The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses, and nonprofits affected by declared disasters. This project analyzes SBA disaster loan data across multiple fiscal years, examining approved loan amounts, verified losses, and geographic patterns in disaster lending activity.

Live Dashboard: SBA Disaster Loan Dashboard — FY2000–2022

Visualization: SBA Disaster Declarations by State and Territory — FY2000–2022

Visualization: Repeat Disaster Counties — FY2000–2022

Visualization: SBA Home vs Business Loans by Year — FY2000–2022

Visualization: Federal Disaster Program Spending Comparison

Disclaimer: These analyses are based on data from the SBA Open Data Portal and are works-in-progress. Dollar values represent original verified loss and approved loan amounts. An optional inflation adjustment normalizes values to January 2026 dollars using CPI-U data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you have questions or find an error, please contact me.