Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Brazoria County, TX
Area
Zone 1
Average
Total Quarterly
Establishments
Monthly
Wages
Employment
23
Zone 2
148
Zone 4
384
Zone 3
Total Included
Unincluded
451
4,053
6,787,604
59,324,078
957
22,026
316,656,484
1,512
32,215
427,324,678
3,515
5,686
59,949
Harris
±
44,556,512
622,677,399
Galveston
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.
Fort Bend
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Brazoria
Flood Zone Source: Texas Department of Public Safety.
Matagorda
0
5
10
20 Miles