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

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Mississippi, Third quarter 2018
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	301	14,158	152,794,486
Statewide	Zone 2	1,068	29,019	339,437,731
Statewide	Zone 3	2,029	32,457	326,959,109
Statewide	Zone 4	2,568	41,153	363,009,086
Statewide	Total Affected	5,966	116,787	1,182,200,412
Statewide	Unaffected	68,958	1,011,312	9,874,794,100
Hancock	Zone 1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Hancock	Zone 2	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Hancock	Zone 3	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Hancock	Zone 4	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾
Hancock	Total Affected	537	6,839	61,253,497
Hancock	Unaffected	354	6,470	96,911,929
Harrison	Zone 1	169	9,769	72,574,278
Harrison	Zone 2	388	8,767	74,533,587
Harrison	Zone 3	852	16,417	174,437,911
Harrison	Zone 4	1,932	32,261	287,139,639
Harrison	Total Affected	3,341	67,213	608,685,415
Harrison	Unaffected	1,343	19,141	197,997,188
Jackson	Zone 1	82	3,347	70,117,529
Jackson	Zone 2	526	17,727	241,464,394
Jackson	Zone 3	862	12,909	125,719,118
Jackson	Zone 4	618	8,753	74,960,459
Jackson	Total Affected	2,088	42,735	512,261,500
Jackson	Unaffected	384	5,512	58,705,430
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 15, 2019