Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Queens County, NY
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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.
Kings
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Queens
Flood Zone Source: New York City
Office of Emergency Management.
Nassau
Area
Zone 1
Establishments
Average
Monthly
Employment
Total
Quarterly
Wages
514
10,215
112,010,789
4,623
64,939
Zone 2
4,241
Zone 4
-
Zone 3
Total Included
Unincluded
9,378
38,340
96,741
1,220,029,609
-
-
171,895
350,185
770,286,877
2,102,327,275
3,680,325,527
0
1.5
3
6 Miles