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 | Mount Pleasant | 4 | 22,926 | 10,685 | 1400000US45019005000, 1400000US45019004607, 1400000US45019004609, 1400000US45019004701 |
| 2 | Hilton Head Island | 9 | 22,744 | 23,499 | 1400000US45013010900, 1400000US45013010700, 1400000US45013011300, 1400000US45013010100, 1400000US45013010600, 1400000US45013011100, 1400000US45013010800, 1400000US45013011000, 1400000US45013011200 |
| 3 | Charleston | 5 | 21,632 | 10,789 | 1400000US45019000200, 1400000US45019005100, 1400000US45019002005, 1400000US45019002007, 1400000US45019002003 |
| 4 | Myrtle Beach | 6 | 17,656 | 15,650 | 1400000US45051050401, 1400000US45051050303, 1400000US45051050500, 1400000US45051050700, 1400000US45051050402, 1400000US45051050600 |
| 5 | North Myrtle Beach | 3 | 11,883 | 20,494 | 1400000US45051040400, 1400000US45051040300, 1400000US45051040200 |
| 6 | Murrells Inlet | 2 | 9,110 | 5,704 | 1400000US45043920501, 1400000US45043920502 |
| 7 | Hardeeville | 1 | 8,232 | 2,808 | 1400000US45053950300 |
| 8 | Bluffton | 1 | 7,602 | 4,026 | 1400000US45013002201 |
| 9 | Surfside Beach | 3 | 6,257 | 9,799 | 1400000US45051051201, 1400000US45051051202, 1400000US45051051700 |
| 10 | Port Royal | 1 | 4,484 | 254 | 1400000US45013001000 |
| 11 | Isle of Palms | 2 | 4,274 | 4,522 | 1400000US45019004902, 1400000US45019004901 |
| 12 | Garden City | 2 | 4,081 | 5,715 | 1400000US45051051302, 1400000US45051051301 |
| 13 | Pawleys Island | 1 | 3,938 | 5,263 | 1400000US45043920505 |
| 14 | Atlantic Beach | 1 | 3,645 | 8,038 | 1400000US45051040500 |
| 15 | Ridgeland | 1 | 3,346 | 1,943 | 1400000US45013002202 |
| 16 | Kiawah Island | 2 | 3,181 | 5,783 | 1400000US45019002104, 1400000US45019002105 |
| 17 | Beaufort | 1 | 2,883 | 1,260 | 1400000US45013000901 |
| 18 | Jacksonboro | 1 | 2,253 | 3,138 | 1400000US45029970800 |
| 19 | Folly Beach | 1 | 2,244 | 2,118 | 1400000US45019002004 |
| 20 | Sullivan's Island | 1 | 2,067 | 1,131 | 1400000US45019004800 |