Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Broward County, FL
±
Establishments
Average
Monthly
Employment
Total
Quarterly
Wages
Zone 1
209
1,078
9,296,201
Zone 3
2,219
27,239
297,848,998
Total Included
6,902
65,006
769,347,502
Area
Zone 2
Palm Beach
Zone 4
Unincluded
Hendry
700
3,958
3,774
56,680
32,731
627,192
55,969,090
406,233,213
6,770,374,428
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
Flood Zone Source: Florida Division
of Emergency Management
Broward
Collier
Miami-Dade
0
5
10
20 Miles