Table 1.

For Each State Along the U.S. Gulf Coast, the Number of Highly Hazardous Chemical Facilities Within 50 Miles of the Coast and the Number of People and Percent of Coastal Populations in 2016 (Rounded to Hundreds), Number of Educational Facilities, and Number of Medical Facilities Within 1.5‐Mile Buffer Region Surrounding Those Coastal Highly Hazardous Chemical Facilities

Category	Subcategory	Texas	Florida	Louisiana	Alabama	Mississippi	All five states
Highly hazardous chemical facilities	No. facilities within 50 miles of coast	949	1,045	388	106	57	2,545
	No. coastal facilities with RSEI ≥415	432	200	166	45	29	872
	Percent of state coastal facilities with RSEI ≥415	46%	19%	43%	42%	51%	34%
Population	Population within 50 miles of coast	8,468,000	19,492,000	3,187,200	693,700	511,900	32,352,400
	Coastal population within 1.5 mile buffer region	2,181,000	1,626,000	417,000	84,600	64,500	4,373,800
	Percent of state coastal population that is within 1.5 mile buffer region	26%	8%	13%	12%	13%	14%
	Population density within 1.5 mile buffer region of individual highly hazardous chemical facilities in people per mi2 [mean (min‐max)]	1,483 (3–9,656)	1,619 (6–6,865)	539 (5–4,495)	444 (16–2,361)	528 (15–1,551)	1,250 (3–9,656)
Educational facilities	No. within 50 miles of coast	2,839	5,804	1,382	287	224	10,536
	No. within 1.5 mile buffer region	731	672	217	57	40	1,717
	Percent of state coastal facilities that are within 1.5 mile buffer region	26%	12%	16%	20%	18%	17%
Medical facilities	No. within 50 miles of coast	160	285	119	17	15	596
	No. within 1.5 mile buffer region	43	27	21	3	4	98
	Percent of state coastal facilities that are within 1.5 mile buffer region	27%	9%	18%	18%	27%	16%

Note. RSEI = Risk Screening Environmental Indicator.