The number of internal displacements of people due to weather-related natural disasters in the United States totaled 202,000 people in 2023, down from some 675,000 people in the previous year. During the period in consideration, the number of internal displacements reached a record high in 2008, having surpassed two million people.
Number of internal displacements of people due to weather-related disasters in the United States from 2008 to 2023
Includes dry mass movement, drought, erosion, wildfire, flood, wet mass movement, wave action, extreme temperature, storms, and other unknown disasters.
Supplementary notes
The source did not provide any data for 2010.
Release date is the date accessed.
It only counts internal displacements, meaning movements within the borders of their countries.
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IDMC. (August 14, 2024). Number of internal displacements of people due to weather-related disasters in the United States from 2008 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427871/internal-displacements-of-people-from-weather-related-disasters-us/
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