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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 2020
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	343	3,556	38,822,031
Statewide	Zone 2	727	7,837	97,843,255
Statewide	Zone 3	1,144	16,866	231,099,507
Statewide	Zone 4	1,323	20,611	262,729,170
Statewide	Total Affected	3,537	48,870	630,493,963
Statewide	Unaffected	31,523	397,380	6,593,633,486
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	191	3,236	34,142,562
Kent	Unaffected	4,302	61,670	767,684,962
New Castle	Zone 1	61	1,025	15,336,971
New Castle	Zone 2	148	2,649	53,894,068
New Castle	Zone 3	507	10,138	160,847,864
New Castle	Zone 4	508	9,408	142,511,007
New Castle	Total Affected	1,224	23,220	372,589,910
New Castle	Unaffected	20,253	249,994	4,177,402,453
Sussex	Zone 1	260	2,311	21,576,877
Sussex	Zone 2	554	4,807	39,879,695
Sussex	Zone 3	584	6,362	67,120,322
Sussex	Zone 4	724	8,935	95,184,597
Sussex	Total Affected	2,122	22,414	223,761,491
Sussex	Unaffected	5,634	60,465	682,714,546
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 18th, 2021