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 | Gautier | 2 | 18,720 | 7,478 | 1400000US28059040900, 1400000US28059041100 |
| 2 | Waveland | 1 | 10,514 | 5,545 | 1400000US28045030300 |
| 3 | Bay St. Louis | 2 | 10,409 | 5,677 | 1400000US28045030200, 1400000US28045030100 |
| 4 | Ocean Springs | 2 | 9,251 | 4,297 | 1400000US28059040500, 1400000US28059040600 |
| 5 | Diamondhead | 1 | 8,359 | 4,146 | 1400000US28045030500 |
| 6 | St. Martin | 1 | 7,728 | 3,384 | 1400000US28059040300 |
| 7 | Pascagoula | 3 | 7,462 | 3,547 | 1400000US28059042600, 1400000US28059042900, 1400000US28059042500 |
| 8 | Biloxi | 5 | 7,432 | 4,971 | 1400000US28047000300, 1400000US28047000100, 1400000US28047000600, 1400000US28047003600, 1400000US28047001300 |
| 9 | DeLisle | 1 | 7,419 | 2,783 | 1400000US28047003102 |
| 10 | Pass Christian | 2 | 5,103 | 2,904 | 1400000US28047002900, 1400000US28047003000 |
| 11 | Gulfport | 2 | 3,189 | 2,463 | 1400000US28047001400, 1400000US28047003800 |
| 12 | Long Beach | 1 | 2,513 | 1,494 | 1400000US28047002800 |
| 13 | Pearlington | 1 | 2,482 | 1,217 | 1400000US28045030400 |
| 14 | Moss Point | 1 | 1,007 | 490 | 1400000US28059042700 |