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Southern California WildfiresOctober 26, 2007 — Census Bureau data show the potential impact of the California Wildfires on the workforce in the immediate fire zone areas and also show the characteristics of the seven counties declared disaster areas. These include:
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Preparing for Emergencies Using Census Data
The number of Americans residing in a coastal county passed the 150 million mark in 2005, making the coastal population larger than the entire U.S. population in 1950. Today, more than half of the U.S. population lives in a coastal area (as defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA), even though the 673 coastal counties constitute only about one fourth of the countries landmass. Coastal Population Maps
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