Hurricane Zones: Rhode Island : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Rhode Island, Third quarter 2018
County	Area	Number of Establishments	Average Monthly Employment	Total Quarterly Wages
Statewide	Zone 1	1,484	17,606	173,968,827
Statewide	Zone 2	775	7,876	74,502,624
Statewide	Zone 3	0	0	0
Statewide	Zone 4	0	0	0
Statewide	Total Affected	2,259	25,481	248,471,451
Statewide	Unaffected	35,953	459,830	5,829,578,550
Bristol	Zone 1	336	2,648	25,223,620
Bristol	Zone 2	328	3,115	30,361,384
Bristol	Zone 3	0	0	0
Bristol	Zone 4	0	0	0
Bristol	Total Affected	664	5,764	55,585,004
Bristol	Unaffected	896	7,750	83,730,557
Newport	Zone 1	584	7,655	71,228,541
Newport	Zone 2	206	2,376	19,882,400
Newport	Zone 3	0	0	0
Newport	Zone 4	0	0	0
Newport	Total Affected	790	10,031	91,110,941
Newport	Unaffected	2,608	33,024	430,389,400
Washington	Zone 1	564	7,302	77,516,666
Washington	Zone 2	241	2,384	24,258,840
Washington	Zone 3	0	0	0
Washington	Zone 4	0	0	0
Washington	Total Affected	805	9,687	101,775,506
Washington	Unaffected	3,683	46,694	528,126,853
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