 405 114 48660 Wichita Falls, TX TX 405 115 18140 Columbus, OH OH 401 116 19660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL FL 393 117 30460 Lexington-Fayette, KY KY 392 118 24660 Greensboro-High Point, NC NC 381 119 25540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT CT 365 120 19460 Decatur, AL AL 360 121 15180 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX TX 351 122 48620 Wichita, KS KS 338 123 22180 Fayetteville, NC NC 326 124 48900 Wilmington, NC NC 320 125 47580 Warner Robins, GA GA 315 126 14500 Boulder, CO CO 306 127 10580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY NY 302 128 45780 Toledo, OH OH 296 129 36100 Ocala, FL FL 293 130 40340 Rochester, MN MN 282 131 11100 Amarillo, TX TX 269 132 10180 Abilene, TX TX 267 133 23460 Gadsden, AL AL 265 134 49180 Winston-Salem, NC NC 251 135 15380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY NY 250 136 43300 Sherman-Denison, TX TX 249 137 12220 Auburn-Opelika, AL AL 247 138 40660 Rome, GA GA 246 139 44700 Stockton, CA CA 230 140 14860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT CT 229 3
141 33260 Midland, TX TX 227 142 25980 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA GA 224 143 38940 Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL FL 222 144 37100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA CA 209 145 22420 Flint, MI MI 209 146 43900 Spartanburg, SC SC 205 147 46700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA CA 205 148 34940 Naples-Marco Island, FL FL 189 149 37900 Peoria, IL IL 188 150 49660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA OH 187 151 27860 Jonesboro, AR AR 186 152 35300 New Haven-Milford, CT CT 186 153 14060 Bloomington-Normal, IL IL 176 154 29460 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL FL 174 155 26180 Honolulu, HI HI 174 156 16820 Charlottesville, VA VA 172 157 16580 Champaign-Urbana, IL IL 171 158 12540 Bakersfield, CA CA 170 159 21780 Evansville, IN-KY IN 169 160 24340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MI 167 161 30700 Lincoln, NE NE 167 162 11460 Ann Arbor, MI MI 167 163 21060 Elizabethtown, KY KY 165 164 44100 Springfield, IL IL 161 165 38860 Portland-South Portland, ME ME 158 166 24860 Greenville, SC SC 151 167 39900 Reno-Sparks, NV NV 150 168 46660 Valdosta, GA GA 150 169 22660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO CO 148 170 25860 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC NC 147 171 41660 San Angelo, TX TX 147 172 13980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA VA 145 173 12700 Barnstable Town, MA MA 143 174 15260 Brunswick, GA GA 143 175 28700 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA TN 142 176 45820 Topeka, KS KS 140 177 22460 Florence, AL AL 139 178 11260 Anchorage, AK AK 134 179 45060 Syracuse, NY NY 132 180 39460 Punta Gorda, FL FL 130 181 39100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY NY 130 182 25420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA PA 130 183 27740 Johnson City, TN TN 124 184 40420 Rockford, IL IL 123 185 10900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ PA 122 186 23540 Gainesville, FL FL 119 187 35660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI MI 118 188 14260 Boise City-Nampa, ID ID 117 189 49340 Worcester, MA MA 117 190 47940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA IA 116 191 23060 Fort Wayne, IN IN 116 192 19780 Des Moines, IA IA 114 4
193 19340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL IA 113 194 11340 Anderson, SC SC 111 195 36220 Odessa, TX TX 109 196 34820 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC SC 106 197 29700 Laredo, TX TX 106 198 42220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA CA 105 199 29620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI MI 105 200 43780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI IN 105 201 27900 Joplin, MO MO 104 202 42060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA CA 102 203 27060 Ithaca, NY NY 101 204 35980 Norwich-New London, CT CT 98 205 12100 Atlantic City, NJ NJ 97 206 40380 Rochester, NY NY 96 207 14540 Bowling Green, KY KY 95 208 44060 Spokane, WA WA 91 209 26980 Iowa City, IA IA 91 210 45940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ NJ 89 211 14740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA WA 89 212 29740 Las Cruces, NM NM 89 213 44140 Springfield, MA MA 88 214 19140 Dalton, GA GA 88 215 34620 Muncie, IN IN 87 216 39380 Pueblo, CO CO 86 217 39140 Prescott, AZ AZ 86 218 44940 Sumter, SC SC 84 219 28020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI MI 83 220 27340 Jacksonville, NC NC 83 221 46940 Vero Beach, FL FL 81 222 25180 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MD 80 223 36500 Olympia, WA WA 79 224 24140 Goldsboro, NC NC 78 225 36260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT UT 78 226 34100 Morristown, TN TN 76 227 26580 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH WV 75 228 42540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA PA 73 229 19180 Danville, IL IL 71 230 16300 Cedar Rapids, IA IA 71 231 21660 Eugene-Springfield, OR OR 70 232 41980 San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR PR 68 233 33780 Monroe, MI MI 66 234 40580 Rocky Mount, NC NC 64 235 38340 Pittsfield, MA MA 64 236 33700 Modesto, CA CA 60 237 32780 Medford, OR OR 59 238 33140 Michigan City-La Porte, IN IN 59 239 41500 Salinas, CA CA 59 240 24580 Green Bay, WI WI 58 241 34740 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI MI 56 242 41540 Salisbury, MD MD 55 243 28100 Kankakee-Bradley, IL IL 55 244 39540 Racine, WI WI 55 5
