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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, Massachusetts, Third Quarter 2020
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,550	57,907	1,251,389,209
Statewide	Zone 2	14,279	358,808	10,142,718,462
Statewide	Zone 3	1,301	11,030	151,539,617
Statewide	Zone 4	4,090	72,406	1,762,931,759
Statewide	Total Affected	22,220	500,152	13,308,579,047
Statewide	Unaffected	238,878	3,083,287	61,462,052,350
Barnstable	Zone 1	156	2,107	30,663,074
Barnstable	Zone 2	288	3,082	34,725,611
Barnstable	Zone 3	419	3,749	41,879,197
Barnstable	Zone 4	515	4,839	60,660,150
Barnstable	Total Affected	1,378	13,777	167,928,032
Barnstable	Unaffected	8,264	80,924	1,077,473,373
Bristol	Zone 1	36	578	6,310,147
Bristol	Zone 2	125	882	10,140,530
Bristol	Zone 3	178	1,433	20,264,213
Bristol	Zone 4	208	1,402	19,874,160
Bristol	Total Affected	547	4,296	56,589,050
Bristol	Unaffected	17,436	201,326	2,754,705,179
Essex	Zone 1	207	1,653	20,172,663
Essex	Zone 2	886	14,036	245,554,424
Essex	Zone 3	445	3,845	57,041,085
Essex	Zone 4	592	5,169	68,962,423
Essex	Total Affected	2,130	24,703	391,730,595
Essex	Unaffected	25,693	266,167	4,335,134,916
Middlesex	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Middlesex	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Middlesex	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Middlesex	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Middlesex	Total Affected	4,489	127,634	4,179,164,853
Middlesex	Unaffected	53,029	722,098	15,577,317,401
Norfolk	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Norfolk	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Norfolk	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Norfolk	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Norfolk	Total Affected	539	15,476	281,573,880
Norfolk	Unaffected	25,244	294,269	5,056,813,944
Plymouth	Zone 1	194	1,517	17,269,963
Plymouth	Zone 2	405	3,121	29,562,572
Plymouth	Zone 3	202	1,569	26,887,196
Plymouth	Zone 4	357	3,902	41,913,004
Plymouth	Total Affected	1,158	10,110	115,632,735
Plymouth	Unaffected	15,406	165,907	2,435,617,692
Suffolk	Zone 1	1,069	33,632	683,775,265
Suffolk	Zone 2	9,224	222,052	6,059,341,043
Suffolk	Zone 3	50	397	4,624,824
Suffolk	Zone 4	1,636	48,075	1,368,218,770
Suffolk	Total Affected	11,979	304,156	8,115,959,902
Suffolk	Unaffected	20,436	323,943	7,738,291,318
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