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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.
Rank State, federal district, or territory HDI (2022) [note 1] [1]1 Massachusetts 0.956 New Hampshire 3 Colorado 0.952 Washington 5 Minnesota 0.951 6 Connecticut 0.950
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]
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 ...
The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, and these are known as the Gulf States. [2]
U.S. states by R&D spending 2020 (in adjusted 2020 dollars) National rank State Expenditures on R&D (millions of US$) [1] Expenditures on R&D per capita in US$ [2] Federal government
While annual capital spending for the inland waterway system has averaged about $170 million in recent years, the income stream from fuel tax revenues can support an annual capital investment program of about $250 million without reducing the surplus in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, whose balance was $385 million at the end of 1999.
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).