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.
Click here for other states| No | Place | 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 | Census tract GEOID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houma | 2 | 16,161 | 5,140 | 1400000US22109001300, 1400000US22109001500 |
| 2 | Cut Off | 1 | 7,394 | 3,071 | 1400000US22057021100 |
| 3 | Patterson | 1 | 5,091 | 1,809 | 1400000US22101040800 |
| 4 | Galliano | 1 | 4,336 | 2,042 | 1400000US22057021200 |
| 5 | Chalmette | 1 | 4,259 | 1,664 | 1400000US22087030204 |
| 6 | Chauvin | 1 | 3,973 | 1,618 | 1400000US22109001202 |
| 7 | Montegut | 1 | 3,661 | 1,428 | 1400000US22109001100 |
| 8 | Port Sulphur | 1 | 3,593 | 1,514 | 1400000US22075050400 |
| 9 | Franklin | 1 | 3,117 | 1,254 | 1400000US22101040900 |
| 10 | Jeanerette | 1 | 2,980 | 1,360 | 1400000US22045031600 |
| 11 | Barataria | 1 | 1,891 | 2,579 | 1400000US22051027902 |
| 12 | Baldwin | 1 | 1,874 | 1,073 | 1400000US22101041100 |
| 13 | Hackberry | 1 | 1,763 | 981 | 1400000US22023970201 |
| 14 | Pointe a la Hache | 1 | 1,496 | 616 | 1400000US22075050100 |
| 15 | Boothville | 1 | 1,230 | 563 | 1400000US22075050800 |
| 16 | Empire | 1 | 999 | 462 | 1400000US22075050600 |
| 17 | New Orleans | 1 | 953 | 561 | 1400000US22071001734 |
| 18 | Poydras | 1 | 285 | 485 | 1400000US22087030105 |