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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages > Publications > QCEW Hurricane Flood Zones

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Delaware, Third Quarter 2021
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	398	4,029	47,605,331
Statewide	Zone 2	821	8,643	114,150,270
Statewide	Zone 3	1,217	17,097	245,076,574
Statewide	Zone 4	1,375	21,113	277,567,561
Statewide	Total Affected	3,811	50,882	684,399,736
Statewide	Unaffected	32,138	392,683	6,225,838,187
Kent	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Kent	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Kent	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Kent	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Kent	Total Affected	202	3,462	38,522,206
Kent	Unaffected	4,446	63,293	828,412,508
New Castle	Zone 1	68	1,274	20,271,106
New Castle	Zone 2	154	2,900	58,191,157
New Castle	Zone 3	513	10,252	166,710,098
New Castle	Zone 4	537	9,623	147,565,058
New Castle	Total Affected	1,272	24,050	392,737,419
New Castle	Unaffected	20,795	258,207	4,438,178,344
Sussex	Zone 1	309	2,615	26,080,108
Sussex	Zone 2	641	5,301	50,639,573
Sussex	Zone 3	649	6,485	75,124,165
Sussex	Zone 4	738	8,969	101,296,265
Sussex	Total Affected	2,337	23,371	253,140,111
Sussex	Unaffected	5,833	63,979	805,356,532
Footnotes: (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards
Note: Flood zones represent a conservative estimation of areas that would experience flooding in the event of a hurricane. Zone 1 is the area that would be flooded by a Category I hurricane. A Category II hurricane would cause flooding in Zones 1 and 2. The hurricane categories reference the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Last Modified Date: March 16th, 2022