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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, South Carolina, Third Quarter 2020
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	2,856	36,968	507,792,490
Statewide	Zone 2	6,576	78,312	998,649,360
Statewide	Zone 3	3,804	50,588	627,239,127
Statewide	Zone 4	2,853	33,986	373,665,059
Statewide	Total Affected	16,089	199,854	2,507,346,036
Statewide	Unaffected	126,347	1,910,050	22,775,916,582
Beaufort	Zone 1	678	7,504	73,865,562
Beaufort	Zone 2	1,628	15,194	155,913,601
Beaufort	Zone 3	778	7,805	80,997,236
Beaufort	Zone 4	643	6,071	62,005,741
Beaufort	Total Affected	3,727	36,574	372,782,140
Beaufort	Unaffected	2,698	28,503	321,719,918
Charleston	Zone 1	1,962	27,413	417,509,163
Charleston	Zone 2	4,710	58,926	808,908,205
Charleston	Zone 3	2,526	36,240	493,396,090
Charleston	Zone 4	1,464	16,830	196,422,666
Charleston	Total Affected	10,662	139,410	1,916,236,124
Charleston	Unaffected	7,208	99,995	1,343,071,060
Georgetown	Zone 1	139	858	7,466,929
Georgetown	Zone 2	112	2,264	20,567,185
Georgetown	Zone 3	282	2,650	23,640,579
Georgetown	Zone 4	449	7,312	85,610,760
Georgetown	Total Affected	982	13,084	137,285,453
Georgetown	Unaffected	1,055	10,680	114,543,327
Horry	Zone 1	77	1,193	8,950,836
Horry	Zone 2	126	1,928	13,260,369
Horry	Zone 3	218	3,892	29,205,222
Horry	Zone 4	297	3,773	29,625,892
Horry	Total Affected	718	10,786	81,042,319
Horry	Unaffected	9,462	114,692	1,094,985,064
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 15th, 2021