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 | Portland | 5 | 12,252 | 8,008 | 1400000US23005000200, 1400000US23005000100, 1400000US23005000300, 1400000US23005002300, 1400000US23005002400 |
| 2 | Old Orchard Beach | 2 | 8,697 | 6,509 | 1400000US23031006101, 1400000US23031006102 |
| 3 | Cumberland Center | 1 | 7,924 | 3,461 | 1400000US23005004200 |
| 4 | Kennebunk | 1 | 7,629 | 4,810 | 1400000US23031028002 |
| 5 | Rockland | 2 | 7,233 | 4,079 | 1400000US23013970700, 1400000US23013970600 |
| 6 | Brunswick | 1 | 7,146 | 3,329 | 1400000US23005011201 |
| 7 | York Harbor | 1 | 7,131 | 6,084 | 1400000US23031036001 |
| 8 | Belfast | 1 | 6,668 | 3,119 | 1400000US23027043000 |
| 9 | Scarborough | 1 | 6,308 | 3,343 | 1400000US23005017304 |
| 10 | Wiscasset | 1 | 6,307 | 3,230 | 1400000US23015975500 |
| 11 | Kittery | 1 | 6,162 | 3,560 | 1400000US23031038001 |
| 12 | Searsport | 1 | 5,959 | 3,656 | 1400000US23027042000 |
| 13 | Bar Harbor | 1 | 5,296 | 3,484 | 1400000US23009965900 |
| 14 | Freeport | 1 | 5,048 | 2,397 | 1400000US23005004502 |
| 15 | Camden | 1 | 4,844 | 3,254 | 1400000US23013970200 |
| 16 | Blue Hill | 1 | 4,178 | 2,977 | 1400000US23009966300 |
| 17 | South Portland | 1 | 3,857 | 1,855 | 1400000US23005003500 |
| 18 | Falmouth Foreside | 1 | 3,753 | 1,664 | 1400000US23005002501 |
| 19 | Littlejohn Island | 1 | 3,607 | 1,648 | 1400000US23005004402 |
| 20 | Kennebunkport | 1 | 3,535 | 2,895 | 1400000US23031027000 |
| 21 | Ellsworth | 1 | 3,467 | 1,789 | 1400000US23009965503 |
| 22 | Saco | 1 | 2,702 | 1,481 | 1400000US23031005400 |
| 23 | Castine | 1 | 2,617 | 1,569 | 1400000US23009966400 |
| 24 | Lubec | 1 | 2,492 | 1,850 | 1400000US23029955800 |
| 25 | Boothbay Harbor | 1 | 2,485 | 3,147 | 1400000US23015976200 |
| 26 | Winter Harbor | 1 | 2,270 | 1,943 | 1400000US23009965800 |
| 27 | Biddeford | 1 | 2,147 | 1,297 | 1400000US23031025400 |
| 28 | Southwest Harbor | 1 | 1,981 | 1,872 | 1400000US23009966100 |
| 29 | Eastport | 1 | 1,365 | 1,108 | 1400000US23029955700 |