This document represents additional information about the data and results. The full code and detailed explanation of the figures can be found at the GitHub repository.
The processed data were explored to characterize and summarize the relevant features, which can be found below.
Table ?? reflects the results of the exploratory data analysis. Between February 2012 and November 2021, there were 446 disaster declarations for states and territories. Funds requested by states or territories for FEMA ranged from -$855,200.3 to $4,388,540,486, with an average of $29,673,687, and FEMA funds obligated to the states and territories after reconciliation ranged from -$855,200.3 to $440,842,4297 with an average of $29,744,109.
| Overall (N=326) |
|
|---|---|
| Requested FEMA Funds | |
| Mean (SD) | 40600000 (255000000) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 420000 [0.000000000000455, 4390000000] |
| Obligated FEMA Funds | |
| Mean (SD) | 40700000 (256000000) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 434000 [0.000000000000455, 4410000000] |
| Average FEMA Cost Share | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.964 (0.0573) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 1.00 [0.675, 1.00] |
| Federal Agencies Involved | |
| Mean (SD) | 6.23 (7.03) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 3.00 [1.00, 55.0] |
| Percent of Counties Awarded IH | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.338 (1.59) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 0.00197 [0, 27.7] |
| Percent of Counties Awarded PA | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.594 (1.56) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 0.357 [0, 27.3] |
| Percent of Counties Awarded HM | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.476 (1.56) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 0.207 [0, 27.3] |
| Response Duration (days) | |
| Mean (SD) | 1400 (898) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 1180 [70.0, 3590] |
| Incident Duration (days) | |
| Mean (SD) | 136 (250) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 14.0 [0, 660] |
| Declaration Month | |
| January | 71 (21.8%) |
| February | 22 (6.7%) |
| March | 22 (6.7%) |
| April | 24 (7.4%) |
| May | 22 (6.7%) |
| June | 25 (7.7%) |
| July | 13 (4.0%) |
| August | 32 (9.8%) |
| September | 31 (9.5%) |
| October | 41 (12.6%) |
| November | 9 (2.8%) |
| December | 14 (4.3%) |
| Incident Year | |
| Mean (SD) | 2020 (2.89) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 2020 [2010, 2020] |
| Incident Type | |
| Biological | 60 (18.4%) |
| Earthquake | 4 (1.2%) |
| Fire | 20 (6.1%) |
| Flood | 61 (18.7%) |
| Hurricane | 73 (22.4%) |
| Other | 15 (4.6%) |
| Severe Ice Storm | 4 (1.2%) |
| Severe Storm(s) | 82 (25.2%) |
| Tornado | 7 (2.1%) |
| Declaration Type | |
| DR | 261 (80.1%) |
| EM | 65 (19.9%) |
| FEMA Region | |
| Region I | 27 (8.3%) |
| Region II | 19 (5.8%) |
| Region III | 25 (7.7%) |
| Region IV | 62 (19.0%) |
| Region IX | 31 (9.5%) |
| Region V | 37 (11.3%) |
| Region VI | 54 (16.6%) |
| Region VII | 20 (6.1%) |
| Region VIII | 24 (7.4%) |
| Region X | 27 (8.3%) |
| Counties per State | |
| Mean (SD) | 75.3 (53.5) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 67.0 [1.00, 254] |
| State Population | |
| Mean (SD) | 9310000 (10300000) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 5710000 [577000, 39500000] |