Detail files are located in the FTP area: http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/county/ Population in Coastal Counties: April 1, 1990 and July 1, 1994 Source: Population Distribution Branch US Bureau of the Census Release Date: July 18, 1996 Consistent with the county estimates released on 1/18/95. Note: File sorted by coastal region, some states appear in more than one coastal region. Coastal counties are defined (in 1992) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as those counties with at least 15 percent of their land area either in a coastal watershed or in a coastal cataloging unit. A file containing coastal county populations for each year between 1990 and 1994 is located in the /population/estimates/county directory. The name of the file is: coast94.txt ---------------Population---------- ------1994 estimate---- Percent of April 1, Coastal region No. of state/U.S. 1990 and state Counties Number total Census Total U.S. 3143 260,341 100 248,718 Total Coastal 673 138,519 53.2 133,396 Interior U.S. 2470 121,822 46.8 115,322 Atlantic 285 60,721 - 59,014 Maine 14 1,140 91.9 1,122 New Hampshire 6 916 80.6 891 Massachusetts 12 5,821 96.4 5,800 Rhode Island 5 997 100 1,003 Connecticut 8 3,275 100 3,287 New York 18 12,694 69.9 12,593 New Jersey 20 7,809 98.8 7,639 Pennsylvania 12 5,537 45.9 5,464 Delaware 3 706 100 666 Maryland 20 4,605 92 4,406 District of Columbia 1 570 100 607 Virginia 61 4,434 67.7 4,154 North Carolina 37 1,836 26 1,757 South Carolina 22 1,520 41.5 1,454 Georgia 25 761 10.8 705 Florida 21 8,101 58.1 7,466 Gulf of Mexico 142 16,299 - 15,243 Florida 40 5,493 39.4 5,135 Georgia 3 88 1.2 85 Alabama 8 680 16.1 640 Mississippi 12 544 20.4 509 Lousisiana 38 3,375 78.2 3,292 Texas 41 6,120 33.3 5,582 Great Lakes 158 26,416 - 25,946 New York 21 3,700 20.4 3,647 Pennsylvania 1 280 2.3 276 Ohio 24 4,363 39.3 4,312 Michigan 74 8,439 88.9 8,251 Indiana 9 1,317 22.9 1,275 Illinois 2 5,701 48.5 5,621 Wisconsin 23 2,373 46.7 2,322 Minnesota 4 243 5.3 242 Pacific 88 35,083 - 33,193 Washington 19 4,140 77.5 3,777 Oregon 12 1,689 54.7 1,585 California 29 27,568 87.7 26,266 Hawaii 5 1,179 100 1,108 Alaska 23 507 83.6 458