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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 2022
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	936	23,336	386,051,845
Statewide	Zone 2	2,177	46,824	768,528,602
Statewide	Zone 3	7,729	170,273	2,908,019,207
Statewide	Zone 4	6,135	145,710	2,604,356,168
Statewide	Total Affected	16,977	386,143	6,666,955,822
Statewide	Unaffected	788,550	12,925,547	223,989,768,000
Brazoria	Zone 1	69	1,253	30,701,126
Brazoria	Zone 2	142	5,381	129,366,293
Brazoria	Zone 3	988	25,174	452,988,944
Brazoria	Zone 4	270	4,089	54,012,499
Brazoria	Total Affected	1,469	35,898	667,068,862
Brazoria	Unaffected	5,251	82,880	1,248,826,623
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	288	7,060	120,542,350
Chambers	Unaffected	551	11,856	210,913,415
Galveston	Zone 1	479	10,569	136,325,320
Galveston	Zone 2	526	10,088	129,371,742
Galveston	Zone 3	1,977	39,515	569,315,561
Galveston	Zone 4	1,191	31,926	536,481,083
Galveston	Total Affected	4,173	92,098	1,371,493,706
Galveston	Unaffected	2,740	26,953	344,460,123
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	31	135	1,901,263
Hardin	Unaffected	979	11,739	150,171,108
Harris	Zone 1	76	1,158	19,884,704
Harris	Zone 2	113	2,422	50,043,479
Harris	Zone 3	1,562	41,376	860,861,718
Harris	Zone 4	3,318	83,341	1,627,741,183
Harris	Total Affected	5,069	128,297	2,558,531,084
Harris	Unaffected	121,308	2,230,261	44,106,198,669
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	289	10,124	196,679,995
Jefferson	Zone 2	685	17,444	278,715,502
Jefferson	Zone 3	2,742	55,990	869,203,439
Jefferson	Zone 4	869	17,486	283,211,293
Jefferson	Total Affected	4,585	101,044	1,627,810,229
Jefferson	Unaffected	1,311	15,979	238,401,555
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	105	1,475	15,203,115
Liberty	Unaffected	1,174	17,169	229,774,710
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	119	857	7,054,911
Matagorda	Unaffected	720	10,340	170,278,984
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	1,128	19,116	294,850,357
Orange	Unaffected	314	3,682	45,713,353
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 15th, 2023