4/13/95 Population in Coastal Counties: 1960 to 1980 Source: Population Distribution Branch US Bureau of the Census Note: File sorted by coastal region, some states appear in more than one coastal region. Coastal counties are defined here according to the 1992 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) definition as those counties with at least 15 percent of their land area either in a coastal watershed in a coastal cataloging unit. Coastal region No. of 1980 1970 1960 and state Counties Census Census Census Total U.S. 3,143 226,542 203,302 179,323 Total Coastal 673 119,833 110,013 94,479 Interior U.S. 2,470 106,709 93,289 84,844 Atlantic 285 53,741 51,114 44,500 Maine 14 1,016 883 846 New Hampshire 6 721 565 450 Massachusetts 12 5,534 5,506 4,990 Rhode Island 5 947 950 859 Connecticut 8 3,108 3,032 2,535 New York 18 12,232 12,903 11,852 New Jersey 20 7,281 7,097 6,004 Pennsylvania 12 5,280 5,333 4,927 Delaware 3 594 548 446 Maryland 20 3,882 3,630 2,833 District of Columbia 1 638 757 764 Virginia 61 3,396 2,959 2,376 North Carolina 37 1,597 1,405 1,321 South Carolina 22 1,288 1,055 997 Georgia 25 620 532 510 Florida 21 5,606 3,960 2,791 Gulf of Mexico 142 13,100 10,040 8,386 Florida 40 3,868 2,642 2,019 Georgia 3 83 75 78 Alabama 8 610 531 518 Mississippi 12 482 396 344 Lousisiana 38 3,254 2,788 2,423 Texas 41 4,803 3,609 3,005 Great Lakes 158 26,039 26,009 23,690 New York 21 3,629 3,701 3,415 Pennsylvania 1 280 264 251 Ohio 24 4,416 4,527 4,137 Michigan 74 8,207 7,889 6,994 Indiana 9 1,276 1,231 1,117 Illinois 2 5,694 5,876 5,423 Wisconsin 23 2,268 2,256 2,075 Minnesota 4 269 266 277 Pacific 88 26,953 22,849 17,902 Washington 19 3,109 2,574 2,039 Oregon 12 1,506 1,268 1,099 California 29 21,038 17,994 14,040 Hawaii 5 965 770 633 Alaska 23 334 243 92