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This is a list of U.S. states and territories ranked by their coastline length. 30 states have a coastline: 23 with a coastline on the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Maine), and/or Pacific Ocean, and 8 with a Great Lakes shoreline. New York has coasts on both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Texas estuaries support productive and biodiverse aquatic and coastal ecosystems, and they contribute significant economic value to the state, both by directly supporting industries such as fishing and tourism, and by providing services such as runoff filtration and shoreline stabilization. [1]
Rank State, federal district, or territory HDI (2022) [note 1] [1]Very High Human Development 1 Massachusetts 0.956 New Hampshire 3 Colorado 0.952 Washington 5 Minnesota
Shoreline management involves the long-term monitoring of watershed and shoreline revitalisation projects. [1] Freshwater shoreline management is frequently run by local conservation authorities through state, provincial, and federal lake partner programs. These programs have been used as a method of tracking shoreline change over time ...
WalletHub ranked Pennsylvania in the top 10 in two categories: quality of life and safety. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development says the state is home to "over 6,700 ...
The data were taken from the American Human Development Report. The territories of the United States are listed separately (they were not included in Measure of America's report); the territories data is from a different source (based on United Nations Development Programme), which uses a different numbering system. [1]
All 11 US cities analyzed ranked in top 30 globally. Not only did all 11 U.S. cities included in SumUp's analysis make the top 30 on a global list — two Texas cities also ranked in the top 20 ...
National seashores are located in ten states and national lakeshores are in two other states. Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan each have two. The largest national seashore or lakeshore is Gulf Islands, at over 137,000 acres (550 km 2); the smallest is Fire Island, at 19,579 acres (79.23 km 2).