U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes By State: 1851-2010

AREACategory Number  ALL 
 1,2,3,4,5 
 MAJOR 
 3,4,5 
 1  2  3   4   5 
U.S. (Texas to Maine)113757518328496
Texas271812706419
(North)148340297
(Central)94320185
(South)97710248
Louisiana211616315720
Mississippi46801199
Alabama175500275
Florida4334296211437
(Northwest)271814005914
(Northeast)156100221
(Southwest)171010414215
(Southeast)161411314515
Georgia155210233
South Carolina177420306
North Carolina251411105112
Virginia72100101
Maryland1100020
Delaware2000020
New Jersey2000020
Pennsylvania1000010
New York61500125
Connecticut53300113
Rhode Island3240094
Massachusetts62300113
New Hampshire1100020
Maine5100060
Notes:  State totals will not necessarily equal U.S. totals.
Texas or Florida totals will not necessarily equal sum of sectional totals.

Original Data is from
The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes 1900-2000
[Revised and expanded 8/2011]