Get Individuals and Households Program (IHP) registrations

Retrieves FEMA Individual and Households Program (IHP) registration data, which captures applications for disaster assistance from individuals and households.

Usage

get_ihp_registrations(
  state_fips = NULL,
  file_name = "IndividualsAndHouseholdsProgramValidRegistrationsV2_2025_09_26.parquet",
  api = FALSE,
  outpath = NULL
)

Arguments

state_fips

A character vector of two-letter state abbreviations. If NULL (default), return data for all 51 states. Otherwise return data for the specified states.

file_name

The name (not the full path) of the Box file containing the raw data.

api

If TRUE, query the API. If FALSE (default), read from disk.

outpath

The path to save the parquet-formatted datafile. Applicable only when api = FALSE.

Value

A dataframe comprising IHP registrations. Note that records are duplicated due to a many-to-many join with a ZCTA-to-county crosswalk; use allocation_factor_zcta_to_county to properly aggregate. Columns include:

unique_id

Unique identifier for the original registration.

allocation_factor_zcta_to_county

Weight for attributing registration to county.

geoid_county

Five-digit county FIPS code.

zcta_code

Five-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area.

geoid_tract

11-digit census tract FIPS code.

geoid_block_group

12-digit census block group FIPS code.

disaster_number

FEMA disaster number.

amount_individual_housing_program

Total IHP assistance amount in dollars.

amount_housing_assistance

Housing assistance amount in dollars.

amount_other_needs_assistance

Other needs assistance amount in dollars.

amount_rental_assistance

Rental assistance amount in dollars.

amount_repairs

Repair assistance amount in dollars.

amount_replacement

Replacement assistance amount in dollars.

amount_personal_property

Personal property assistance amount in dollars.

amount_flood_insurance_premium_paid_by_fema

FEMA-paid flood insurance premium.

state_name

Full state name.

state_abbreviation

Two-letter state abbreviation.

state_code

Two-digit state FIPS code.

Details

Data are from FEMA's OpenFEMA API. See https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/individuals-and-households-program-valid-registrations-v2.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_ihp_registrations(
   state_fips = "NJ",
   api = TRUE)
} # }