Coastal development
Coastal counties from Texas to New England are growing by about 1,300 people every day despite a decade-long surge of hurricanes that has peaked this year with the most in one season since 1969.The number of residents in 169 counties along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts has grown by more than 2 million since 2000 to 44.3 million, according to a USA TODAY analysis. (Graphic: Coastal population)
About 1.6 million of these new residents live in the stretch from Virginia to Texas that is most vulnerable to hurricanes and is home to 25.4 million. About 1,000 people arrive in these areas every day. The growth rate in that strip is almost twice the national rate.
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Posted by Chip on October 24, 2005 at 07:05 AM
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