Table 3.

Top receiving counties in pre-disaster period and sending counties recovery period: Magnitude of ties

County	State	County type	Out-flow (pre-)	In-flow (recovery)	Δ
Panel A. Top receiving and sending counties
Jefferson (New Orleans MSA)	Louisiana	Coastline	4,076	4,154	78
St. Tammany (New Orleans MSA)	Louisiana	Coastline	751	925	174
St. Bernard (New Orleans MSA)	Louisiana	Coastline	340	100	−240
Harris (Houston MSA)	Texas	Coastline	322	925	603
East Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge MSA)	Louisiana	Nearby	282	877	595
Dallas (Dallas-Fort Worth-Arl. MSA)	Texas	Distant	138	279	141
Los Angeles (Los Angeles MSA)	California	Distant	124	134	10
Plaquemines (New Orleans MSA)	Louisiana	Coastline	122	88	−34
St. Charles (New Orleans MSA)	Louisiana	Coastline	102	134	32
Fulton (Atlanta MSA)	Georgia	Distant	99	159	60
St. John The Baptist (New Orleans MSA)	Louisiana	Coastline	99	148	49
Cook (Chicago MSA)	Illinois	Distant	96	126	30
DeKalb (Atlanta MSA)	Georgia	Distant	84	115	31
Tangipahoa	Louisiana	Coastline	68	103	35
Lafayette	Louisiana	Nearby	63	142	79
Tarrant (Dallas-Fort Worth-Arl. MSA)	Texas	Distant	58	133	75
Panel B. Top receiving counties
New York (New York MSA)	New York	Distant	91	82	−9
San Diego (San Diego MSA)	California	Distant	81	69	−12
Harrison (Gulfport Biloxi MSA)	Mississippi	Coastline	68	48	−20
Cobb (Atlanta MSA)	Georgia	Distant	62	76	23
Panel C. Top sending counties
Travis (Austin MSA)	Texas	Distant	57	102	45
Shelby (Memphis MSA)	Tennessee	Distant	44	99	55
Bexar (San Antonio MSA)	Texas	Distant	38	97	59
Ascension (Baton Rouge MSA)	Louisiana	Nearby	29	83	54

Note: Coastline refers to “disaster-affected coastline counties”; nearby refers to “nearby counties”; and distant refers to “Distant counties.”