Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, New Castle County, DE
±
Chester, PA
Gloucester, NJ
Area
Establishments
Zone 1
ND
Zone 2
ND
Zone 3
ND
Zone 4
Total Included
Unincluded
Cecil, MD
ND
314
16,760
Average
Monthly
Employment
Salem
ND
ND
ND
ND
6,922
258,827
Total
Quarterly
Wages
ND
ND
ND
ND
82,239,263
3,505,797,431
ND: Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards.
Cumberland, NJ
New Castle
Kent
0
3.75
7.5
15 Miles
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: National Hurricane Program.