Hurricane direct hits on the mainland U.S. coastline and for individual states 1851-2004 by Saffir/Simpson category. | Area | Category Number | All
(1-5) | Major
(3-5) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| U.S. (Texas to Maine) | 109 | 72 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 273 | 92 |
| Texas | 23 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 19 |
| (North) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| (Central) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| (South) | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 |
| Louisiana | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 18 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
| Alabama | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| Florida | 43 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 110 | 35 |
| (Northwest) | 27 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 12 |
| (Northeast) | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| (Southwest) | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 |
| (Southeast) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 15 |
| Georgia | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 12 |
| Virginia | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Maine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Notes:
State totals will not necessarily equal U.S. totals, and Texas or Florida totals will not necessarily equal sum of sectional totals.
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