Release Date: October 22, 1999
Release Number: 1292-81
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Almost 70,000 North Carolinians have registered for some form of disaster assistance as the result of Hurricane Floyd. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials said that 48,754 registrants have requested disaster housing assistance. More than 21,246 have applied for other forms of aid. The officials noted that almost 88 percent, or 42,759 homes, have been seen by inspectors, leaving approximately 6,000 homes to be processed.
More than $58 million has been disbursed for emergency disaster housing and individual and family grants, according to disaster officials. To date, 22,832 disaster housing assistance checks have been issued, totaling $36.4 million. Another 4,570 individual and family grant checks totaling more than $14.2 million have been sent to families to meet needs not covered by insurance and charitable organizations. Some $406,000 has been disbursed for disaster unemployment benefits.
A brief look at the latest numbers:
Recovery officials urge any disaster victims with uninsured hurricane-related losses to register for assistance by calling the toll-free application hotline at 1-800-462-9029, open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until further notice. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments who use special keyboard equipment (TTY) should call 1-800-462-7585.
County-by-County Disaster Assistance Figures
DR-1292-NC
Oct 22,1999
Declared County | Total Applicants | Families Assisted | Disaster Housing Amount | IFG Appvd | Individual & Family Grants Approved | Total Disaster Housing and IFG | SBA Total Appv'd | Small Business Administration Loans | TOTAL Assistance in County |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alamance | 7 | 1 | $721 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Anson | 1 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Beaufort | 2349 | 702 | ######## | 128 | $364,330 | ######## | 52 | ######## | ######## |
Bertie | 897 | 283 | $634,858 | 66 | $273,418 | $908,276 | 44 | ######## | ######## |
Bladen | 2267 | 904 | $895,606 | 407 | $538,047 | ######## | 29 | $705,500 | ######## |
Brunswick | 2602 | 894 | ######## | 292 | $553,896 | ######## | 82 | ######## | ######## |
Camden | 86 | 28 | $60,559 | 3 | $15,501 | $76,060 | 1 | $10,000 | $76,060 |
Carteret | 636 | 202 | $331,602 | 46 | $182,444 | $514,046 | 9 | $164,900 | $678,946 |
Caswell | 4 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Chatham | 12 | 4 | $1,552 | 1 | $259 | $1,811 | ----- | ----- | $1,811 |
Chowan | 10 | 1 | $613 | ----- | ----- | $613 | 2 | $65,700 | $66,313 |
Columbus | 3645 | 1369 | ######## | 589 | ######## | ######## | 33 | ######## | ######## |
Craven | 1483 | 528 | $805,839 | 110 | $315,030 | ######## | 77 | ######## | ######## |
Cumberland | 456 | 124 | $109,914 | 23 | $19,484 | $129,398 | 8 | $91,500 | $220,898 |
Currituck | 49 | 4 | $10,706 | ----- | ----- | $10,706 | 1 | $10,000 | $20,706 |
Dare | 282 | 40 | $80,029 | 7 | $20,727 | $100,756 | 8 | $92,900 | $193,656 |
Davidson | 1 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Duplin | 2425 | 933 | ######## | 298 | ######## | ######## | 116 | ######## | ######## |
Durham | 64 | 6 | $3,352 | 3 | $12,176 | $15,528 | ----- | ----- | $15,528 |
Edgecombe | 6824 | 2741 | ######## | 644 | ######## | ######## | 474 | ######## | ######## |
Forsyth | 14 | 7 | $16,681 | ----- | ----- | $16,681 | ----- | ----- | $16,681 |
Franklin | 133 | 24 | $42,178 | 3 | $9,172 | $51,350 | 3 | $51,200 | $102,550 |
Gates | 71 | 11 | $16,593 | 2 | $5,781 | $22,374 | 1 | $6,500 | $28,874 |
