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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, Texas, Third Quarter 2024
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	970	22,409	351,337,458
Statewide	Zone 2	2,177	50,240	853,657,430
Statewide	Zone 3	7,694	177,697	3,132,329,120
Statewide	Zone 4	6,300	150,865	2,751,154,242
Statewide	Total Affected	17,141	401,211	7,088,478,250
Statewide	Unaffected	827,344	13,478,413	244,773,129,869
Brazoria	Zone 1	68	1,300	32,753,487
Brazoria	Zone 2	133	4,963	127,924,600
Brazoria	Zone 3	994	24,118	437,584,892
Brazoria	Zone 4	269	4,182	55,544,601
Brazoria	Total Affected	1,464	34,563	653,807,580
Brazoria	Unaffected	5,385	88,027	1,359,887,760
Chambers	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Chambers	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Chambers	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Chambers	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Chambers	Total Affected	312	7,735	134,024,330
Chambers	Unaffected	612	14,155	259,210,304
Galveston	Zone 1	504	11,744	153,125,521
Galveston	Zone 2	533	10,737	138,499,678
Galveston	Zone 3	2,014	40,662	593,100,125
Galveston	Zone 4	1,234	31,444	561,511,792
Galveston	Total Affected	4,285	94,587	1,446,237,116
Galveston	Unaffected	2,649	26,644	383,811,352
Hardin	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Hardin	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Hardin	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Hardin	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Hardin	Total Affected	32	300	4,162,311
Hardin	Unaffected	937	11,920	155,066,539
Harris	Zone 1	70	1,272	28,865,928
Harris	Zone 2	109	2,362	53,684,866
Harris	Zone 3	1,513	44,969	964,264,468
Harris	Zone 4	3,382	85,927	1,704,327,605
Harris	Total Affected	5,074	134,530	2,751,142,867
Harris	Unaffected	118,681	2,292,283	47,985,431,662
Jasper	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Jasper	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Jasper	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Jasper	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Jasper	Total Affected	(1)	(1)	(1)
Jasper	Unaffected	(1)	(1)	(1)
Jefferson	Zone 1	281	7,761	133,255,519
Jefferson	Zone 2	705	19,838	327,507,437
Jefferson	Zone 3	2,676	58,542	963,465,671
Jefferson	Zone 4	904	19,967	309,057,334
Jefferson	Total Affected	4,566	106,107	1,733,285,961
Jefferson	Unaffected	1,235	18,655	384,158,960
Liberty	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Liberty	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Liberty	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Liberty	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Liberty	Total Affected	109	1,605	20,964,120
Liberty	Unaffected	1,182	18,342	254,513,711
Matagorda	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Matagorda	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Matagorda	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Matagorda	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Matagorda	Total Affected	128	881	7,414,775
Matagorda	Unaffected	689	10,156	182,496,685
Newton	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Newton	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Newton	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Newton	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Newton	Total Affected	(1)	(1)	(1)
Newton	Unaffected	(1)	(1)	(1)
Orange	Zone 1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Orange	Zone 2	(1)	(1)	(1)
Orange	Zone 3	(1)	(1)	(1)
Orange	Zone 4	(1)	(1)	(1)
Orange	Total Affected	1,157	20,768	334,617,813
Orange	Unaffected	313	3,164	42,699,337
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 12, 2025