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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 2021
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,452	58,074	1,221,779,745
Statewide	Zone 2	13,734	359,525	11,524,189,089
Statewide	Zone 3	1,230	11,202	150,855,870
Statewide	Zone 4	4,010	67,664	1,837,308,475
Statewide	Total Affected	21,426	496,466	14,734,133,179
Statewide	Unaffected	259,938	3,002,125	57,697,659,887
Barnstable	Zone 1	141	2,230	33,167,854
Barnstable	Zone 2	279	3,284	40,120,108
Barnstable	Zone 3	411	3,989	47,133,149
Barnstable	Zone 4	469	5,047	65,603,493
Barnstable	Total Affected	1,300	14,549	186,024,604
Barnstable	Unaffected	8,651	88,022	1,244,086,578
Bristol	Zone 1	33	480	6,633,593
Bristol	Zone 2	135	991	11,513,987
Bristol	Zone 3	165	1,362	20,737,123
Bristol	Zone 4	204	1,491	20,937,426
Bristol	Total Affected	537	4,324	59,822,129
Bristol	Unaffected	18,027	214,039	3,088,326,547
Essex	Zone 1	199	1,747	21,495,787
Essex	Zone 2	834	13,719	266,991,981
Essex	Zone 3	414	3,616	55,354,599
Essex	Zone 4	551	5,324	71,254,386
Essex	Total Affected	1,998	24,406	415,096,753
Essex	Unaffected	27,389	286,256	4,819,316,863
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	4,392	128,397	5,060,957,748
Middlesex	Unaffected	55,985	769,842	17,965,654,922
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	551	15,100	274,931,255
Norfolk	Unaffected	26,252	317,296	5,640,115,678
Plymouth	Zone 1	207	1,795	25,332,200
Plymouth	Zone 2	385	3,258	31,591,669
Plymouth	Zone 3	194	1,737	21,722,301
Plymouth	Zone 4	334	3,933	47,584,665
Plymouth	Total Affected	1,120	10,724	126,230,835
Plymouth	Unaffected	16,211	177,536	2,712,280,363
Suffolk	Zone 1	996	36,595	790,804,703
Suffolk	Zone 2	8,814	218,525	6,389,149,199
Suffolk	Zone 3	40	481	5,638,307
Suffolk	Zone 4	1,678	43,365	1,425,477,646
Suffolk	Total Affected	11,528	298,966	8,611,069,855
Suffolk	Unaffected	22,497	372,205	9,513,566,080
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