Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Lafourche Parish, LA
±
St. James
St. John
St. Charles
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.
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Lafourche
Flood Zone Source: National Hurricane Program.
Terrebonne
Area
Zone 1
Establishments
308
Average
Monthly
Employment
5,355
Total
Quarterly
Wages
68,049,073
Zone 2
939
18,181
262,026,991
Zone 4
0
0
0
Zone 3
Total Included
Unincluded
633
1,880
280
11,059
34,595
3,315
103,995,014
434,071,078
38,243,839
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10
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