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

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Rhode Island, Third Quarter 2021
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	1,557	18,308	219,178,869
Statewide	Zone 2	733	7,528	85,995,694
Statewide	Zone 3	0	0	0
Statewide	Zone 4	0	0	0
Statewide	Total Affected	2,290	25,836	305,174,563
Statewide	Unaffected	40,860	445,641	6,629,218,066
Bristol	Zone 1	323	2,686	28,772,221
Bristol	Zone 2	292	2,808	31,781,836
Bristol	Zone 3	0	0	0
Bristol	Zone 4	0	0	0
Bristol	Total Affected	615	5,494	60,554,057
Bristol	Unaffected	1,154	7,678	100,076,063
Newport	Zone 1	583	7,222	81,859,166
Newport	Zone 2	199	2,398	25,898,055
Newport	Zone 3	0	0	0
Newport	Zone 4	0	0	0
Newport	Total Affected	782	9,620	107,757,221
Newport	Unaffected	2,906	32,316	505,161,333
Washington	Zone 1	651	8,400	108,547,482
Washington	Zone 2	242	2,322	28,315,803
Washington	Zone 3	0	0	0
Washington	Zone 4	0	0	0
Washington	Total Affected	893	10,722	136,863,285
Washington	Unaffected	4,038	45,371	676,768,634
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