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What State Has Had the Highest Number of Declared Disasters According to FEMA?

What state has had the highest number of declared disasters according to FEMA? California? Florida? Louisiana?

The answer is Texas, with 81 declared disasters from 1953 to 2007. Hurricanes, tropical storms, and severe storms and flooding significantly drove up that total.

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