QCEW ‐ Hurricane Zones: Mississippi : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Mississippi, Third Quarter 2023
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	305	14,768	209,900,399
Statewide	Zone 2	1,123	17,796	201,914,605
Statewide	Zone 3	2,208	44,674	612,101,078
Statewide	Zone 4	2,775	41,589	461,808,733
Statewide	Total Affected	6,411	118,827	1,485,724,815
Statewide	Unaffected	81,864	1,038,042	12,449,510,510
Hancock	Zone 1	67	1,011	10,957,265
Hancock	Zone 2	170	2,720	30,173,330
Hancock	Zone 3	355	3,692	51,813,777
Hancock	Zone 4	23	139	1,344,209
Hancock	Total Affected	615	7,563	94,288,581
Hancock	Unaffected	403	6,730	121,126,157
Harrison	Zone 1	165	9,797	93,671,421
Harrison	Zone 2	403	8,290	84,877,287
Harrison	Zone 3	941	17,042	220,314,354
Harrison	Zone 4	2,042	32,348	362,842,529
Harrison	Total Affected	3,551	67,477	761,705,591
Harrison	Unaffected	1,509	21,057	258,426,263
Jackson	Zone 1	73	3,959	105,271,713
Jackson	Zone 2	550	6,786	86,863,988
Jackson	Zone 3	912	23,940	339,972,947
Jackson	Zone 4	710	9,101	97,621,995
Jackson	Total Affected	2,245	43,787	629,730,643
Jackson	Unaffected	470	6,692	94,766,240
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 13th, 2024