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About 30-40% of the US population lives in a coastal county: * https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/populati
by throw0101c 1y ago
About 30-40% of the US population lives in a coastal county:
* https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html
* https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/2019/demo/coastline-america.pdf https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizat...
- zamadatix 1y agoAnd about 6% of the population less than 3 meters above sea level. This is much more relevant than the county is coastal, for some it's basically the entire county. https://www.iai.int/en/post/detail/snapshot-3-how-many-people-live-in-vulnerable-coastal-areas-of-the-u-s-a https://www.iai.int/en/post/detail/snapshot-3-how-many-peopl...