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Shoreline Mileage
Of the United States
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
coast.noaa.gov
Shoreline Mileage
(statute miles)
United States
95,439
Alabama
607
Alaska
(Pacific and Arctic)
33,904
Alaska
(Pacific only)
31,383
Alaska
(Arctic only)
2,521
American Samoa
126
California
3,427
Connecticut
618
Delaware
381
Florida
(Atlantic and Gulf)
8,436
Florida
(Atlantic only)
3,341
Florida
(Gulf only)
5,095
Georgia
2,344
Guam
110
Hawaii
1,052
Illinois
63
Indiana
45
Louisiana
7,721
Maine
3,478
Maryland
3,190
Shoreline Mileage of the United States
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Shoreline Mileage
(statute miles)
Massachusetts
1,519
Michigan
3,224
Minnesota
189
Mississippi
359
New Hampshire
131
New Jersey
1,792
New York
2,625
North Carolina
3,375
Northern Marina Islands
206
Ohio
312
Oregon
1,410
Pennsylvania
140
Puerto Rico
700
Rhode Island
384
South Carolina
2,876
Texas
3,359
US Virgin Islands
175
Virginia
3,315
Washington
3,026
Wisconsin
820
Shoreline Mileage of the outer coast includes offshore islands, sounds, bays, rivers, and creeks
to the head of tidewater or to a point where tidal waters narrow to a width of 100 feet. For the
Great Lakes, shoreline mileage was measured in 1970 by the International Coordinating
Committee on Great Lakes Basic Hydraulic and Hydrologic Data and cross-referenced with U.S.
Lake Survey measurements for each state. In all cases, mileage was determined by using a
recording device on large-scale charts.
Source: NOAA Shoreline Website at
shoreline.noaa.gov/faqs.html?faq=2
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