Methodology: We crunched data from the Census department & NOAA to show places & census tracts adjacent to the ocean coast line. This is a novel analysis & for the first time these places & census tracts most likely to be impacted by rising sea levels are available to the public for free.
| State | Number of Ocean Adjacent Census Tracts | Total Population Living In Census Tracts Adjacent to the Ocean | Total Houses In Census Tracts Adjacent to the Ocean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 518 | 1,772,361 | 1,213,139 |
| California | 325 | 1,370,130 | 635,571 |
| Washington | 190 | 798,461 | 391,979 |
| New York | 198 | 756,890 | 352,047 |
| Massachusetts | 148 | 571,742 | 338,852 |
| Maryland | 130 | 531,959 | 268,476 |
| Hawaii | 120 | 494,641 | 209,806 |
| Virginia | 120 | 473,008 | 217,654 |
| New Jersey | 120 | 371,543 | 271,536 |
| Texas | 89 | 349,595 | 186,909 |
| North Carolina | 109 | 325,680 | 219,427 |
| Connecticut | 73 | 286,588 | 135,005 |
| Alaska | 69 | 263,496 | 116,538 |
| Maine | 70 | 245,536 | 163,500 |
| South Carolina | 61 | 182,030 | 159,132 |
| Rhode Island | 48 | 180,343 | 93,051 |
| Oregon | 43 | 135,099 | 89,070 |
| Alabama | 24 | 120,772 | 74,136 |
| Delaware | 38 | 118,055 | 82,071 |
| Mississippi | 25 | 101,588 | 50,396 |
| Georgia | 22 | 87,771 | 49,537 |
| Louisiana | 25 | 81,078 | 35,578 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 25,309 | 15,448 |
| Grand Total | 2,573 | 9,643,675 | 5,368,858 |