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 | Corpus Christi | 18 | 77,985 | 41,576 | 1400000US48007950100, 1400000US48355002601, 1400000US48355003101, 1400000US48355001400, 1400000US48355006200, 1400000US48355002500, 1400000US48355002900, 1400000US48355003002, 1400000US48355006400, 1400000US48355006300, 1400000US48355002705, 1400000US48355002706, 1400000US48355003001, 1400000US48355005102, 1400000US48355001200, 1400000US48355005406, 1400000US48355002704, 1400000US48355002102 |
| 2 | Galveston | 17 | 40,161 | 23,754 | 1400000US48167724200, 1400000US48167724500, 1400000US48167724300, 1400000US48167724400, 1400000US48167724600, 1400000US48167724800, 1400000US48167725000, 1400000US48167725100, 1400000US48167724000, 1400000US48167725300, 1400000US48167725500, 1400000US48167725800, 1400000US48167725900, 1400000US48167724101, 1400000US48167724700, 1400000US48167725400, 1400000US48167725600 |
| 3 | Texas City | 6 | 32,491 | 15,692 | 1400000US48167721700, 1400000US48167723900, 1400000US48167721800, 1400000US48167721900, 1400000US48167726200, 1400000US48167722001 |
| 4 | Baytown | 3 | 24,125 | 8,685 | 1400000US48071710200, 1400000US48201254700, 1400000US48201254600 |
| 5 | Rockport | 4 | 18,682 | 10,930 | 1400000US48007950500, 1400000US48007950200, 1400000US48007950300, 1400000US48007950400 |
| 6 | Port Lavaca | 3 | 16,508 | 7,083 | 1400000US48057000100, 1400000US48057000200, 1400000US48057000400 |
| 7 | Pasadena | 3 | 11,982 | 5,000 | 1400000US48201341600, 1400000US48201343600, 1400000US48201341700 |
| 8 | Villa del Sol | 1 | 8,470 | 3,732 | 1400000US48061010100 |
| 9 | Ingleside | 2 | 7,904 | 3,221 | 1400000US48409010700, 1400000US48409010302 |
| 10 | Doyle | 1 | 6,432 | 2,364 | 1400000US48409010601 |
| 11 | Quintana | 1 | 6,327 | 2,717 | 1400000US48039664400 |
| 12 | Winnie | 1 | 5,880 | 2,363 | 1400000US48071710401 |
| 13 | Palacios | 1 | 5,824 | 2,719 | 1400000US48321730600 |
| 14 | Brownsville | 1 | 5,676 | 1,551 | 1400000US48061012700 |
| 15 | Portland | 2 | 5,529 | 2,109 | 1400000US48409010603, 1400000US48409010604 |
| 16 | Del Mar Heights | 1 | 5,323 | 1,590 | 1400000US48061014200 |
| 17 | Jones Creek | 1 | 5,149 | 2,413 | 1400000US48039664501 |
| 18 | Riviera | 1 | 4,981 | 2,097 | 1400000US48273020100 |
| 19 | Laguna Vista | 1 | 4,943 | 2,146 | 1400000US48061012301 |
| 20 | Hitchcock | 1 | 4,789 | 2,057 | 1400000US48167723600 |
| 21 | Port Isabel | 1 | 4,505 | 2,179 | 1400000US48061012304 |
| 22 | St. Paul | 1 | 4,392 | 1,926 | 1400000US48409010900 |
| 23 | Bayou Vista | 1 | 4,161 | 2,918 | 1400000US48167723800 |
| 24 | Anahuac | 1 | 3,734 | 1,711 | 1400000US48071710500 |
| 25 | Aransas Pass | 1 | 3,725 | 2,107 | 1400000US48409010201 |
| 26 | Port O'Connor | 1 | 3,710 | 3,349 | 1400000US48057000500 |
| 27 | Austwell | 1 | 3,661 | 2,074 | 1400000US48391950400 |
| 28 | South Padre Island | 1 | 3,221 | 8,621 | 1400000US48061012305 |
| 29 | Matagorda | 1 | 2,764 | 3,924 | 1400000US48321730501 |
| 30 | Alvin | 1 | 2,514 | 1,281 | 1400000US48039661700 |
| 31 | Port Mansfield | 1 | 2,501 | 1,218 | 1400000US48489950700 |
| 32 | Jamaica Beach | 1 | 2,235 | 5,416 | 1400000US48167726100 |
| 33 | Oyster Creek | 1 | 2,041 | 2,127 | 1400000US48039664200 |
| 34 | Seabrook | 1 | 2,000 | 879 | 1400000US48167721600 |
| 35 | Port Arthur | 1 | 1,832 | 781 | 1400000US48245011600 |
| 36 | Point Comfort | 1 | 1,448 | 1,174 | 1400000US48057000300 |
| 37 | Tiki Island | 1 | 1,425 | 1,178 | 1400000US48167726000 |
| 38 | Sarita | 1 | 565 | 247 | 1400000US48261950100 |