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60 million to 139 million persons. Approximately 35 percent of the 

 Nation's total population will then be located on the land area 

 encompassed by the national estuarine economic region. 



This report focuses on the characteristics of the major urban regions 

 presented in Figure IV. 4. 7. Three of the four major urban regions 

 anticipated by the year 2000 front on the coastal zone: the Atlantic 

 Seaboard Region, the Florida Peninsula Urban Region, and the California 

 "Megalopolis." The Lower Great Lakes Urban Region does not border 

 the marine coastal zone but is contiguous to the Great Lakes. 



Major characteristics of the three coastal -related major urban 

 regions are set out below: 



(1) The Atlantic Seaboard Region extended from Augusta, Me. 

 to Prince William County, Va., 1n 1960, covering 50,553 

 square miles with a total population of 37.5 million. By 

 the year 2000 it will Increase in size to 64,800 square 

 miles and will contain 78 million persons. It will then 

 extend south to Hamoton Roads, Va. and increase in density 

 from 741 persons per square mile to 1,050. 



(2) The Florida Peninsula Urban Region included 11,300 

 square miles in 1960 and contained 3.3 million persons. 

 By the year 2000 the region is expected to cover 20,000 

 square miles and contain nearly 14 million people. 



(3) The California "Megalopolis " will close the gap 

 between the two major urban areas existing in Calif, in 



