Home About Counties Data & Demographics

Coastal Counties

A county is considered coastal if it meets one of the following two criteria:

1. at least 15 percent of its total land area is located within the nation's coastal watershed or
   
2. a portion of the entire county accounts for at least 15 percent of a coastal cataloging unit (an individual drainage basin).

Select a Body of Water then click Submit. Bodies of Water Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Pacific Ocean Great Lakes All Coastal Counties