245 36980 Owensboro, KY KY 52 246 22380 Flagstaff, AZ AZ 51 247 39740 Reading, PA PA 51 248 45460 Terre Haute, IN IN 50 249 16620 Charleston, WV WV 50 250 31340 Lynchburg, VA VA 49 251 49620 York-Hanover, PA PA 49 252 34900 Napa, CA CA 49 253 39340 Provo-Orem, UT UT 49 254 13380 Bellingham, WA WA 48 255 13780 Binghamton, NY NY 48 256 12980 Battle Creek, MI MI 47 257 41420 Salem, OR OR 47 258 43620 Sioux Falls, SD SD 47 259 13740 Billings, MT MT 47 260 49740 Yuma, AZ AZ 46 261 31700 Manchester-Nashua, NH NH 46 262 21140 Elkhart-Goshen, IN IN 45 263 24300 Grand Junction, CO CO 44 264 44300 State College, PA PA 42 265 24500 Great Falls, MT MT 42 266 40220 Roanoke, VA VA 41 267 47300 Visalia-Porterville, CA CA 41 268 42100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA CA 41 269 42020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA CA 41 270 31540 Madison, WI WI 41 271 29940 Lawrence, KS KS 39 272 39660 Rapid City, SD SD 38 273 14020 Bloomington, IN IN 38 274 11020 Altoona, PA PA 37 275 30620 Lima, OH OH 36 276 24540 Greeley, CO CO 36 277 16940 Cheyenne, WY WY 35 278 48540 Wheeling, WV-OH WV 34 279 26100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI MI 34 280 43580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD IA 33 281 36780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI WI 33 282 11540 Appleton, WI WI 32 283 27780 Johnstown, PA PA 32 284 22020 Fargo, ND-MN ND 31 285 15540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT VT 31 286 40980 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI MI 31 287 29100 La Crosse, WI-MN WI 30 288 11180 Ames, IA IA 29 289 48260 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH WV 29 290 46540 Utica-Rome, NY NY 29 291 34060 Morgantown, WV WV 29 292 41140 St. Joseph, MO-KS MO 29 293 21500 Erie, PA PA 29 294 28420 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA WA 28 295 25260 Hanford-Corcoran, CA CA 28 296 36140 Ocean City, NJ NJ 27 6
297 17020 Chico, CA CA 27 298 31900 Mansfield, OH OH 27 299 29140 Lafayette, IN IN 26 300 29540 Lancaster, PA PA 26 301 39820 Redding, CA CA 25 302 21820 Fairbanks, AK AK 25 303 49500 Yauco, PR PR 24 304 43100 Sheboygan, WI WI 24 305 49700 Yuba City-Marysville, CA CA 24 306 20740 Eau Claire, WI WI 23 307 26820 Idaho Falls, ID ID 23 308 29020 Kokomo, IN IN 23 309 15500 Burlington, NC NC 22 310 21300 Elmira, NY NY 22 311 19060 Cumberland, MD-WV MD 22 312 34580 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA WA 22 313 32900 Merced, CA CA 22 314 33540 Missoula, MT MT 22 315 41100 St. George, UT UT 21 316 24780 Greenville, NC NC 21 317 30340 Lewiston-Auburn, ME ME 21 318 20260 Duluth, MN-WI MN 21 319 41060 St. Cloud, MN MN 21 320 49420 Yakima, WA WA 21 321 15940 Canton-Massillon, OH OH 21 322 13460 Bend, OR OR 20 323 37620 Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH WV 20 324 23420 Fresno, CA CA 20 325 16220 Casper, WY WY 20 326 20220 Dubuque, IA IA 20 327 22140 Farmington, NM NM 20 328 27180 Jackson, TN TN 19 329 48700 Williamsport, PA PA 19 330 28740 Kingston, NY NY 18 331 11300 Anderson, IN IN 16 332 24020 Glens Falls, NY NY 16 333 20100 Dover, DE DE 16 334 47220 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ NJ 16 335 27500 Janesville, WI WI 16 336 25500 Harrisonburg, VA VA 15 337 48140 Wausau, WI WI 15 338 24220 Grand Forks, ND-MN ND 15 339 14980 Bristol, VA VA 15 340 31460 Madera, CA CA 14 341 30140 Lebanon, PA PA 14 342 49020 Winchester, VA-WV VA 13 343 22540 Fond du Lac, WI WI 12 344 27620 Jefferson City, MO MO 12 345 38540 Pocatello, ID ID 12 346 17660 Coeur d'alene, ID ID 11 347 48300 Wenatchee, WA WA 11 348 41780 Sandusky, OH OH 11 7
349 42140 Santa Fe, NM NM 11 350 18700 Corvallis, OR OR 10 351 31020 Longview-Kelso, WA WA 9 352 13900 Bismarck, ND ND 9 353 16180 Carson City, NV NV 9 354 38660 Ponce, PR PR 9 355 20940 El Centro, CA CA 8 356 10380 Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián, PR PR 8 357 12620 Bangor, ME ME 8 358 25020 Guayama, PR PR 8 359 30860 Logan, UT-ID UT 7 360 19260 Danville, VA VA 6 361 17860 Columbia, MO MO 5 362 32420 Mayagüez, PR PR 4 363 21940 Fajardo, PR PR 4 364 19500 Decatur, IL IL 4 365 44220 Springfield, OH OH 4 366 41900 San Germán-Cabo Rojo, PR PR 2 367 27100 Jackson, MI MI 2 368 13020 Bay City, MI MI 2 369 18020 Columbus, IN IN 1 Total Applicants reporting addresses in an MSA 1,909,322 Ranking = based on the number of applicants to FEMA living in a U.S. Census Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). CBSA = U.S. Census code for Metropolitan Statistical Area *State = the first state in a multi-state Metropolitan Statistical Area Data provided by a table view from the VA NPSC showing the current locations of applicants as reported in NEMIS. The figures contained in this report are based on the best available data. 8