Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Galveston County, TX
±
Average
Establishments
Monthly
Employment
Area
Zone 1
472
9,363
102,264,109
Zone 3
1,890
32,664
346,370,499
Total Included
3,786
72,076
781,809,494
Zone 2
466
Zone 4
Harris
Total
Quarterly
Wages
Unincluded
958
1,677
6,843
23,206
23,672
58,318,453
274,856,433
219,520,942
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.
Chambers
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Flood Zone Source: Texas Department of Public Safety.
Brazoria
Galveston
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5
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