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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, Louisiana, Third Quarter 2024
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,297	25,619	448,029,898
Statewide	Zone 2	22,751	240,349	3,635,716,352
Statewide	Zone 3	22,252	271,784	4,653,935,260
Statewide	Zone 4	3,593	41,622	710,142,174
Statewide	Total Affected	50,893	579,373	9,447,823,684
Statewide	Unaffected	105,257	1,329,322	19,118,849,679
Ascension	Zone 1	44	170	2,102,211
Ascension	Zone 2	1,412	14,752	216,920,270
Ascension	Zone 3	1,204	14,088	252,818,664
Ascension	Zone 4	813	12,983	237,731,052
Ascension	Total Affected	3,473	41,992	709,572,197
Ascension	Unaffected	461	8,038	139,294,925
Assumption	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Assumption	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Assumption	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Assumption	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Assumption	Total Affected	288	3,333	46,157,423
Assumption	Unaffected	47	541	7,845,220
Jefferson	Zone 1	109	846	11,513,008
Jefferson	Zone 2	10,909	115,007	1,568,035,512
Jefferson	Zone 3	4,066	58,087	1,119,308,914
Jefferson	Zone 4	30	240	4,083,878
Jefferson	Total Affected	15,114	174,180	2,702,941,312
Jefferson	Unaffected	903	10,153	169,253,452
Lafourche	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Lafourche	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Lafourche	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Lafourche	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Lafourche	Total Affected	2,089	32,355	533,681,988
Lafourche	Unaffected	123	1,798	30,671,704
Orleans	Zone 1	105	854	15,656,109
Orleans	Zone 2	4,482	35,284	506,203,854
Orleans	Zone 3	11,660	134,156	2,302,665,866
Orleans	Zone 4	86	1,009	14,803,520
Orleans	Total Affected	16,333	171,304	2,839,329,349
Orleans	Unaffected	1,039	11,835	236,437,577
Plaquemines	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Plaquemines	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Plaquemines	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Plaquemines	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Plaquemines	Total Affected	806	10,381	214,458,238
Plaquemines	Unaffected	72	2,255	57,354,152
St. Charles	Zone 1	280	2,400	31,066,938
St. Charles	Zone 2	826	16,374	385,922,490
St. Charles	Zone 3	187	5,040	82,072,466
St. Charles	Zone 4	44	1,385	44,235,258
St. Charles	Total Affected	1,337	25,199	543,297,152
St. Charles	Unaffected	118	2,949	73,656,177
St. James	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. James	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. James	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. James	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. James	Total Affected	406	6,527	128,927,678
St. James	Unaffected	55	1,035	19,179,420
St. John the Baptist	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. John the Baptist	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. John the Baptist	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. John the Baptist	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
St. John the Baptist	Total Affected	918	12,186	201,962,062
St. John the Baptist	Unaffected	89	807	15,532,839
St. Tammany	Zone 1	787	4,721	55,880,417
St. Tammany	Zone 2	1,490	8,927	120,900,661
St. Tammany	Zone 3	2,133	20,004	307,282,590
St. Tammany	Zone 4	2,207	20,498	319,817,357
St. Tammany	Total Affected	6,617	54,150	803,881,025
St. Tammany	Unaffected	4,384	42,706	614,357,179
Tangipahoa	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Tangipahoa	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Tangipahoa	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Tangipahoa	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Tangipahoa	Total Affected	346	2,403	26,533,442
Tangipahoa	Unaffected	3,442	44,509	521,112,180
Terrebonne	Zone 1	464	8,274	139,012,869
Terrebonne	Zone 2	1,239	16,713	251,651,024
Terrebonne	Zone 3	1,441	19,731	301,202,080
Terrebonne	Zone 4	22	646	5,215,845
Terrebonne	Total Affected	3,166	45,364	697,081,818
Terrebonne	Unaffected	194	2,585	36,918,398
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 12, 2025