Granville | 10 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Greene | 785 | 236 | $567,921 | 55 | $291,648 | $859,569 | 59 | ######## | ######## |
Guilford | 8 | 3 | $1,231 | 1 | $235 | $1,466 | 1 | $12,200 | $13,666 |
Halifax | 1025 | 239 | $263,058 | 75 | $282,869 | $545,927 | 13 | $514,800 | ######## |
Harnett | 150 | 51 | $34,298 | 12 | $8,117 | $42,415 | 1 | $85,500 | $127,915 |
Hertford | 626 | 210 | $681,022 | 30 | $126,043 | $807,065 | 27 | ######## | ######## |
Hoke | 38 | 6 | $4,046 | 1 | $730 | $4,776 | ----- | ----- | $4,776 |
Hyde | 628 | 173 | $438,989 | 42 | $159,557 | $598,546 | 4 | $68,600 | $667,146 |
Johnston | 708 | 172 | $273,507 | 54 | $145,302 | $418,809 | 19 | $519,500 | $938,309 |
Jones | 720 | 253 | $610,016 | 35 | $187,651 | $797,667 | 46 | ######## | ######## |
Lee | 13 | 4 | $3,434 | 1 | $683 | $4,117 | ----- | ----- | $4,117 |
Lenoir | 3986 | 1427 | ######## | 280 | ######## | ######## | 143 | ######## | ######## |
Martin | 481 | 135 | $246,923 | 32 | $112,330 | $359,253 | 9 | $370,000 | $729,253 |
Montgomery | 2 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Moore | 17 | 3 | $2,436 | 2 | $692 | $3,128 | ----- | ----- | $3,128 |
Nash | 3352 | 1117 | ######## | 268 | ######## | ######## | 314 | ######## | ######## |
New Hanover | 4683 | 1271 | ######## | 1,105 | ######## | ######## | 54 | ######## | ######## |
Northampton | 409 | 100 | $167,072 | 21 | $42,521 | $209,593 | 6 | $105,800 | $315,393 |
Onslow | 1329 | 405 | $648,880 | 113 | $212,875 | $861,755 | 18 | $506,200 | ######## |
Orange | 20 | 2 | $3,996 | ----- | ----- | $3,996 | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Pamlico | 433 | 150 | $184,414 | 36 | $124,181 | $308,595 | 21 | $378,900 | $687,495 |
Pasquotank | 229 | 78 | $118,611 | 13 | $36,575 | $155,186 | 3 | $139,600 | $294,786 |
Pender | 3162 | 1173 | ######## | 295 | $884,446 | ######## | 102 | ######## | ######## |
Perquimans | 36 | 11 | $41,539 | 1 | $940 | $42,479 | ----- | ----- | $42,479 |
Person | 4 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Pitt | 9109 | 3161 | ######## | 560 | ######## | ######## | 316 | ######## | ######## |
Randolph | 15 | 4 | $14,877 | ----- | ----- | $14,877 | ----- | ----- | $14,877 |
Richmond | 6 | 1 | $377 | ----- | ----- | $377 | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Robeson | 1812 | 687 | $704,499 | 181 | $228,543 | $933,042 | 8 | $329,000 | ######## |
Rockingham | 3 | 1 | $3,296 | ----- | ----- | $3,296 | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Rowan | 2 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Sampson | 1084 | 362 | $435,512 | 71 | $138,123 | $573,635 | 3 | $30,200 | $603,835 |
Scotland | 15 | 1 | $1,662 | ----- | ----- | $1,662 | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Stanly | 60 | 19 | $20,640 | 3 | $10,302 | $30,942 | ----- | ----- | $30,942 |
Tyrrell | 47 | 4 | $2,808 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Union | 1 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Vance | 21 | 1 | $1,362 | ----- | ----- | $1,362 | 2 | $93,900 | $95,262 |
Wake | 553 | 111 | $125,403 | 28 | $50,524 | $175,927 | 20 | $399,100 | $575,027 |
Warren | 66 | 11 | $6,774 | 3 | $8,091 | $14,865 | ----- | ----- | $14,865 |
Washington | 52 | 5 | $4,486 | ----- | ----- | $4,486 | ----- | ----- | $4,486 |
Wayne | 4062 | 1311 | ######## | 250 | $947,379 | ######## | 227 | ######## | ######## |
Wilson | 1862 | 685 | ######## | 222 | ######## | ######## | 153 | ######## | ######## |
TOTAL - -> | 65942 | 22389 | ######## | 6412 | ######## | ######## | 2509 | ######## | ######## |
Last Modified: Thursday, 11-Dec-2003 13:53:47