Adaptation Plan Cuts Irma Damage and Saves Money
The Takeaway: NOAA’s Sea Level Rise Viewer, trainings, and tidal gauge helped Tybee Island boost safety and lower flood insurance costs.
Learn MoreStates / Georgia
Georgia
586,000
Population of State Living in Coastal Areas
$10.7 Billion
Coastal Employment
Annual Wages
33
Climate and Weather Disasters
(Affecting Georgia 2010 to 2018)*
Coastal Demographics
Of the total population of approximately 10 million in Georgia, approximately 585,700 people live in coastal portions of the state.
Coastal Economy
Coastal Georgia employs approximately 244,300 people annually, earning a total of over $10.7 billion. This equates to almost $27.6 billion in gross domestic product.
Natural Hazards
Six billion-dollar weather disasters affected Georgia in 2018—and a total of 33 affected the state between 2010 and 2018. These included Hurricanes Michael and Florence in 2018, the former causing major destruction in Georgia; five separate tornado outbreaks in 2017 and 2018; and a Southeast freeze in March 2017 that caused severe damage to the state’s crops, due in large part to the unusually warm temperatures in the preceding weeks, which caused an early crop bloom. *
Sources:
American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates (NOAA Data)
*Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (NOAA Website)
(All economic and demographic facts represent the latest data available [2015] and are regularly updated as new data become available)
Making a Difference
in Georgia
Getting City Kids to the Shore
The Takeaway: More than 10,000 kids see the beach for the first time and learn about coastal stewardship through this Coastal Management Program-funded effort.
Learn MoreNOAA Grants Improve Disaster Resilience, Recovery, and Redevelopment
The Takeaway: Eleven coastal counties will benefit from an adaptation report that NOAA and the Georgia Coastal Management Program made possible.
Learn MoreNOAA Strengthens Resilience Before, During, and After Disasters
The Takeaway: NOAA initiatives and state partnership programs are making a difference throughout the nation’s coastal zone.
Learn MoreOral Histories Shed Light on Georgia’s Family Fishing Culture
The Takeaway: Interviews of family fishermen, a project supported by the Georgia Coastal Management Program, hold important lessons for today’s policy makers and resource managers.
Learn MoreParasite-Host Findings Aid Knowledge of Temperature Impacts
The Takeaway: Research reserve data from seven states contributed to one of the first U.S. studies to quantify how temperature-parasite interactions affect the survival of both parasites and their hosts.
Learn MoreSapelo Island Seedlings Harvested for National African American Museum
The Takeaway: The Sapelo Island Research Reserve played an important role.
Learn MoreStudents in Three States Learn Hands-On Marsh Restoration
The Takeaway: Project involves 32,000+ students collecting, cultivating, and transplanting, all in the name of restoration.
Learn MoreStudy of 15 Research Reserves Finds Crabs Pose No Large-Scale Salt Marsh Threat
The Takeaway: While specific crab species can cause local damage, rising seas appear to be a bigger threat to salt marshes nationwide.
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