Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Brunswick County, NC
Establishments
Average
Monthly
Employment
Total
Quarterly
Wages
Zone 1
23
292
1,665,451
Zone 3
107
897
6,393,687
Total Included
491
Area
Zone 2
77
Zone 4
Unincluded
647
3,766,247
284
2,975
24,462,224
2,038
24,218
202,848,936
4,811
Bladen
Pender
±
36,287,609
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.
New Hanover
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Columbus
Brunswick
0
5
10
20 Miles
Flood Zone Source: North Carolina
Floodplain Mapping Program.