Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, St. Tammany Parish, LA
±
Area
Washington
Establishments
Zone 1
532
Zone 3
Total Included
Zone 2
Unincluded
Total
Quarterly
Wages
3,359
32,042,295
1,297
15,294
127,353,619
4,091
41,403
387,831,690
953
Zone 4
Average
Monthly
Employment
1,309
3,545
7,041
15,708
37,705
64,170,775
164,265,001
403,189,764
Pearl River, MS
Hancock, MS
0
4.5
9
18 Miles
Orleans
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: National Hurricane Program.
St. Tammany
Jefferson
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.