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Appendix 3 Estimates and Projections of Population in the 
Estuarine Economic Region and Individual Areas 
(Thousands) 14/ 
Estuarine Economic 
Region Total 
. Population -- 
1970 1980 2000 
Individual Estuary Economic Areas 68 , 396.9 76,606.7 106,900.3 
1. Maine Coast 531.5 576.7 688.2 _ 
2. Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coast 5,194.3 5,729.2 7,958.2 — 
3. Connecticut Coast 1,057.0 1,184.8 1,492.2 
4. New York-Northeast New Jersey 17,376.5 19,114.4  23,022.3 
5. Philadelphia-N.J.-Delaware 5,939.9 6,661.5 8,505.8 
6. Maryland-Virginia Coast 6,812.8 8,023.3. Wile 
7. North Carolina Coast 529.0 546.1 623.0 
8. South Carolina Coast 503.2 539.0 662.2 
9. Georgia-Eastern Fla Coast 3,698.7 4,699.3 6,941.1 
10. Southern Florida Gulf Coast 1,369.0 1,663.1 2,302.7 
11. Central Florida Gulf Coast 134.2 150.2 198.1 
12. Miss.-Ala.-W.Fla Coast 977.0 1,135.3 1,603.2 
13. Louisiana Coast 1,814.7 1,974.4 2,930.0 
14. Texas North Gulf Coast 1,206.7 2,710.4 4,026.1 
15. Texas South Gulf Coast 635.6 704.1 878.2 
16. Southern Calif. Coast 10,826.2 13,586.9 20, 381.0 
17. Central Calif. Coast 5,084.6 6,280.3 9,150.2: 
18. Northern Calif. Coast 151.0 188.1 273.8 
19. Oregon Coast 1,389.3. 1,602.7. 2,087.7 
20. Washington Coast 2,165.5 2,536.8 3, 4un. 71 
The above table shows population projections for 20 estuarine economic 
regions. The estimated total population in the estuarine economic 
regions for 1970, 68,396,900 persons, is expected to increase to about 
107 million by the year 2000. A current estimate shows that each person” 
in the U.S. generates 5 pounds of trash per day. Therefore, there mist 
be at least 70 thousand tons of household trash to be disposed of daily 
in the coastal area and more than 255 million tons annually. By 1980, 
the coastal population is expected to exceed 76 million; assuming no 
change in trash production, this region alone will generate an estimated 
91 thousand tons daily and approximately 330 million annually. Perhaps 
no more than 5 percent of the 255 million tons of trash produced in 1970 
will be dumped directly into the ocean. The rest will have been incin- 
erated, used for land fill, with a very small proportion reclaimed. 
However, most incineration and land fill practices, as employed in 1970, 
will either be impossible or illegal by 1980. Thus, pressures for ocean 
disposal are certain to accelerate. 
i4/ Source: The National Estuarine Pollution Study, U.S. Department of 
the Interior, VII, pages IV-272 and IV-275. November 3, 1969. 
