Hurricane Zones: Delaware : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Delaware, Third quarter 2018
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	271	3,686	35,480,688
Statewide	Zone 2	603	8,920	95,618,946
Statewide	Zone 3	924	14,163	191,306,624
Statewide	Zone 4	1,153	22,149	261,009,929
Statewide	Total Affected	2,951	48,918	583,416,187
Statewide	Unaffected	30,301	401,742	5,542,106,885
Kent	Zone 1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Kent	Zone 2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Kent	Zone 3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Kent	Zone 4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Kent	Total Affected	177	3,579	34,102,978
Kent	Unaffected	4,062	62,634	700,758,392
New Castle	Zone 1	47	983	14,488,363
New Castle	Zone 2	131	3,135	55,465,753
New Castle	Zone 3	414	9,046	146,951,959
New Castle	Zone 4	466	8,566	123,659,651
New Castle	Total Affected	1,058	21,730	340,565,726
New Castle	Unaffected	19,525	268,169	4,047,118,830
Sussex	Zone 1	202	2,489	19,468,780
Sussex	Zone 2	453	5,305	36,212,433
Sussex	Zone 3	460	4,790	41,797,800
Sussex	Zone 4	601	11,025	111,268,470
Sussex	Total Affected	1,716	23,609	208,747,483
Sussex	Unaffected	5,470	63,062	646,646,309
Footnotes: (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards
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.

Last Modified Date: March 21, 2019